Will Smith's Childhood. Growing up in West Philadelphia, Smith was raised in a middle-class household by his parents, Caroline Bright and Willard Carroll Smith Sr. Despite his parents' separation when he was young, Smith had a close-knit family and was instilled with values of hard work, perseverance, and discipline.
Will Smith's path to superstardom began in West Philadelphia, where he was raised by his single mother, Caroline Bright. With determination and talent, Smith rose to fame as an actor and rapper, becoming one of the most beloved figures in Hollywood.
In his memoir, Will, the 53-year-old Men in Black actor wrote that while his dad was present at every game, play, and recital" during his childhood and also supported him throughout his career, he was "violent" and had attacked his then-wife and Will's mother, Caroline.
Caroline, who worked as a Philadelphia school board member, is mom to Will and his three siblings, older sister Pamela and younger siblings Harry and Ellen, who are twins. She was married to Will's father, Willard Carroll Smith Sr., until they separated during Will's teenage years and legally divorced in 2000.
Lou is the deadbeat biological father of Will Smith and the ex-husband of Vy. Lou abandoned his family (Will and Viola "Vy" Smith) when Will was five years old and explains his motives for leaving by saying he was scared to be a father and started to feel trapped.
Ahead of his memoir's publication, Will spoke candidly about the loss of his father — including the emotional phone call they shared less than an hour before he died in 2016.
Early in Will's career, he married his first wife Sheree Zampino and shortly after, they welcomed their son Trey. While Will says that he immediately recognized the profound impact of fatherhood at age 24, he took a step back from his role as a dad when he and Sheree divorced two years later.
Trey Smith was born on November 11, 1992, in Los Angeles, California to Will Smith and Sheree Zampino, who were married from 1992 to 1995. His father went on to marry actress and Red Table Talk host Jada Pinkett Smith in 1997, and shares two more children, Willow and Jaden, with his current wife.
Will is currently 55 years old, while Jada is 52 years old. The duo has been married for nearly three decades since they met on the set of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” They share two kids, Jaden, 25, and Willow, 22, who are both musicians. Will also has a son, Trey, 30, from a previous marriage.
What Is Jada Pinkett Smith's Net Worth? As of 2023, the 21 Jump Street actress has an estimated net worth of $50 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. Jada's net worth is combined with Will's hefty earnings.
Sheree Zampino was married to Will Smith for three years, and the two share one son, Trey Smith. Both went on to marry other people — Smith tied the knot with actress Jada Pinkett Smith in December 1997, while Zampino married former NFL player Terrell Fletcher in 2007 (although they divorced in 2014).
Carolyn Smith said she spoke to her son after the confrontation and told him to “get some rest and go on vacation.” Ultimately, she was still a proud mother, she said, happy her son won the Academy Award he had sought for so long.
Smith was born in West Philadelphia, the son of Caroline (Bright), a Philadelphia school board administrator, and Willard Carroll Smith, Sr., a refrigeration engineer. He grew up in West Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood, and was raised Baptist.
The son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith - who recently dropped the bombshell they'd been separated for seven years - Jaden had an unlucky run of box office duds and now has largely turned his back on the movies.
While Pinkett Smith was popular for allegedly dating none other than the Late Tupac Shakur himself, Will Smith was married to Sheree Zampino. From 1992 to 1995, both Zampino and Smith enjoyed a happy relationship, until one day, their fate was sealed when Zampino presented him with a brutal question.
Smith also got emotional when reflecting on becoming a father for the first time, at the age of 24. “I think that was my first moment of the real weight of parenting,” he said. “I brought him (Trey) home, and I remember we put him in the bassinet… and it was like stark terror.
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper and actor. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith, he has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist Award.
In real life, he's a father to biological offspring Trey, Jaden and Willow but 51-year-old Will Smith is also “grandpa.” Or at least that's how a character in “Bad Boys for Life” refers to the A-lister formerly known as “The Fresh Prince.”
Will Smith's life got flipped-turned upside down when the rising rapper shot to stardom in 1990 as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — and just two years later, everything changed once again when he became a dad for the first time. The King Richard star has three kids: sons Trey, 31, and Jaden, 25, plus daughter Willow, 23.
Following public backlash, Smith issued a formal apology in an Instagram post announcing his resignation from membership in the Academy. The AMPAS President, David Rubin, accepted the resignation. The Academy later announced its decision to ban Smith from future Oscar galas and associated events for 10 years.
Smith has made a point of sharing tributes to Caroline, whom he affectionally calls "Mom-Mom,' on Instagram in recent years. In 2022, he shared a sweet video of the pair dancing together to Whitney Houston's classic song "I Wanna Dance with Somebody."
