Jada Pinkett Smith has signed on to Netflix‘s upcoming A Different World sequel series, reprising her role of Lena James.
Smith teased her return in an Instagram post Wednesday, with the caption “She back 😜#ADifferentWorld✨” next to a photo of her trailer with her A Different World character Lena James name tacked onto the door. Netflix subsequently confirmed on its Instagram stories.
She will join original series alums Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Cree Summer, and Darryl M. Bell who also are returning for the upcoming sequel series.
As we previously reported, The series centers on Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), the youngest daughter of Hillman College’s finest, Dwayne Wayne (Hardison) and Whitney Gilbert (Guy), as she enters her freshman year at their HBCU alma mater and finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape. She sets out to build her own legacy – while having the time
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