Jurnee Diana Smollett is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including On Our Own and Full House . She 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.
As an adult, Smollett has starred in the films The Great Debaters , Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor , and Birds of Prey . Her television roles include the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights , the WGN America period drama Underground , and the HBO fantasy horror dramas True Blood and Lovecraft Country , receiving a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the latter. In 2020, Smollett portrayed DC Comic superhero Dinah Lance / Black Canary in the DC Extended Universe feature film Birds of Prey.
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14 February 2019 https://twitter.com/jurneesmollett/status/1096168270506258432 re Jussie Smollett (older brother)
“Survivors, I believe you. Because I am you. #BelieveSurivors #StopKavanaugh #timesup ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽”
Source: 24 September 2018 https://twitter.com/jurneesmollett/status/1044394618790408192 re Brett Kavanaugh
