Jurnee Smollett
Acting • Born 1986-10-01
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.
Filmography
59 credits
Sunflower
Movie
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie • 2021
Self
Gridiron Gang
Movie • 2006
Danyelle Rollins
Roll Bounce
Movie • 2005
Tori
The Burial
Movie • 2023
Mame Downes
Eve's Bayou
Movie • 1997
Eve Batiste
The Order
Movie • 2024
Joanne Carney
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Movie • 2013
Judith
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Movie • 2001
Emerald Delacroix
We Grown Now
Movie • 2024
Dolores
Selma, Lord, Selma
Movie • 1999
Sheyann Webb
Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4
Movie • 2012
Gaia
The Great Debaters
Movie • 2007
Samantha Booke
Hands of Stone
Movie • 2016
Juanita Leonard
Beautiful Joe
Movie • 2000
Vivien Mason
Jack
Movie • 1996
Phoebe
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Movie • 2020
Dinah Lance / Black Canary
One Last Thing
Movie • 2018
Lucy
Sunday in Paris
Movie • 1991
Alison Chase
Spiderhead
Movie • 2022
Lizzy
Lou
Movie • 2022
Hannah
Sofia the First: Forever Royal
Movie • 2018
Chrysta (voice)
Martin
TV • 1992
Little Girl #1
House
TV • 2004
Tracy
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Beth Monroe
Friday Night Lights
TV • 2006
Jess Merriweather
Full House
TV • 1987
Denise
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
TV • 1992
Denise Frazer
ER
TV • 1994
Romy
Wanda at Large
TV • 2003
Holly Hawkins
Out All Night
TV • 1992
Laquita
On Our Own
TV • 1994
Jordee Jerrico
The Defenders
TV • 2010
Lisa Tyler
True Blood
TV • 2008
Nicole Wright
Cosby
TV • 1996
Jurnee
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Hanna
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Ruby
The Mob Doctor
TV • 2012
Traci Coolidge
Do No Harm
TV • 2013
Abby Young
Underground
TV • 2016
Rosalee
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Parenthood
TV • 2010
Heather Hall
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Ali Baba (voice)
The Future Of
TV • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lovecraft Country
TV • 2020
Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis
Smoke
TV • 2025
Michelle Calderone
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Sofia the First
TV • 2013
Chrysta (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2019
Jasmine
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV • 2025
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter