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Jurnee Smollett

Facts of Jurnee Smollett

Date of Birth: 1986 , October-1
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inch

Quick Timeline of Jurnee Smollett

1986 Born in New York City, New York
1991 Began her acting career
1996 First feature film, Jack
1997 Appeared in the movie, Eve's Bayou
2009 Appeared in the television series, Friday Night Lights
1998 Became involved in HIV/AIDS causes
2010 Married to Josiah Bell
2016 Revealed that she is pregnant
1999 Won Image Awards
1997 Won San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1998 Won Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Detail Timeline of Jurnee Smollett

October 1 , 1986

Born in New York City, New York

Sweet and lovely lady, Jurnee Smollett was born as Jurnee Diana Smollett at the end of 1986 in New York City, New York, United States of America to Joel Smollett and Janet Smollett. She is of Russian, Polish and African American descent.

1991

Began her acting career

Jurnee has been active in acting since her young age. She was less than five when she starred the role of Alison Chase in the TV show Sunday in Paris. In 1992, she was seen playing the role of Laquita in an American sitcom Out All Night.

1996

First feature film, Jack

She made her feature film debut by starring the role of Phoebe in an American comedy-drama film Jack. She has also starred in the movies like Roll Bounce, Beautiful Joe, The Great Debaters and so on.

1997

Appeared in the movie, Eve's Bayou

She got her rise in fame in 1997 after she portrayed the role of Eve Batiste in an American drama movie Eve's Bayou. For this role, she got nominated in lots of prestigious awards and she also won some of them. 

2009

Appeared in the television series, Friday Night Lights

Jurnee Smollett is one of the talented actresses from United States. She is also critically acclaimed for her role of Jordee Jerrico in On Our Own, Sheyann Webb in Selma, Lord, Selma and Jess Merriweather in Friday Night Lights.

1998

Became involved in HIV/AIDS causes

Besides being known for being an actress, she is also famous for being a HIV/AIDS activist. She has involved in HIV/AIDS causes since she was aged 11. She decided to dedicate her life in AIDS awareness after one of her cast member died of AIDS when she was seven years old.

October 24 , 2010

Married to Josiah Bell

On 24th of October 2010, Jurnee got married to love of her life Josiah Bell. Josiah Bell is a talented musician from United States. Before they tied their married knot, they also had romantic love affairs with each other for several months.

June 7 , 2016

Revealed that she is pregnant

It’s been more than half a decade, she has been married to love of her life Josiah Bell. Recently on 7th of June 2016, she revealed that she is pregnant with her first child. She announced she is pregnant via her Instagram account. 

1999

Won Image Awards

Till date she has been nominated in Image Awards for five different times and out of these five nominations she has been honored three times. She won this award for the first time in 1999 for Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress. 

1997

Won San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

She is popular for portraying the role of Eve Batiste in the movie Eve's Bayou. For this role, she got her first nomination in San Diego Film Critics Society Awards in 1997 and she also won this award that year for Best Supporting Actress. 

1998

Won Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

In 1998, she got nominated in Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for the first time in her life. She was kind of lucky that year as also won this award for Best Child Performance. That year she also got nominated in Chicago Film Critics Association Awards. 

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On 24th of October 2010, Jurnee got married to love of her life Josiah Bell. Josiah Bell is a talented musician from United States. Before they tied their married knot, they also had romantic love affairs with each other for several months. Both of her parents have diverse ethnicity. Her nationality is American.

Jurnee has been active in acting since her young age. She was less than five when she starred the role of Alison Chase in the TV show Sunday in Paris. In 1992, she was seen playing the role of Laquita in an American sitcom Out All Night. In the early 1990s, she appeared in the TV series like Full House, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Martin and so on. She made her feature film debut by starring the role of Phoebe in an American comedy-drama film Jack. She got her rise in fame in 1997 after she portrayed the role of Eve Batiste in an American drama movie Eve's Bayou. She has also starred in the movies like Roll Bounce, Beautiful Joe, The Great Debaters and so on. She is also critically acclaimed for her role of Jordee Jerrico in On Our Own, Sheyann Webb in Selma, Lord, Selma and Jess Merriweather in Friday Night Lights. Besides being known for being an actress, she is also famous for being a HIV/AIDS activist. She has involved in HIV/AIDS causes since she was aged 11. She decided to dedicate her life in AIDS awareness after one of her cast member died of AIDS when she was seven years old. Her net worth is $2 million dollars.