Adrienne Banfield-Norris: Who Is Jada Pinkett Smith’s Mother?

Who is Jada Pinkett Smith’s mother?

Adrienne Banfield-Norris is an actress and the mother of Jada Pinkett Smith. Adrienne’s daughter is an American actress, singer, businesswoman, and talk show host known as co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk. Jada is also known to the world as the wife of Will Smith (The Fresh Prince), actor, producer, and rapper.

Adrienne Banfield-Norris: Bio Summary

Adrienne Banfield-Norris was born on October 18, 1953, to Marion Martin Banfield and Gilbert Leslie Banfield. She will be turning 70 years old in 2023. Her mother Marion Martin Banfield was a Jamaican-born social worker. Adrienne is also known as Gammy.

Adrienne Banfield-Norris is the head nurse of a Baltimore inner-city clinic, an actress, and Red Table Talk co-host. She got pregnant in high school and married the man who impregnated her, Robsol Pinkett Jr., who ran a construction company. The two were married but divorced after months.

During Adrienne Banfield-Norris and Robsol Pinkett, Jr’s marriage, Adrienne endured abuse. Adrienne said she had experienced several abusive moments with Robsol. She said “Oh! There was so many. Like, I have a scar on my back now.” They had Jada Pinkett Smith before their split.

Jada was raised by her mother Adrienne and Adrienne’s mother Marion Martin Banfield. Jada has said of her grandmother, “My grandmother was a doer who wanted to create a better community and add beauty to the world”. Jada also witness the abuse her mother endured from her father.

Jada Pinkett Smith said: “I knew that my mother and my father had a very violent relationship”. Adrienne Banfield-Norris has been married four times. She is currently married to Rodney Norris. The pair seems to be very much in love with each other and enjoying a happy married life.

Adrienne Banfield-Norris Struggled With Addiction

Adrienne Banfield-Norris was a drug addict. Adrienne once revealed on the Red Table Talk that, she was a heroin addict during the majority of her daughter Jada’s childhood. She struggled with addiction while she was getting her nursing degree. She has been sober since the ’90s.

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Adrienne’s daughter Jada Pinkett Smith said: “I think I didn’t find out my mother was addicted to heroin until I was in my teens. I could tell when my mother was high. She couldn’t make it on time to pick me up from school. Or, she’s nodding off, falling asleep in the middle of something. You just realize, oh that’s not being tired. That is like, a drug problem.”

Adrienne’s Relationship With Her Daughter

Adrienne Banfield-Norris and her daughter Jada Pinkett Smith appear to have a good relationship but they are not actually close. Per Adrienne’s statement in an interview with The New York Times, she doesn’t have an amazing mother-daughter relationship with Jada.

She said:  “I think people have this idea that Jada and I are so close and it’s this amazing mother-daughter relationship. It absolutely is not. And I don’t think that we’ve ever tried to portray it that way. I think people want to believe that it is that.”

Adrienne Banfield-Norris Instagram

Adrienne Banfield-Norris is active on Instagram. She has a verified account with over 560k followers. She shares various posts about her personal life. She once shared a video, where she opened up about her sobriety journey on her Instagram handle.

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“So I’m outside and I just wanted to take a few minutes to be peaceful and still. Today is my anniversary, my clean date. 31 years. One day at a time”.

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