One of Hollywood’s hottest and “most likeable” couples join the community while juggling a successful marriage, parenting, acting and music careers, as well as producing their own television sitcom.
A street-wise youth who grew up in West Philadelphia and now one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, Will Smith, met his match when he married actress, Jada Pinkett. Jada, although petite and a natural beauty, confirms that big things do, in fact, come in small packages. She was raised in a rough neighborhood in Baltimore but with her “iron fist in a velvet glove” demeanor and determination she quickly proved herself as both a serious and comedic actress in the world of entertainment.

The couple first met on the set of Smith’s hit television series: The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air in 1990. They were close friends for some time before Jada broke up with her (then) boyfriend and Smith divorced his first wife. The couple married on New Year’s Eve, 1997 and they now have two beautiful children, Jaden Christopher Syre and Willow Reign. Will also has a son, Williard C. “Trey” III with his former wife. Will and Jada are currently building a new home in the Calabasas area and enjoying life in the “Burbs”; however, they are certainly still prominent fixtures in the tinsel-town limelight. Apparently, they share much more in common than just thriving acting careers. They share a passion for music, as well as a collaboration of “behind the camera” projects. With all of their commitments, the Smiths find time to maintain two mega careers, a happy marriage and raise their children while demonstrating that they each have their own extraordinary dimensions.

Will Smith initially became famous as a rapper producing two platinum albums and winning a Grammy. He then went on to demonstrate his acting talents in both television and films. Everyone remembers the hit television comedy, The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, a popular sitcom that ran for six years featuring Will as the central character. He consequently branched out into film and in 1993 he attained critical accolades as a young, gay con man pretending to be Sidney Poiter’s son in Six Degrees of Separation. His career subsequently exploded with a series of box office champs, such as, Independence Day, Enemy Of The State, Wild Wild West, The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Bad Boys I and II, Men in Black I and II, and Ali. Smith also served as Executive Producer for the Robert DiNiro / Eddie Murphy comedy Showtime in 2002.

His performance in Ali earned him an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor after tackling the character of boxing great Mohammad Ali. Will became a fighter, boxed and worked out every week to prepare for the role that delivered him with an Oscar nomination. So what’s on the horizon for Will Smith with regard to the big screen? He stars in this summer’s action thriller, I, ROBOT where in the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them except for one, slightly paranoid detective (Smith) investigating what he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot. The case leads him to discover a frightening threat to the human race. I, ROBOT uses fantastic state-of-the-art visual effects to bring the world of robots to life. Following this thrilling special effects film, you will have the opportunity to experience the other end of the spectrum and the magic of movie making when Will partakes in DreamWorks’ upcoming computer-animated comedy Shark Tale. Will Smith’s voice is the lead character “Oscar”. The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss (Robert DiNiro) is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Oscar is a fast-talking little fish that takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster; however, he soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences. Other stars’ voices you may recognize in the film are Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black and Martin Scorsese. The story of what happens when one little fish tells a great white lie is scheduled for an October 1, 2004 release.

Jada Pinkett Smith landed her first major television role on the Cosby Show spin-off, A Different World in 1991, but it wasn’t until she played opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor that she gained widespread recognition. After appearing in several motion picture comedies, Jada was determined not to be type cast and subsequently co-starred in the Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and the trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions.

Jada, like her husband, has a passion for music and has been singing all her life. She put her dreams of pop stardom aside when she starting climbing the ladder of success as an actress. However, recently Jada has been moonlighting as the lead singer of Wicked Wisdom, a band that has been performing in Los Angeles for over a year. The actress will be taking her act on the road, after landing an opening on one of the highest-profile tours, Britney Spears’ “Onyx Hotel”. Don’t worry Jada fans…she hasn’t given up her day job; her next movie Collateral is a thriller starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. The movie will be directed by Michael Mann who directed Will and Jada in Ali. Cruise plays a contract killer who forces a taxicab driver, who is also a struggling comedy writer (Jamie Foxx), to chauffeur him around on a series of hits. Jada will star as the love interest of Foxx's character. Expect to see this action-packed movie in theatres early August, 2004. Furthermore, Jada will join Queen Latifah and the two will play police detectives in an action-comedy due out early next year. It appears that Jada, while defining her own style and femininity, matches Will’s creative nature stride for stride.

If Will and Jada’s careers aren’t demanding enough…the dynamic duo are also co-creators and executive producers of the entertaining UPN sitcom, “All of Us” bringing their real-life domestic adventures to the small screen. Taking into consideration Will’s own experience of raising one son with his first wife and having an extended family, the show is somewhat inspired by their own household. Will describes the sitcom. "It's a series about blended families. It takes a fresh, timely look at how divorced parents raise their kids together, approaching the new family dynamic with humor and heart. We're not skating around the issues that are very real in a divorce environment; how it affects the children, how it affects everyone in the family, how it affects all of us." ALL OF US is UPN’s most watched series and highest-rated show among persons 12-34 of the 2003-2004 season.

Obviously, Will and Jada are as committed to home and family as they are to their Hollywood success. So how does the couple maintain romance in their marriage with so much going on in their careers, not to mention, their most important job of parenting? Will says "With us it's lots of sex and lots of skiing!"
Why are Will and Jada such a hot, likeable Hollywood couple? No doubt because the spark that ignited their romance still sizzles; but more importantly because they glow with genuine contentment and they’ve created a wholesome identity for themselves.