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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Female

Birthday

1986-10-01 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Jurnee Diana Smollett

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

ジャーニー・スモレット=ベル

Джерни Смолетт-Белл

Jurnee Smollett

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.

Known For

Acting

Gridiron Gang

2006

Gridiron Gang

as

Danyelle Rollins

Roll Bounce

2005

Roll Bounce

as

Tori

The Burial

2023

The Burial

as

Mame Downes

Eve's Bayou

1997

Eve's Bayou

as

Eve Batiste

The Order

2024

The Order

as

Joanne Carney

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

2001

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

as

Emerald Delacroix

We Grown Now

2024

We Grown Now

as

Dolores

Selma, Lord, Selma

1999

Selma, Lord, Selma

as

Sheyann Webb

The Great Debaters

2007

The Great Debaters

as

Samantha Booke

Hands of Stone

2016

Hands of Stone

as

Juanita Leonard

Beautiful Joe

2000

Beautiful Joe

as

Vivien Mason

Jack

1996

Jack

as

Phoebe

One Last Thing

2018

One Last Thing

as

Lucy

Sunday in Paris

1991

Sunday in Paris

as

Alison Chase

Spiderhead

2022

Spiderhead

as

Lizzy

Lou

2022

Lou

as

Hannah

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

2018

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

as

Chrysta (voice)

Black Canary

Black Canary

as

Dinah Lance / Black Canary

Martin

Martin

as

Little Girl #1

House

House

as

Tracy

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Beth Monroe

Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

as

Jess Merriweather

Full House

Full House

as

Denise

ER

ER

as

Romy

Wanda at Large

Wanda at Large

as

Holly Hawkins

Out All Night

Out All Night

as

Laquita

On Our Own

On Our Own

as

Jordee Jerrico

The Defenders

The Defenders

as

Lisa Tyler

True Blood

True Blood

as

Nicole Wright

Do No Harm

Do No Harm

as

Abby Young

Cosby

Cosby

as

Jurnee

The Mob Doctor

The Mob Doctor

as

Traci Coolidge

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as

Hanna

Underground

Underground

as

Rosalee

Parenthood

Parenthood

as

Heather Hall

The Future Of

The Future Of

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country

as

Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis

Smoke

Smoke

as

Michelle Calderone

Sofia the First

Sofia the First

as

Chrysta (voice)

The View

The View

as

Self

Hot Ones

Hot Ones

as

Self

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

Production

Crew

Directing