Cast & creator
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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.
Also known as: Jurnee Diana Smollett, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, ジャーニー・スモレット＝ベル, Джерни Смолетт-Белл
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film credits
39
television credits
61
1987–2026 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
Showing 62 of 62 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Grey's Anatomy
Beth Monroe
2005
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self
2010
House
Tracy
2004
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
ER
Romy
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
NYPD Blue
Hanna
1993
Strong Medicine
Ruby
2000
True Blood
Nicole Wright
2008
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Full House
Denise Frazer
1987
Parenthood
Heather Hall
2010
Friday Night Lights
Jess Merriweather
2006
Sofia the First
Chrysta (voice)
2013
Martin
Little Girl #1
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Denise Frazer
1992
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Ali Baba (voice)
1995
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
The Twilight Zone
Jasmine
2019
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Dinah Lance / Black Canary
2020
The Defenders
Lisa Tyler
2010
Lovecraft Country
Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis
2020
Cosby
Jurnee
1996
Smoke
Michelle Calderone
2025
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Rosa Parks
2026
The Order
Joanne Carney
2024
Spiderhead
Lizzy
2022
Underground
Rosalee
2016
On Our Own
Jordee Jerrico
1994
Gridiron Gang
Danyelle Rollins
2006
The Great Debaters
Samantha Booke
2007
The Burial
Mame Downes
2023
Wanda at Large
Holly Hawkins
2003Out All Night
Laquita
1992
The Mob Doctor
Traci Coolidge
2012
Jack
Phoebe
1996
Hands of Stone
Juanita Leonard
2016
Do No Harm
Abby Young
2013
Lou
Hannah
2022
Roll Bounce
Tori
2005
We Grown Now
Dolores
2024We Grown Now
Executive Producer
2024
Eve's Bayou
Eve Batiste
1997
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Judith
2013
Sofia the First: Forever Royal
Chrysta (voice)
2018
The Future Of
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Beautiful Joe
Vivien Mason
2000
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Emerald Delacroix
2001
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
One Last Thing
Lucy
2018
Selma, Lord, Selma
Sheyann Webb
1999
Sunday in Paris
Alison Chase
1991
Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4
Gaia
2012