Jada Pinkett-Smith
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Jada Koren Pinkett
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Jada Pinkett Smith
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Jada Pinkett
Jada Smith
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09/18/1971 Birthplace:
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biography
A pint-sized, versatile and energetic performer who smoothly segued from light character comedy in TV sitcoms to meaty and diverse roles in films, Pinkett-Smith has resisted being stereotyped into the usual roles allotted for African-American actresses by finding the reality and dignity in her characters. After doing some work in regional theater, the Baltimore-native furthered her professional show business career by becoming a protégé of filmmaker-actor Keenan Ivory Wayans who helped her acquire an agent. Several TV guest spots and a role in a busted pilot followed before Pinkett-Smith
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milestones
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Milestone
Made professional stage debut in a regional production of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
Moved to LA after attending the North Carolina School of the Arts for one year
1990
Met Keenen Ivory Wayans through a friend and acquired an agent with Wayans' assistance
1990
Made first TV appearance on the FOX sitcom "True Colors"
1991
Acted in the unsold ABC-TV pilot, "Moe's World" (aired 1992)
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