Jurnee Smollett

ActorProducer Oct 1 (age 39) New York City, New York, USA 1987–2026 (39 year career)

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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),…

Known For

Film

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

Dinah Lance / Black Canary

Film

True Blood

Nicole Wright

Film

Gridiron Gang

Danyelle Rollins

Film

The Great Debaters

Samantha Booke

Film

Lovecraft Country

Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis

Film

Friday Night Lights

Jess Merriweather

Film

The Burial

Mame Downes

Film

Jack

Phoebe

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (23)

The Order

as Joanne Carney

We Grown Now

as Dolores

The Burial

as Mame Downes

Spiderhead

as Lizzy

Lou

as Hannah

A Night at the Academy Museum

2021

as Self

7.0

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

2020

as Dinah Lance / Black Canary

6.9

One Last Thing

2018

as Lucy

6.5

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

as Chrysta (voice)

Hands of Stone

as Juanita Leonard

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

2013

as Judith

6.6

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4

2012

as Gaia

The Great Debaters

as Samantha Booke

Gridiron Gang

as Danyelle Rollins

Roll Bounce

as Tori

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

as Emerald Delacroix

Beautiful Joe

as Vivien Mason

Selma, Lord, Selma

as Sheyann Webb

Eve's Bayou

as Eve Batiste

Jack

as Phoebe

Sunday in Paris

as Alison Chase

Black Canary

as Dinah Lance / Black Canary

Sunflower

Television (37)

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

2026

as Rosa Parks

5.3

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025

as Self

3.6

Smoke

2025

as Michelle Calderone

6.0

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

The Future Of

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.2

Lovecraft Country

2020

as Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis

7.1

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Twilight Zone

as Jasmine

Underground

as Rosalee

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Hot Ones

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Sofia the First

as Chrysta (voice)

Do No Harm

as Abby Young

The Mob Doctor

as Traci Coolidge

Parenthood

as Heather Hall

The Defenders

as Lisa Tyler

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

True Blood

as Nicole Wright

Friday Night Lights

as Jess Merriweather

Grey's Anatomy

as Beth Monroe

House

as Tracy

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Wanda at Large

as Holly Hawkins

Strong Medicine

as Ruby

The View

as Self

Cosby

as Jurnee

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Ali Baba (voice)

as Romy

On Our Own

as Jordee Jerrico

NYPD Blue

as Hanna

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

Martin

as Little Girl #1

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

as Denise Frazer

Out All Night

as Laquita

Full House

as Denise

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

We Grown Now

2024

Executive Producer

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