Jada Pinkett Smith is the lovely wife of American actor Will Smith.
Even though she’s famous in her own right many people only know her as Will Smith’s wife. Some people are worried about her health because she looks very thin right now.
Lots of people have asked if she has cancer. In this article, we’ll find out if it’s true or not.
About Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith is a very talented talk show host and actress from the United States. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for co-hosting the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021.
Jada got her name from her mom’s favorite actress on a soap opera named Jada Rowland. She was born in Baltimore Maryland.
Jada’s mom’s family is from Jamaica and Barbados and her dad’s family is African-American. Her mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris was the head nurse at a clinic in Baltimore and her dad Robsol Pinkett Jr. owned a construction company. Jada’s mom got pregnant when she was in high school got married and then got divorced a few months later.
Jada was raised by her mom and her grandma who was a social worker named Marion Martin Banfield and was born in Jamaica.
Jada’s grandma noticed that she liked the arts so she signed her up for piano tap dance and ballet lessons.
She went out with a basketball player named Grant Hill when he was going to Duke University in the early 1990s.
Jada and rapper Tupac Shakur were really good friends when they went to the Baltimore School for the Arts. She was in two of his music videos “Temptations” and “Keep Ya Head Up.”
Jada also came up with the idea for his “California Love” music video in 1995 and she was going to be the director but she changed her mind and didn’t do it.
In 1995 Jada gave $100000 to help Tupac Shakur pay for bail while he waited for his appeal on a sexual abuse conviction.
In a movie about Tupac called Tupac: Resurrection Pinkett said that she and Tupac were very close. He was like a brother to her and their relationship was very special. They were more than just friends. She said that kind of friendship only happens once in a lifetime.
When Jada was trying out for a TV show in 1994 she met Will Smith who was already acting in it. She wanted to play his girlfriend Lisa Wilkes but they chose another actress instead because they thought Jada was too short for the role.
Will and Jada started dating after Will divorced his ex-wife Sheree Fletcher. Will had liked Jada before but he didn’t tell her. Jada decided to move from Baltimore to California to be with him.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have two children Jaden who was born in 1998 and Willow who was born in 2000? Jada is also the stepmother to Trey Smith who is Will’s son from his previous marriage.
Jada Pinkett Smith health: Is Will Smith’s wife having cancer?
Jada Pinkett Smith’s fans are worried about her health because she looks very thin and frail.
In 2018 Jada Pinkett Smith said that she has a health condition called alopecia areata which affects her hair.
Despite going through many medical tests Jada has not found the exact reason for her alopecia. She thinks that it might be because of stress.
She shared a video on Instagram in December 2021 where she showed her bald head. She said that she had to shave it all off because of her alopecia. She joked that people might think she had brain surgery. She also said that she has accepted her condition and plans to live with it.