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Jurnee Smollett is an award-winning actress and activist known for her powerful performances across film and television. Smollett’s previous stage work includes Horton Foote’s The Trip To Bountiful, opposite Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams. She recently starred opposite Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+ series Smoke. Other film credits include The Order, which premiered to critical acclaim at the 81st Venice Film Festival, The Burial, and We Grown Now. Smollett is also known for HBO's Lovecraft Country, which earned her a Critics Choice Super Award and nominations for an Emmy, Critics Choice, and NAACP Image Award.