Jurnee Smollett

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1986-10-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1		Sunflower		0
2	1991	Sunday in Paris	Alison Chase	0
3	1996	Jack	Phoebe	63
4	1997	Eve's Bayou	Eve Batiste	64
5	1999	Selma, Lord, Selma	Sheyann Webb	71
6	2000	Beautiful Joe	Vivien Mason	54
7	2001	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Emerald Delacroix	61
8	2005	Roll Bounce	Tori	67
9	2006	Gridiron Gang	Danyelle Rollins	70
10	2007	The Great Debaters	Samantha Booke	72
11	2012	Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4	Gaia	0
12	2013	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor	Judith	66
13	2016	Hands of Stone	Juanita Leonard	66
14	2018	One Last Thing	Lucy	65
15	2018	Sofia the First: Forever Royal	Chrysta (voice)	95
16	2020	Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)	Dinah Lance / Black Canary	69
17	2021	A Night at the Academy Museum	Self	70
18	2022	Spiderhead	Lizzy	58
19	2022	Lou	Hannah	65
20	2023	The Burial	Mame Downes	71
21	2024	We Grown Now	Dolores	67
22	2024	The Order	Joanne Carney	67
23		Black Canary	Dinah Lance / Black Canary	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	Full House	Denise	75
2	1992	Martin	Little Girl #1	77
3	1992	Out All Night	Laquita	85
4	1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Denise Frazer	65
5	1993	NYPD Blue	Hanna	70
6	1994	On Our Own	Jordee Jerrico	60
7	1994	ER	Romy	78
8	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Ali Baba (voice)	60
9	1996	Cosby	Jurnee	59
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	2000	Strong Medicine	Ruby	71
12	2003	Wanda at Large	Holly Hawkins	72
13	2004	House	Tracy	86
14	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Beth Monroe	82
15	2006	Friday Night Lights	Jess Merriweather	80
16	2008	True Blood	Nicole Wright	76
17	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
18	2010	Parenthood	Heather Hall	74
19	2010	The Defenders	Lisa Tyler	69
20	2012	The Mob Doctor	Traci Coolidge	65
21	2013	Sofia the First	Chrysta (voice)	72
22	2013	Do No Harm	Abby Young	62
23	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest	58
24	2015	Hot Ones	Self	74
25	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	54
26	2016	Underground	Rosalee	67
27	2019	The Twilight Zone	Jasmine	67
28	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
29	2020	Lovecraft Country	Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis	72
30	2022	The Future Of	Self - Narrator (voice)	53
31		Firebug	Michelle	0
32	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	68
33	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42