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Willow Smith
Willow Smith at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. (Photo: Harry Wad).
Background information
Birth name	Willow Camille Reign Smith
Also known as	Willow
Genres	R&B, pop, dance-pop
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	StarRoc/Roc Nation
Website	willowsmith.com

Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), often known simply as Willow, is an American child actress and singer. She is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the younger sister of Jaden Smith. Smith made her acting debut in 2007 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance.

Apart from her acting she launched a music career in the fall of 2010 with the release of her singles "Whip My Hair", "21st Century Girl", and signing to her current mentor Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation. The single peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards of 2011.

Personal life

Smith is the daughter of musician-actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith. She has an older half-brother, Trey Smith, and an older brother, Jaden Smith; both are also child actors. Smith is African-American on her father's side, and of West Indian, Creole, and Portuguese-Jewish ancestry on her mother's side. Smith and her brothers are youth ambassadors for Project Zambia, which provides assistance for Zambian children orphaned by AIDS in conjunction with Hasbro.

Acting career

Smith made her acting debut in I Am Legend alongside her father. Her next film, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, was released on July 2, 2008.

On January 20, 2011, Will Smith announced he is planning to produce a remake of the famous comic strip Little Orphan Annie starring Smith in the title role. Jay-Z is also in talks to provide the music for the film and possibly create brand new songs.

Music career

2010-present: Willow: You Think You Know Me

In June 2010, Smith's mother Jada Pinkett Smith announced in an interview on Lopez Tonight that Smith would be releasing an album. Smith then released her first single, "Whip My Hair", which went platinum in the US and peaked at number 11. In the UK the single peaked a number 2. Smith soon after announced her next single, "21st Century Girl". After she performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she released it the next day on February 3, 2011. The video was released March 9, 2011. The single had poor chart performance both in the US and UK. On Oct 6th 2011, "Fireball", a collaboration between Smith and rapper Nicki Minaj, was released. Smith's producer announced that they are almost finished working on her debut album, Willow: You Think You Know Me, and it should be done soon. He also said it has a similar style to "Whip My Hair". He confirmed that the next single would be "Rock Star".Willow's album will release April 3, 2012, and "Fireball" is the only callaboration.

Discography

Albums

• Willow: You Think You Know Me (April 3, 2012)

Singles

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Actors from Los Angeles, California
• African American female singers
• African American film actors
• African American television actors
• American child actors
• American child singers
• American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
• Musicians from California
• People from Los Angeles, California
• Roc Nation artists