Pinkett Smith Takes Lead in TNT Drama Pilot

ATLANTA, September 19:
Jada Pinkett Smith will play the lead role of the strong and caring director of
nursing at a North Carolina hospital in TNT’s drama pilot Time Heals.

The series takes place at
Charlotte Mercy Hospital, where Nancy Hawthorne (Pinkett Smith) continuously
challenges hospital administrators, heartless doctors, apathetic colleagues and
a system that sometimes forgets it’s there to serve the sick. Recently widowed
and the mother of a teenager, Nancy juggles her career with her role as a
single parent.

Time Heals comes to TNT from Sony Pictures Television in
association with Pinkett Smith’s 100% Womon Productions, John Masius
Productions and Jamie Tarses’ FanFare Productions. It was created by
Emmy-winner John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead
Like Me), who also wrote the pilot
script. Masius, Pinkett Smith and Tarses (My Boys) serve as executive producers.

Since making her film
debut in Menace II Society,
Pinkett Smith has starred in a number of films, including The Nutty
Professor, Collateral, Reign Over Me, The Matrix Reloaded and Set It Off. She can currently be seen in theaters in the
comedy-drama The Women, a
remake of the 1939 classic.

“John Masius has created a
beautifully drawn character, and we couldn’t have wished for a better choice to
play her than Jada,” said Michael Wright, the senior VP in charge of the
content creation group for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies. “Nancy Hawthorne
is incredibly dynamic, a nurse whose energy, self-sacrifice and heroism changes
lives on a daily basis. We are thrilled to have this wonderful actress on board
for this very special drama.”

—By Jackie Stewart