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Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (; born Jada Koren Pinkett; September 18, 1971)〔 is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom ''True Colors''. She starred in ''A Different World'', produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in ''The Nutty Professor'' (1996). She starred in dramatic films such as ''Menace II Society'' (1993) and ''Set It Off'' (1996). She has appeared in more than 20 films in a variety of genres, including ''Scream 2'', ''Ali'', ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'', ''Madagascar'', ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'', and ''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted''. Pinkett Smith launched her music career in 2002, when she helped create the metal band Wicked Wisdom, for which she is a singer and songwriter. Smith also created a production company, in addition to authoring a book, published in 2004. In 1997, she married actor Will Smith. They have two children, Jaden and Willow. The couple founded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, a charity organization which focuses on inner-city youth and family support and has worked with non-profit organizations like YouthBuild and the Lupus Foundation of America. ==Family and early life== Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Jada Koren Pinkett was named after her mother's favorite soap-opera actress, Jada Rowland. Pinkett Smith is of African American, West Indian (from Jamaica and Barbados),〔http://159.54.226.237/01_issues/010415/010415jada.html〕 Creole, and Portuguese-Jewish ancestry.〔(On Her Own Terms – Baltimore Sun ). Articles.baltimoresun.com (2004-08-07). Retrieved on 2013-12-30.〕 Her parents are Adrienne Banfield-Jones, the head nurse of an inner-city clinic in Baltimore, and Robsol Pinkett, Jr., who ran a construction company. Banfield-Jones became pregnant in high school; the couple married but divorced after several months.〔http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/jada-pinkett-smith-mom-61-ripped-bikini-photo-2014212〕 Banfield-Jones raised Pinkett with the help of her own mother, Marion Martin Banfield, a social worker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800347522/bio )〕 Banfield noticed her granddaughter's passion for the performing arts and enrolled her in piano, tap dance, and ballet lessons. She has a younger brother, actor/writer Caleeb Pinkett. Pinkett Smith has remained close to her mother and said, "A mother and daughter's relationship is usually the most honest, and we are so close." She participated as the maid of honor in Banfield-Jones' 1998 wedding to telecommunications executive Paul Jones. Pinkett Smith has shown great admiration for her grandmother, saying, "My grandmother was a doer who wanted to create a better community and add beauty to the world." Pinkett Smith attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, where she met and became lifelong friends with classmate Tupac Shakur. She majored in dance and theatre and graduated in 1989. She continued her education at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and became fully invested in pursuing her acting career. She ultimately moved to Los Angeles, California, where she quickly found success in show business.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jada Pinkett Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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