Jada Pinkett Smith is known for her role as Carla Purty in the movie "The Nutty Professor (1996)", as Niobe in the movies "The Matrix Reloaded (2003)" and "The Matrix Revolutions (2003)", as Sonji Roi in "Ali (2001)" and as Annie Farrell in "Collateral (2004)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Menace II Society (1993)", "The Inkwell (1994)", "Jason's Lyric (1994)", "A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)", "Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)", "If These Walls Could Talk (1996)", "Set It Off (1996)", "Scream 2 (1997)", "Woo (1998)", "Return to Paradise (1998)", "Welcome to Hollywood (1998)", "Bamboozled (2000)", "Kingdom Come (2001)", "Maniac Magee (2003)", "The Women (2008)", "The Human Contract (2008)", "Magic Mike XXL (2015)", "Bad Moms (2016)" and "Girl Trip (2017)".

She played Lena James (1991-1993) on the NBC TV sitcom "A Different World (1987-1993)", Christina Hawthorne on the TNT TV medical show "Hawthorne (2009-2011)" and Fish Mooney on the Fox TV show "Gotham (2014-)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are True Colors", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "21 Jump Street" and "Ellen".

She was the voice of Gloria in the animated "Madagascar" movies.

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