Jurnee Smollett is an actress from America. She started acting when she was a child, appearing in TV shows like On Our Own (1994–1995) and Full House (1992–1994). People noticed her more after she played a role in the well-liked movie Eve’s Bayou (1997), directed by Kasi Lemmons. She even won a Critics’ Choice Movie Award for it.
When Jurnee grew up, she acted in movies like The Great Debaters (2007), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), and Birds of Prey (2020). She was also in TV shows like Friday Night Lights (2009–2011), Underground (2016–2017), True Blood (2013–2014), and Lovecraft Country (2020). She got nominated for a big award, the Primetime Emmy Award, for her role in Lovecraft Country.
In 2020, Jurnee played the character Dinah Lance / Black Canary in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movie Birds of Prey.