Jada Pinkett Smith

Personal context

Summary

Jada Pinkett Smith is an actor and producer known for roles in The Nutty Professor, the Madagascar films, and Girls Trip, and for hosting Red Table Talk with her mother and daughter. The show regularly addressed race, black women’s experiences, and gender; in 2016, she called for a boycott of the Academy Awards over the lack of Black acting nominees. Her public record includes sustained race and representation advocacy, while no public partisan campaigning or party affiliation is on record.