Jurnee Diana Smollett was born on October 1,1986 and is an American actress.
17 Facts About Jurnee Smollett
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Jurnee Smollett began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including On Our Own and Full House.
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Jurnee Smollett gained greater recognition with her role in the critically acclaimed Kasi Lemmons directed film Eve's Bayou, which earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award.
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Jurnee Diana Smollett was born in New York City, to Janet Harris and Joel Smollett.
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Jurnee Smollett's father was Ashkenazi Jewish, with ancestors from Romania, Russia and Poland, while her mother is African American.
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Jurnee Smollett is the fourth of six siblings, all performers: one sister, Jazz Smollett, and four brothers, Jussie, JoJo, Jake, and Jocqui.
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Jurnee Smollett began her acting career appearing on Martin and Out All Night in 1992.
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Jurnee Smollett then had recurring roles as Denise Frazer on the ABC family sitcoms Full House and Hangin' with Mr Cooper.
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In 1999, Jurnee Smollett starred in the ABC TV film Selma, Lord, Selma.
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In 2007, Jurnee Smollett portrayed Samantha Booke, the sole female debater at Wiley College in the historical film The Great Debaters.
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In 2013, Jurnee Smollett played the leading role in the drama film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor directed by Tyler Perry.
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Jurnee Smollett later played Juanita Leonard, the wife of boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, in the 2016 biographical sport film Hands of Stone co-starring with Usher and Robert De Niro.
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In 2015, Jurnee Smollett was cast as lead character in the WGN America period drama series Underground.
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Jurnee Smollett played Rosalee, a shy house slave working on a plantation in 1857.
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Jurnee Smollett portrayed Black Canary in the 2020 film Birds of Prey, and Letitia "Leti" Lewis in the 2020 HBO series Lovecraft Country.
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Jurnee Smollett is on the Board of Directors for the Children's Defense Fund.
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Jurnee Smollett has two siblings who are actors: Jake Smollett and Jussie Smollett.