With her debut performance in Menace II Society, Jada Pinkett Smith made her debut in the movie business in 1993. Many people praised both her acting and the movie as a whole. Since then, she has performed in a wide range of genres, including drama, horror, and family movies. She wed Will Smith, a fellow performer, and actor, in 1997. Jaden and Willow, their two children, are also employed in the field. Pinkett Smith is a pro at what she does and can easily transition into almost any role. We acknowledge the recognition she deserves with the list of her top 10 performances over the years.
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Collateral (2004)
Director: Michael Mann
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
IMDB rating: 7.5
Tom Cruise, a cunning hitman, squares off against Jamie Foxx in this deftly directed criminal saga. But in the end, it’s Foxx’s unassuming cab driver Max who fends off the deadly assassin and saves the life of his close friend Annie (Pinkett).
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Menace II Society (1993)
Director: Albert and Allen Hughes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDB rating: 7.5
The brutal story of urban street crime by the Hughes Brothers is searingly real. The film recounts the criminal escapades of Kane, a street hustler and member of a Los Angeles gang who does whatever it takes to survive. Ronnie (Pinkett Smith) is the only one who can talk sense into Kane despite the gang violence, drugs, and 40s in every hand, held next to a gun.
The composition as a whole radiates from Jada Pinkett Smith’s courage, heart, and moral compass. Quite an accomplishment for her debut film!
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The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Director: Lana and Lilly Wachowski
Genre: Action, Sci-fi
IMDB rating: 7.2
We all know that Big Willy Smith, Jada’s husband, was almost given the part of Neo in The Matrix, which ultimately went to Keanu Reeves. Jada, however, had the final laugh four years later!
Jada did enter The Matrix into the running through Reloaded and Revolutions, the second and third installments of the successful Wachowski trilogy. She portrays Niobe, a humanized version of Zion who rebels in the ongoing conflict between the Machines and the Matrix.
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Ali (2001)
Director: Michael Mann
Genre: Biography, Sport, Drama
IMDB rating: 6.7
Will and Jada Smith play a married couple (leading roles) in this honorary biopic of the boxer Mohammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay).
As the undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion, Ali’s struggles inside and outside the ring are chronicled in this epic life tale. He takes hits outside the ring as a controversial Malcolm X supporter and conscientious objector to the Vietnam War while crushing his opponents inside the ring.
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Director: Cher, Nancy Savoca
Genre: Drama, Thriller
IMDB rating: 6.9
Cher and Nancy Savoca co-directed the little-known yet famous TV movie If These Walls Could Talk. The anthology’s three parts trace the development of medical abortion from 1952 to 1996.
Pinkett Smith co-stars with Cher, Rita Wilson, Anne Heche, Craig T. Nelson, and a number of other actors as a woman named Patti, in the 1996 episode. By that point in history, Roe v. Wade had already been upheld as the law, contrasting sharply with how abortion was seen in 1952.
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The Nutty Professor (1996)
Director: Tom Shadyac
Genre: Comedy, Sci-fi, Romance
IMDB rating: 5.7
It is one of the projects that Jada was given during the early stages of her career. She played Carla Purty in the movie. The movie’s second key character was Sherman Klump. Carla and Klump were the focus of the entire movie. Everyone made fun of Klump since he was shown in the movie as being rather obese.
Consequently, he uses his serum on himself as a result of this and drops 250 pounds in a couple of seconds. He initially cheers for the weight loss but later learns that the serum’s advantages are only momentary. Carla is invited to go on another date with Sherman at The Scream under cover of Buddy Love.
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Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Genre: Action, Thriller
IMDB rating: 6.4
Jada Pinkett Smith experimented with the action thriller genre through Angel has Fallen. Despite receiving a mixed bag of reviews, the movie managed to do exceptionally well at the box office. The story follows US Secret Service agent Mike Banning as he fights for his identity in a race against time after being wrongly accused of using a drone to attack US President Allan Trumbull. Helen Thompson, an FBI agent, was portrayed by Jada Pinkett Smith. A faked piece of evidence connecting Banning to the attack is given to FBI agent Helen Thompson. The movie’s intriguing turns keep people interested, making it a popular option among viewers.
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The Matrix Resurrection (2021)
Director: Lana Wachowski
Genre: Action, Sci-fi
IMDB rating: 5.7
The Matrix Resurrections is the 4th installment in the series. Jada continues to portray Niobe, an elderly captain, in this part. The third portion of the story’s plot continues here. Neo is being captured and taken aboard Bugs’ ship, the Mnemosyne, by robots sent by Bugs when he awakens in a pod and finds Trinity confined in a nearby pod.
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Return to Paradise (1998)
Director: Joseph Ruben
Genre: Romance, Drama, Thriller
IMDB rating: 6.9
David Conrad, Vince Vaughn, and Joaquin Phoenix play a group of pals having a good time in Malaysia. They part ways after an intense night of partying. But when a lawyer (Anne Heche) finds the trio and tells them that cops raided their complex and seized a lot of hashish, everyone is in serious legal danger. Jada was cast in the supporting role of M.J. Major. She was tremendous every time she appeared on the screen.
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Scream 2 (1997)
Director: Wes Craven
Genre: Mystery, Horror
IMDB rating: 6.3
In Scream 2, Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott is attending college when a new string of copycat killings brings back the horrors of Woodsboro from the previous year. The idea of having several killers is still plausible, which is a major victory for the genre.
Here is some extremely interesting trivia for the fans of the horror genre. Jada is brutally murdered in the opening scene of Scream 2, which was directly taken from the opening scene of the 1980 slasher movie He Knows You’re Alone, starring Tom Hanks.
