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Loop 21 caught up with Smith to talk TV, motherhood and success

There’s no slowing down Jada Pinkett Smith. One day she is on the red carpet posing with her über talented family, next she’s wishing Oprah farewell, then on the set guiding the careers of her children and let’s not forget she stars in her own hit TV show, TNT’s hit medical drama HawthoRNe, which returns tonight with a shocker that is sure to drop your jaw.

Smith stars as Christina Hawthorne, a chief nursing officer, who is forced to juggle the roles and subsequent relationships that are demanded of her as a professional, mother, friend and lover. In it’s third season, the show picks up with Smith’s character pregnant and about to marry her Pinkett Smith's character is not only walking down the aisle pregnant she's also torn between Detective Nick Renata (Marc Anthony) and on-again/off-again love Dr. Tom Wakefield (Michael Vartan). This season Derek Luke ("Antwone Fisher") and Lauren Velez ("New York Undercover") join the cast.

TheLoop21 caught up with Smith to talk about the premiere of the third season of her hit TNT series, HawthoRNe, and just how much she has in common with the show’s character Christina.

TheLoop21: Congratulations on your third season of HawthoRNe! How does it feel?
Jada Pinkett Smith: Oh, it feels good. It really feels good. We’re glad to be back, and I feel like we have an exciting season in store for all the HawthoRNe fans. What should fans be anticipating seeing on the show this season? They should anticipate a highly-charged, dramatic, intense season with a lot of romance and adult issues. It’s going to be a helluva ride!