Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett net worth: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett met on the set of the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which Will Smith starred on. Pinkett was auditioning for the role of his on-screen girlfriend Lisa Wilkes in 1994. Because she was too short for the role, she lost out to Nia Long. Will and Jada became friends and started dating in 1995. The couple was married on New Year’s Eve Day in 1997 at The Cloisters near Baltimore, Maryland, which is Jada’s hometown. Their first child Jaden was born in 1998 and their second child Willow was born in 2000. The Smiths have said that they are not overly strict on their children but they provide guidance and safety for them. The family lives in Malibu, California. The celebrity couple founded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation which is a charity that helps inner-city youth and family support and works with other non-profits such as the Lupus Foundation of America and YouthBuild.