As far as Jada Pinkett Smith is concerned, big is beautiful. In the ‘Madagascar’ movies, the actress’ alter ego, Gloria the hippo, might be a smidge over her ideal weight, but Pinkett Smith ...

Playing a wild animal didn't come naturally to Jada Pinkett Smith, who co-stars in "Madagascar 3" as Gloria the hippopotamus. But she figured out how to make it work."I always have to reach inside ...

Jada Pinkett Smith took her starring role in 'Madagascar' to compensate for her failed audition in ... her kids had a disappointing reaction to their mother starring in the film as the Hippo Gloria.

It’s been seven years since Jada Pinkett Smith first starred in Madagascar, her first foray into the world of voice-overs and animation.As beloved Gloria the Hippo, she has certainly found her ...

Even though the character she plays is animated, Jada Pinkett Smith is about the last person who would come to mind if one was thinking of casting a voice-over for a hippo.

Jada’s Fresh Prince Photo: Getty Images Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Image. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith met on the set of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when she auditioned for a role on the show.

"It's just the beginning," the actress says of the milestone. "That's the way I look at it" They said their “I dos” in a secret New Year’s Eve ceremony in 1997. Come December, Will Smith and ...

Jada Pinkett Smith is Gloria the Hippo in the upcoming film Madagascar and the singer in her band Wicked Wisdom, which tours this summer. You're not the first actress I think of to voice a massive ...

She puts her voice to Gloria the hippo, one of the four star animals of “Madagascar,” which opened Friday. “You’d have to ask the directors how they thought of me,” Pinkett Smith says ...