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.
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Filmography
| Series | Firebug | Michelle | 2025 |
| Movie | Sunflower | 2025 | |
| Movie | We Grown Now | Dolores | 2024-04-19 |
| Movie | The Order | Joanne Carney | 2024-12-05 |
| Movie | The Burial | Mame Downes | 2023-10-06 |
| Movie | Spiderhead | Lizzy | 2022-06-17 |
| Series | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022-09-12 |
| Movie | Lou | Hannah | 2022-09-23 |
| Series | The Future Of | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-21 |
| Movie | A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | 2021-10-12 |
| Series | Lovecraft Country | Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis | 2020-08-16 |
| Movie | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Dinah Lance / Black Canary | 2020-02-05 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Jasmine | 2019-04-01 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | One Last Thing | Lucy | 2018-06-13 |
| Movie | Hands of Stone | Juanita Leonard | 2016-08-26 |
| Series | Underground | Rosalee | 2016-03-09 |
| Series | Hot Ones | Self | 2015-03-12 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015-03-23 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014-02-17 |
| Series | Do No Harm | Abby Young | 2013-01-31 |
| Movie | Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | Judith | 2013-03-29 |
| Series | Sofia the First | Chrysta (voice) | 2013-01-11 |
| Movie | Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4 | Gaia | 2012-12-14 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Traci Coolidge | 2012-09-17 |
| Series | The Defenders | Lisa Tyler | 2010-09-22 |
| Series | Parenthood | Heather Hall | 2010-03-02 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Series | True Blood | Nicole Wright | 2008-09-07 |
| Movie | The Great Debaters | Samantha Booke | 2007-12-25 |
| Series | Friday Night Lights | Jess Merriweather | 2006-10-03 |
| Movie | Gridiron Gang | Danyelle Rollins | 2006-09-15 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Beth Monroe | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | Roll Bounce | Tori | 2005-09-23 |
| Series | House | Tracy | 2004-11-16 |
| Series | Wanda at Large | Holly Hawkins | 2003-03-26 |
| Movie | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Emerald Delacroix | 2001-12-01 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | Ruby | 2000-07-23 |
| Movie | Beautiful Joe | Vivien Mason | 2000-06-09 |
| Movie | Selma, Lord, Selma | Sheyann Webb | 1999-01-17 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Eve Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | Cosby | Jurnee | 1996-09-16 |
| Movie | Jack | Phoebe | 1996-08-09 |
| Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Ali Baba (voice) | 1995-03-12 |
| Series | On Our Own | Jordee Jerrico | 1994-09-13 |
| Series | ER | Romy | 1994-09-19 |
| Series | NYPD Blue | Hanna | 1993-09-21 |
| Series | Out All Night | Laquita | 1992-09-19 |
| Series | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Denise Frazer | 1992-09-22 |
| Series | Martin | Little Girl #1 | 1992-08-27 |
| Movie | Sunday in Paris | Alison Chase | 1991-07-07 |
| Series | Full House | Denise | 1987-09-22 |