Jurnee Smollett 1986 39
Jurnee Smollett 1986 39
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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2025 Sunflower
2025 Black Canary as Dinah Lance / Black Canary
2024 The Order as Joanne Carney
2024 We Grown Now as Dolores Executive Producer
2023 The Burial as Mame Downes
2022 Lou as Hannah
2022 Spiderhead as Lizzy
2021 A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
2020 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Dinah Lance / Black Canary
2018 Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Chrysta (voice)
2018 One Last Thing as Lucy
2016 Hands of Stone as Juanita Leonard
2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor as Judith
2012 Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4 as Gaia
2008 True Blood as Nicole Wright
2007 The Great Debaters as Samantha Booke
2006 Gridiron Gang as Danyelle Rollins
2005 Roll Bounce as Tori
2001 Ruby's Bucket of Blood as Emerald Delacroix
2000 Beautiful Joe as Vivien Mason
1999 Selma, Lord, Selma as Sheyann Webb
1997 Eve's Bayou as Eve Batiste
1996 Jack as Phoebe
1991 Sunday in Paris as Alison Chase