Gorgeous and talented HawthoRNe star Jada Pinkett Smith has a whole lot to be smiling about these days. Just this week, the renowned NAACP announced that she and her TNT medical drama have been nominated for not one, but two prestigious NAACP Image Awards. Go, Team Jada!

The actress, who also serves as an executive producer of the original series, is up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, and the show is in the running for Outstanding Drama Series accolades, too.

If you’re a fan of the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, you already know that regular cast member Suleka Mathew (pictured below) plays nurse Bobbie Jackson, the fellow Richmond Trinity Hospital employee and best friend of Jada Pinkett Smith’s title character Christina Hawthorne.

Bobbie is well-known on the series for her competence, integrity, and quick wit. She also happens to have a prosthetic left leg, which doesn’t slow her down one bit on the job, although it does sometimes interfere with her confidence when it comes to the opposite sex.

Her show may be on hiatus, but HawthoRNe star Jada Pinkett Smith is not letting the break slow her down in the least.

People magazine reports that the actress and her movie star husband Will Smith have a very impressive joint gig coming up: traveling to Oslo, Norway, in order to co-host the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s 16th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11.

Lovely HawthoRNe star Jada Pinkett Smith celebrates her 38th birthday on September 18, 2009.

Born in 1971, the talented actress has a lot to be happy about these days, too. Not only is she one of the most prominent thespians in Hollywood, but her new TNT original drama is all set for a second season following its recent successful rookie run.
Jada is pictured above at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party held in Los Angeles, California, on February 22, 2009. As always, she looks smashing.
HawthoRNe will return to TNT for Season Two in 2010.

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It’s a first season finale for TNT’s HawthoRNe when the August 18 episode “Hello and Goodbye” airs.

Although the series is ending its freshman run after ten episodes, the medical drama has already been picked up for a second season of ten episodes.

Get excited, HawthoRNe fans. TNT revealed this week that its latest original medical drama starring Jada Pinkett Smith will return for a second season. What a wise decision!

The August 10 announcement indicates the basic-cable network has ordered an additional ten episodes of the show for its sophomore season. Partially responsible for the pickup is HawthoRNe’s “tremendous growth” during the current first season.

The current economic crisis sweeping the world rears its ugly head on “Mother’s Day,” the brand-new August 11 episode of HawthoRNe.

Forced to fight to keep her nurses on the payroll during a dire budget crunch…

Next up on HawthoRNe is the August 4 episode “No Guts, No Glory.”

Christina’s latest primary patient, played by fabulous Scrubs star Judy Reyes, is a potential victim of abuse at the hands of her boyfriend,…

“Night Moves,” the new July 28 episode of HawthoRNe, takes on the timely issue of surrogacy when Christina pulls an overnight shift at Richmond Trinity Hospital.

Follow the jump for additional details and the customary sneak peek.

Chaos coming up! The brand-new July 21 episode of HawthoRNe is called “Trust Me,” during which the emergency room at Richmond Trinity Hospital overflows with patients from a nearby closed-down ER.

More details and a sneak peek after the jump…