Jada Pinkett celebrates Essence cover anniversary #Blackgirlmagic

Jada Pinkett Smith celebrates an Essence cover anniversary with the likes of Queen Latifa, Halle Berry, Loretta Devine, Elise Neal, Regina King, Vivica Fox and Michael Michele with a #Blackgirlmagic.

She began her acting career in 1990, with a guest appearance on the short-lived sitcom True Colors, and subsequently starred in the television series A Different World (1991–1993). She made her feature film debut in Menace II Society (1993). Her breakthrough came opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996), and she has since starred in more than 20 feature films, including Set It Off (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Ali (2001), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Collateral (2004), the Madagascar films (2005–2012), Bad Moms (2016), and Girls Trip (2017). On television, she has starred in Hawthorne (2009–2011) and Gotham (2014–2016).

The essence cover was a big deal in terms of empowering black women in that era. Celebrating it reminds us of how far back #blackgirlmagic comes from.

On an instagram post, she wrote:

“An iconic Essence anniversary cover with some of the most incredible, iconic women I’ve been so honored to know. #Blackgirlmagic all day!”