Jada Pinkett Smith

format_quote We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

stars  Has been good friends with Carrie-Anne Moss since the filming of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

stars  Attended the North Carolina School Of The Arts for one year but did not graduate because she left for California to pursue acting. She is a honorary Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member.

stars  In 2000, she was voted by the readers of Black Men Magazine as one of the 10 sexiest women of the year.

stars  She attended Baltimore's School of Arts at the same time as Tupac Shakur, where they became close friends. They made a video together at the amusement park King's Dominion, where they lip-synced to Will Smith's & Jeffrey A. Townes's "Parents Just Don't Understand." Tupac acts like an MC, and Jada acts like a dancer.

stars  Sent director Wes Craven a set of steak knives after appearing in Craven's film, Scream 2 (1997).