Jurnee Smollett
American actress
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| 2025 | Scheduled to appear in an upcoming miniseries as character Michell Calderon |
| 2024 | Cast in The Order as Joanne Carney |
| 2023 | Appeared in two films: We Grown Now as Dolores (also as executive producer) and The Burial as Mame Downes |
| 2022 | Starred in two films: Spiderhead as Lizzy and Lou as Hannah Dawson, where she also served as an executive producer |
| 2022 | Executive produced and co-starred in the Netflix thriller film 'Lou'. |
| 2021 | Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Film at the Saturn Awards for Birds of Prey |
| 2021 | Won Best Actress in a Horror Series at the Critics' Choice Super Awards for her role in Lovecraft Country |
| 2021 | Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Lovecraft Country |
| 2021 | Nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the NAACP Image Awards for Lovecraft Country |
| 2021 | Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Lovecraft Country |
| 2021 | Nominated for Best Actress in a Superhero Movie at the Critics' Choice Super Awards for Birds of Prey |
| 2021 | Nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Critics' Choice Television Awards for Lovecraft Country |
| November 2021 | Joined Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones in Amazon Studios' courtroom drama 'The Burial', directed by Maggie Betts. |
| August 2021 | Divorce from Josiah Bell was finalized. |
| August 2021 | Announced to star in a solo Black Canary Movie for Warner Bros. and DC Films on HBO Max. |
| 2020 | Nominated for Best Movie Ensemble at the IGN Awards for Birds of Prey |
| 2020 | Jurnee Smollett appeared in an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' playing the character Jasmine Delancey |
| 2020 | Smollett starred as a series regular in 'Lovecraft Country', playing Letitia 'Leti' Lewis in 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Portrayed Black Canary in the film 'Birds of Prey' and Letitia 'Leti' Lewis in the HBO series Lovecraft Country. |
| March 2020 | Filed for divorce from Josiah Bell and joined the Board of Directors for the Children's Defense Fund. |
| 2018 | Nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the NAACP Image Awards for Underground |
| 2016 | Played Juanita Leonard, wife of boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, in the biographical sport film 'Hands of Stone', co-starring with Usher and Robert De Niro. |
| 2016 | Starts her role in the WGN America period drama Underground. |
| October 31 2016 | Gave birth to her first and only child, a son named Hunter. |
| 2015 | Cast as the lead character Rosalee in the WGN America period drama series Underground, portraying a shy house slave set in 1857. |
| 2013 | Stars in the film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor and appears in the HBO vampire series True Blood. |
| October 24 2010 | Married musician Josiah Bell. |
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