Ask American Profile 3/22/2009
Will Smith, Holly Hunter, Alexandra Steele
Q How many children does Will Smith have and are they actors, too?
—Lee Guthrie, Detroit, Mich.
Smith, 40, has two children with wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 37: son Jaden, 10, and daughter Willow, 8. Willow appeared with her father in the film I Am Legend, and she and her mom provided voices, young and old, for Gloria in the animated Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Jaden starred with his dad in The Pursuit of Happyness and had a major role in The Day the Earth Stood Still. By his first wife, Smith has a son, Trey, 16, who appeared in two episodes of the TV series All of Us in 2003.
Q What has happened to the Holly Hunter TV series Saving Grace?
—Shelley Macdonald, Batavia, N.Y.
As you may have noticed, the remaining episodes of season two have returned to TNT. The third season begins in June as Hunter, 51, continues her role as Grace Hanadarko, a gutsy Oklahoma police detective who holds nothing back. The Conyers, Ga., native won an Oscar for the 1993 movie The Piano.
Q What can you tell me about Alexandra Steele on the Weather Channel?
—Ruth Boday, Defiance, Ohio
Steele, 30, recently returned to her regular spot on the network’s Evening Edition after having a baby girl. Before joining the Weather Channel, the Albany, N.Y., native had been the meteorologist for four years on Good Morning Washington at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter and enjoys playing golf.





