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Jurnee Diana Smollett was born in New York City, [2] to Janet Harris and Joel Smollett. Her father was Ashkenazi Jewish, with ancestors from Russia and Poland, [3] [4] [5] while her mother is African American. [6] [7] [8] She is the fourth of six siblings, all performers: [9] one sister, Jazz Smollett, [10] and four brothers, Jussie, JoJo, Jake ...
Jussie Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California, [2] to Joel and Janet (née Harris) Smollett. He has three brothers and two sisters: Jake, Jocqui, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jazz, several of whom are also actors. [3] Smollett is biracial [4] and Jewish. [5] His mother is African-American, and his father is Jewish. [6]
Since then, Smollett played Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter” (8-year-old Sheyann Webb) in the 1999 TV movie “Selma, Lord Selma”; the sole female debater at a ...
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has set its lineup of narrative and documentary features for its 28th edition, including Jussie Smollett’s return to acting in “The Lost Holliday ...
The Order is a 2024 Canadian crime thriller film directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Zach Baylin, based on the 1989 non-fiction book The Silent Brotherhood: The Chilling Inside Story of America's Violent, Anti-Government Militia Movement by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt.
The film also stars Smollett's aunt Vivica A. Fox as Cassandra, Damien's estranged mother, ... but I am so grateful," Smollett says of the movie's reception. "I'm a very grateful person and I'm ...
Selma, Lord, Selma is a 1999 American made-for-television biographical drama film based on true events that happened in March 1965, known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. The film tells the story through the eyes of a 9-year-old African-American girl named Sheyann Webb ( Jurnee Smollett ).
Jamie Broadnax of Black Girl Nerds wrote that while the film's pacing "tends to slow down at times", the storyline overall is "incredible" and the character development "evolves well". Broadnax also praised the performances of Pierce and Smollett, calling them "compelling".