She was a dance major at the Baltimore School for the Arts where she met and was classmates with Tupac. The 5'1" actress went on to star in many TV shows and films, with her first big break coming in 1991 when she landed a role on the sitcom A Different World.
Her career also extends behind the camera as a music video director, on stage as a singer /songwriter for metal band Wicked Wisdom, and as an author of a children's book entitled Girls Hold Up This World.
Smith her husband took to Twitter, stating that she jada and him have "NEVER had an issue in the bedroom." The couple shares two children, Jaden, 23, and Willow, 20. Together, the couple created the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation in 2005, which serves to "improve lives and uplift humanity,"