Jurnee Smollett Net Worth Forbes 2024

Actress Jurnee Diana Smollett was born in New York City, Smollett began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including On Our Own (1994–1995) and Full House (1992–1994). Smollett gained greater recognition with her role in the critically acclaimed Kasi Lemmons’ directed film Eve’s Bayou (1997).

Smollett has been active in HIV/AIDS causes since she was 11. Her first encounter with the disease came at age seven when a crew member of On Our Own died of AIDS. Smollett was inspired by the HIV/AIDS survivor Hydeia Broadbent, with whom she eventually worked for HIV/AIDS awareness, including for the Black AIDS Institute and Red Cross.

Jurnee Smollett Net Worth Forbes

Jurnee Smollett’s Net Worth is $6 Million US Dollars. Smollett received critical acclaim for her performance as 10-year-old Eve in the 1997 film Eve’s Bayou opposite Lynn Whitfield, Samuel L. Jackson, and Debbi Morgan. In casting the role, writer-director Kasi Lemmons envisioned “a light-skinned black child who could convey the nuances of a Creole child in the 60s.

Smollett received the Critic’s Choice Award and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. The following year, she joined the cast of the CBS sitcom Cosby, for which she won two NAACP Image Awards. In 1999, Smollett starred in the ABC TV film Selma, Lord, Selma. In 2000, she co-starred with Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly in the film Beautiful Joe.