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Jurnee Smollett

Film Actress / Television Actress | * 10/01/1986 (37) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Jurnee Diana Smollett (born October 1, 1986) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including On Our Own (1994–1995) and Full House (1992–1994). She gained greater recognition with her role in the critically acclaimed Kasi Lemmons directed film Eve's Bayou (1997), which earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award. 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 WGN America period drama Underground (2016–2017), and the HBO fantasy horror dramas ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Mystery

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The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that ...

The Great Debaters

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2007 | 3.6/5 | 2h 6min
Drama
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Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord. ...

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

FSK: 16+ years

2020 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Action, Crime
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When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the u ...

The Burial

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2023 | 3.6/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Drama
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The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing fa ...

Lovecraft Country

FSK: 18+ years

2020 | 3.6/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with Jurnee Smollett as Actress(19)

as Dolores2024 We Grown Now
2023 The Burial
as Hannah2022 Lou
as Lizzy2022 Spiderhead
as herself2021 A Night at the Academy Museum
as Dinah Lance / Black Canary2020 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Lucy2018 One Last Thing
as Juanita Leonard2016 Hands of Stone
as Judith2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
as Gaia2012 Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4
as Samantha Booke2007 The Great Debaters
as Danyelle Rollins2006 Gridiron Gang
as Tori2005 Roll Bounce
as Emerald Delacroix2001 Ruby's Bucket of Blood
as Vivien Mason2000 Beautiful Joe
as Sheyann Webb1999 Selma, Lord, Selma
as Eve Batiste1997 Eve's Bayou
as Phoebe1996 Jack
as Alison Chase1991 Sunday in Paris

TV Shows/Series with Jurnee Smollett as Actress(25)

as Narrator (voice)2022 The Future Of
as Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis2020 Lovecraft Country
as Jasmine2019 The Twilight Zone
as Rosalee2016 Underground
as herself2015 Hot Ones
as Self - Guest2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Abby Young2013 Do No Harm
as Traci Coolidge2012 The Mob Doctor
as Heather Hall2010 Parenthood
as Lisa Tyler2010 The Defenders
as Nicole Wright2008 True Blood
as Jess Merriweather2006 Friday Night Lights
as Beth Monroe2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Tracy2004 House
as Holly Hawkins2003 Wanda at Large
2000 Strong Medicine
as herself1997 The View
as Jurnee1996 Cosby
as Jordee Jerrico1994 On Our Own
as Romy1994 ER
as Hanna1993 NYPD Blue
as Denise Frazer1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Little Girl #11992 Martin
as Laquita1992 Out All Night
as Denise1987 Full House

Movies with Jurnee Smollett as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2024 We Grown Now

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Full Name: Jurnee Diana Smollett
Born: Wednesday, 10/01 1986 (October) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 37 years + 201 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Siblings: Jussie Smollett, Jake Smollett, Jojo Smollett, Jazz Smollett, Jocqui Smollett
Other names for Jurnee Smollett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jurnee Diana Smollett"
"Jurnee Smollett-Bell"
"저니 스몰렛"
"朱妮·絲莫利特"
Jurnee Smollett frequently works together with these people:
Michael B. Jordan (9x, Actor)
Taraji P. Henson (8x, Actress)
Jordan Peele (7x, Actor)
Daniel Sackheim (7x, Crew)
Lydia Woodward (7x, Crew)
Daniel Radcliffe (6x, Actor)
Whoopi Goldberg (6x, Actress)
Jimmy Fallon (6x, Actor)
Wanda Sykes (6x, Actress)
John Stamos (6x, Actor)
Jeff Franklin (6x, Crew)
Anthony Molinari (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:64256, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024