Jada Pinkett Smith as Maureen Evans
This sequel to the 1996 hit Scream, opens with college students that have filled a movie theater to see the premiere of Stab, a horror flick that is based on The Woodsboro Murders - a book by journalist Gale Weathers. As horrible things happen on the screen, the real fiend is at work in the theater committing a double murder, with the final victim dying in front of the entire audience. Cut to the nearby college, where Sidney is still getting over the horrors of the first Scream, surrounded by friends who all become suspects in the new murders.
Biography for Jada Pinkett Smith
Date of birth
18 September 1971
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jada Pinkett-Smith was born to Robson Pinkett, Jr. and Adrienne Banfield in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was a contractor, and her mother was a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. She majored in dance and choreography at the Baltimore School for the Arts where one of her classmates was Tupac Shakur. She spent a year at the North Carolina School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue her career in acting. Her big break came in 1991 when she was cast in the part of a college freshmen on the television sitcom A Different World (1987) . She made her feature film debut two years later in Menace II Society (1993). She did not gain widespread recognition, though, until her role opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996). In addition to being in front of the camera, she has spent time behind it directing music videos. She has also created Maja, a line of women's t-shirts and dresses that are mostly sold through small catalogues. Pinkett-Smith is married to Will Smith, and they have a son, Jadan Christopher Syre Smith.
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Trivia
Children: Son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born 8 July 1998) and Daughter Willow Camille Reign Smith (born 31 October 2000)
She not only attended Baltimore's School of Arts she attend school with Tupac Shakur. They made a video together at amusement park "King's Dominion" where they lip-sync to Will Smith's "Parents Just Don't Understand" Tupac acts like he's rappin' and she's the dancer. They showed it on the "Keenen Ivory Wayans" show
Five days before shooting Woo (1998), Jada's close friend Tupac Shakur was killed.
(2000) Voted by the readers of Black Men Magazine as one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year."
Miss Maryland 1988.
Has been with Will Smith since 1995, two years before their marriage
Has said she hates wearing a bra
Attended Baltimore School for the Arts with slain rapper Tupac Shakur
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Personal quotes
"I just want pieces of the world" - in reference to her career
Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) .... Niobe
Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) .... Niobe
Intimate Portrait: Jasmine Guy (2001) (TV) .... Herself
Making of 'Bamboozled', The (2001) (V)
Ali (2001) .... Sonji
Kingdom Come (2001/I) .... Charisse Slocumb
Bamboozled (2000) (as Jada Pinkett-Smith) .... Sloan Hopkins
Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Herself
Return to Paradise (1998) .... M.J.
... aka All for One (1998) (USA: alternative title)
Woo (1998) .... Woo
Blossoms and Veils (1997) .... Mary
Scream 2 (1997) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Maureen Evans
Mononoke Hime (1997) (voice) .... Toki
... aka Princess Mononoke (1999) (USA: US version)
Set It Off (1996) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Stony
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Patti (segment "1996")
Nutty Professor, The (1996) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Professor Carla Purty
Demon Knight (1995) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Jeryline
... aka Demon Keeper (1995)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) (USA: complete title)
Low Down Dirty Shame, A (1994) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Peaches Jordan
... aka Mister Cool (1994)
Jason's Lyric (1994) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Lyric
Inkwell, The (1994) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Lauren Kelly
... aka No Ordinary Summer (1994)
Menace II Society (1993) (as Jada Pinkett) .... Ronnie
"Different World, A" (1987) TV Series (as Jada Pinkett) .... Lena James (1991-1993)
Moe's World (1990) (as Jada Pinkett)