Jada Pinkett and Omar Epps

Jada Pinkett (since the movie has been filmed, she has become Jada Pinkett Smith - hence the name differentiations) and Omar Epps create great chemestry in the opening scene in "Scream 2," both demonstrating great stage presence to make a convincing couple. Sadly, they were both 'hacked up' within the first fifteen minutes of the movie. I wasn't too happy with the death of Drew Barrymore in "Scream" to begin with, and seeing these other two lives claimed so suddenly upset me equally, if not moreso. Therefore, I refuse to be all introspective and what not about how brilliantly they portrayed an ill-fated would-be on screen romance.
Biographies 

JADA PINKETT:

  Full Name: Jada Pinkett Smith
  Date of Birth: September 18, 1971
  Location of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland

  Height: 5'0"
  Eye Color: Brown. (The poster was accurate in Jada's eye color only)

  Married: December 31, 1997
  Husband: Will Smith
  Child: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith born July 8, 1998 (with Smith)

  Sometimes Credited As: Jada Pinkett Smith (Jada Pinkett)
  Current Projects: Jada Pinkett and Will Smith opened a Planet
                    Hollywood in March of 1998 in Baltimore, MD.

  Awards: 1997 Image Awards
            Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture
            Set It Off (1996)
            (nominated)
          1997 Image Awards
            Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie
            If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
            (nominated)
          1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award
            Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror
            Scream 2 (1997)
            (nominated)


OMAR EPPS:
Playbills 

JADA PINKETT SMITH:

Film:
  "Woo" (1998) as Woo (credited as Jada Pinkett Smith)
  "Return to Paradise" (1998) as M.J. Major
  "Scream 2" (1997) as Maureen Evans
  "Set It Off" (1996) as Stony
  "The Nutty Professor" (1996) as Carla Purty
  "Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight" (1995) as Jeryline
  "The Inkwell" (1994) as Lauren Kelly
  "Jason's Lyric" (1994) as Lyric
  "A Low Down Dirty Shame" (1994) as Peaches Jordan
  "Menace II Society" (1993) as Ronnie
  "Moe's World" (1990)

Mini-series and Television Movies:
  "If These Walls Could Talk" (1996)

Television (Appearances):
  "Ellen" (5/13/98) as herself
  "A Different World" (10/3/91) as Lena Jones
  "21 Jump Street"


Writer Filmography:
  "Love for Hire" (1999)



OMAR EPPS:

Film:
  "In Too Deep" (1999)
  "The Mod Squad" (1999) as Linc Hayes
  "The Wood" (1999)
  "Breakfast of Champions" (1998) as Wayne Hoobler
  "Scream 2" (1997) as Phil Stevens
  "Don't Be a Menace to South Central" (1996) as Molik
  "Higher Learning" (1995) as Malik Williams
  "Major League II" (1994) as Willie Mays Hayes
  "The Program" (1993) as Darnell Jefferson
  "Daybreak" (1993) as Hunter
  "Juice" (1992) as Q

Television:
  "ER" (1996-1997) as Doctor Dennis Gant

Mini-series and Television Movies:
  "First-Time Felon" (1997) as Greg Yance
  "Deadly Voyage" (1996) as Kingsley Ofusu

"Scary movies are great foreplay." -- "Excuse me?"

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