Willow Smith

Willow Smith intrigues me precisely because she could have coasted on her parents' name and instead spent her career running from it. Born to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, she had every door open, yet she keeps choosing the stranger, more uncomfortable doors. Singer, dancer, actor, Time 100 honoree, the labels pile up and never quite stick, which is the point. I admire artists who treat genre and expectation as things to dismantle, and Willow has made a whole identity out of refusing to be pinned down.

Name (English)

Willow Smith

Name (Japanese)

ウィロー・スミス

Reading

うぃろー・すみす

Born

October 31, 2000 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / singer-songwriter / composer / dancer

Awards & achievements

• Young Artist Awards
• 2021 Time 100
• Vevo
• BET Awards

• Official sitehttps://willowsmith.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/willowsmith/
• Xhttps://x.com/OfficialWillow
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow%20Smith
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298209

Tags

• California
• singer
• actor
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.