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OK, maybe she didn't know exactly what she was doing from day one, but to begin, we present proof that Jada has barely aged a day since she first hit the scene. Here the beaming 20-year-old actress rocks a keyhole cutout at the 100th episode celebration for A Different World in 1991.
No wonder denim gets distressed—look what people were doing to it back in 1993!
Remember when she experimented with a platinum 'do in 1995?
She rocks her then-signature crop at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
Oh, the 1990s. Jada must not have wanted to leave the beach in 1995 so she brought it with her to this event.
She makes ruffles and lace look tough at Redbook's 2006 Strength & Spirit Awards Ceremony, where she was one of the night's honorees for her efforts with hubby Will to promote inner-city development and youth education.
The bod is to die for in this column gown at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards.
She let her hair and her flowing skirt length down for the Reign Over Me premiere in 2007.
She pairs a pencil skirt with a Gone With the Wind ruffle at a 2008 screening of The Women.
It was gladiator goddess meets Josephine Baker at the 2009 Grammys.
She's got legs and she knows how to use 'em, here at the 2010 BET Awards.
Jada wears our 1980s-kid dream prom dress to the 64th Annual Tony Awards in 2010.
Her hubby may be the star of The Karate Kid, but Jada's the one who looks like she could punch your lights out at the film's 2010 L.A. premiere.
Short hair, don't care—'cause she can always stick a ponytail on it and hit the red carpet for hubby's Karate Kid premiere in London.
Knowing she has the legs for it, Jada was one of the first to bring shorts back to the red carpet, here at a screening of the 2011 dance documentary First Position.
She's not messing around in a red satin play suit at the Capri Sun "Super V" Launch with The Moms and Jada Pinkett Smith in 2012.
Jada shines in spiffed-up island chic at the NYC premiere of Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted in 2012.
Jada's gown subtly shimmers and matches her husband's shirt for his Men in Black III premiere in Seoul.
Jada pulls off a notoriously difficult color for an appearance on the French show Le Grand Journal in Cannes in 2012.
She has it both ways in the skirt department—long but still showing her legs—at the premiere of Men in Black III in 2012.
Will Smith's wife is a sight for sore, post-apocalyptic eyes at the NYC After Earth premiere in 2013.
Jada's Grecian gown shows off her glorious shoulders at the 2014 Oscars.
Nary a fanboy was left standing after the Gotham panel during Comic-Con 2014.