Jada Pinkett Smith, today
Pinkett Smith quickly became one of the most famous black actresses in Hollywood, rolling through a blizzard of small and major roles, most particularly as the gun-slinging, bank-robbing love interest of Blair Underwood in the classic Set it Off. She also hit the veritable jackpot when she got a prominent role in The Matrix trilogy that blew up box offices worldwide.
Today, Pinkett Smith is an actor, producer and director and a member of one of the most famous entertainment families on earth alongside Will, Willow and Jaden Smith. She was the exec producer on Lifetime’s “Hawthorne” from 2009 to 2011. She was executive producer for the critically acclaimed documentary of sixties radical heroine, Angela Davis in Free Angela.
