Willow Smith facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Willow Smith
Smith in 2024
Born	(2000-10-31) October 31, 2000 (age 24) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Singer dancer actress
Years active	2007–present
Works	Discography filmography
Parents	Will Smith (father) Jada Pinkett Smith (mother)
Relatives	Jaden Smith (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B rock alternative rock
Labels	Roc Nation Columbia Interscope MSFTSMusic Polydor gamma. Three Six Zero
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Willow Smith (born October 31, 2000), also known as Willow, is an American singer, actress, and dancer. She is the daughter of famous actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Willow has won several awards, including a Young Artist Award and an NAACP Image Award. She has also been nominated for a Grammy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Willow started her career at a young age. She first acted in a movie with her father in 2007. Later, she began her music journey with her popular song "Whip My Hair" in 2010. This song became a big hit, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She was the youngest artist to sign with Roc Nation, a record label owned by Jay-Z. Willow has released several albums, exploring different music styles like pop, R&B, and rock. She also co-hosts a talk show called Red Table Talk with her mother and grandmother.

Early life and family

Willow Smith was born on October 31, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are the well-known actress and musician Jada Pinkett Smith and actor and musician Will Smith. She has two older brothers: Jaden Smith, who is also an actor and musician, and Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith III.

Willow and her brothers have helped with Project Zambi. This project works with Hasbro to support children in Zambia who have lost their parents due to AIDS.

Career highlights

Early acting and music

Smith in 2011

Willow started acting in movies when she was young. Her first movie was I Am Legend in 2007, where she acted alongside her father. In 2008, she appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. She also used her voice for the character of young Gloria the hippo in the animated movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

In 2010, Willow began her music career. Her first song, "Whip My Hair", became very popular. It sold over a million copies in the US and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music video for "Whip My Hair" was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards in 2011. She then released another single called "21st Century Girl" in 2011. She also worked with rapper Nicki Minaj on the song "Fireball".

In 2013, Willow formed a music duo called "Melodic Chaotic" with DJ Fabrega. They released songs like "The Intro" and "Summer Fling."

Albums and new sounds

In 2014, Willow released her first collection of songs, an EP called "3". She then released her first full album, Ardipithecus, in December 2015. She named the album after some of the oldest human bones ever found. She said this name fit because she was exploring new parts of herself while making the songs.

Her second album, The 1st, came out on her birthday in October 2017. This album was praised for showing how much her music had grown. She toured to support this album.

In 2018, Willow started co-hosting the talk show Red Table Talk with her mother and grandmother. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Collaborations and recent music

In 2019, Willow released her third album, Willow. She co-produced this album with Tyler Cole. The two later formed a duo called The Anxiety and released a collaborative album with the same name in 2020. Also in 2020, Willow released an EP called R I S E with British singer Jahnavi Harrison.

In April 2021, Willow released "Transparent Soul", a pop-punk song that featured Travis Barker. This song marked her first time exploring the pop-punk style. Her fourth album, Lately I Feel Everything, was released in July 2021. It included guest artists like Tierra Whack and Avril Lavigne. Later in 2021, the song "Meet Me at Our Spot" from her duo album The Anxiety became a hit, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Time magazine recognized Willow as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. She also won Entertainer of the Year at the EBONY Power 100 awards for her work on Red Table Talk.

Latest releases

In April 2022, Willow was featured on Camila Cabello's song "Psychofreak" from Cabello's album Familia. They also performed the song together on Saturday Night Live.

Willow's fifth studio album, Coping Mechanism, was released on October 7, 2022. She released singles like "Maybe It's My Fault" and "Hover Like a Goddess" before the album came out. In October 2022, Willow performed on Saturday Night Live for the first time as a musical guest.

Her latest singles, "Alone", "Symptom of Life", and "Big Feelings", were released in late 2023 and early 2024. Her sixth studio album, Empathogen, was released on May 4, 2024.

Discography

• Ardipithecus (2015)
• The 1st (2017)
• Willow (2019)
• Lately I Feel Everything (2021)
• Coping Mechanism (2022)
• Empathogen (2024)

Collaborative albums

• The Anxiety (2020) (with Tyler Cole)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Willow Smith has received many awards and nominations for her work in music and acting. Here are some of them:

• In 2009, she won a Young Artist Award for her role in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
• In 2011, she won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.
• Her song "Whip My Hair" won the O Music Award for Most Viral Video in 2011.
• In 2013, her song "I Am Me" won The BTM Award at the MP3 Music Awards.
• In 2016, she and her brother Jaden won the New Fashion Icons award at The Fashion Awards.
• Her talk show Red Table Talk has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.
• In 2021, she was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video for "Transparent Soul."
• In 2025, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Arrangement, Instrumental, and Vocals for "Big Feelings" and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for "Empathogen".

See also

In Spanish: Willow Smith para niños