Jurnee Smollett
ActingAlso Known As
Jurnee Diana Smollett, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, ジャーニー・スモレット＝ベル, Джерни Смолетт-Белл
Biography
Jurnee Diana Smollett (born October 1, 1986) is an American actress. Smollett began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including On Our Own (1994–1995) and Full House (1992–1994). As an adult, Smollett has starred in the films The Great Debaters (2007), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), and Birds of Prey (2020). Her television roles include the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights (2009–2011), the HBO fantasy horror drama True Blood (2013–2014), the WGN America period drama Underground (2016–2017), and the HBO horror drama Lovecraft Country (2020). For the latter, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Movies
(22 total)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Dinah Lance / Black Canary
Spiderhead
as Lizzy
Jack
as Phoebe
Gridiron Gang
as Danyelle Rollins
The Order
as Joanne Carney
Lou
as Hannah
The Great Debaters
as Samantha Booke
The Burial
as Mame Downes
Hands of Stone
as Juanita Leonard
Eve's Bayou
as Eve Batiste
Roll Bounce
as Tori
We Grown Now
as Dolores
Beautiful Joe
as Vivien Mason
One Last Thing
as Lucy
Selma, Lord, Selma
as Sheyann Webb
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Emerald Delacroix
Sofia the First: Forever Royal
as Chrysta (voice)
TV Shows
(37 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Beth Monroe
House
as Tracy
True Blood
as Nicole Wright
Full House
as Denise
ER
as Romy
Lovecraft Country
as Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis
Sofia the First
as Chrysta (voice)
The Twilight Zone
as Jasmine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Friday Night Lights
as Jess Merriweather
NYPD Blue
as Hanna
Parenthood
as Heather Hall
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Martin
as Little Girl #1
The View
as Self
Smoke
as Michelle Calderone
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Underground
as Rosalee