Jurnee Smollett-Bell (born Jurnee Diana Smollett, October 1, 1986) is an American actress. A child actress, she was known for her role on On Our Own (1994–1995). She played Eve in the 1997 independent drama movie Eve's Bayou.
As an adult, Smollett-Bell has starred in the movies The Great Debaters (2007) and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013).
In 2018, Bell was cast as DC Comics superheroine Black Canary in the DC Extended Universe, intended to make her first appearance in Birds of Prey.