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10:04 pm - 01/21/2013

Jurnee Smollett Is On A Roll! Joins Cast Of HBO's 'True Blood' For Upcoming Season 6



NBC never did pick up the women's prison drama pilot Bad Girls - an adaptation of a UK series - that Jurnee Smollett was a star of.

But the young actress has locked in 2 other TV jobs, including the previously-mentioned role as the daughter of Phylicia Rashad’s character, in NBC's Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish thriller, Do No Harm, as well as today's reveal - that she'll be joining the cast of HBO‘s True Blood during its upcoming sixth season.

Ms Smollett will play Nicole Wright, described as "wide-eyed... who is not concerned with money and more concerned with the common good and doing what’s right."

This'll be a series regular role for her, by the way.

True Blood‘s sixth season is scheduled to begin in June.

Smollett will next be seen on the big screen in Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.

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cruel_idol 21st-Jan-2013 10:30 pm (UTC)
So excited that she'll be joining my favorite show! I can't to watch her!
lulufairybubble 21st-Jan-2013 10:33 pm (UTC)
Photobucket
lucciolaa 21st-Jan-2013 10:33 pm (UTC)
It's a shame she joined after TB went to shit.
cherrywhiskers 21st-Jan-2013 10:34 pm (UTC)
Agreed.
breaktheice89 21st-Jan-2013 10:59 pm (UTC)
mte
swim_thedepths 21st-Jan-2013 11:05 pm (UTC)
mte. I couldn't even finish last season.
howlcosmiclove 21st-Jan-2013 11:17 pm (UTC)
mte
Last season was so flip floppy.
withoutyoursmil 21st-Jan-2013 10:33 pm (UTC)
she grew up to be so fucking gorgeous
ritzyroxie 21st-Jan-2013 10:34 pm (UTC)
Ms Smollett will play Nicole Wright, described as "wide-eyed... who is not concerned with money and more concerned with the common good and doing what’s right."

So ig she'll turn out to be completely evil? I cunt wait.
poop_of_death 21st-Jan-2013 10:34 pm (UTC)
YAAAAAASS!! Proud and classy blactress. Bow and shit.

Edited at 2013-01-21 10:34 pm (UTC)
thelovehater 21st-Jan-2013 10:34 pm (UTC)
Who is her True Blood love interest?

You know they don't let anyone on that show without a love interest.
poop_of_death 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
I hope Jason cuz I am team swirl
thelovehater 21st-Jan-2013 10:36 pm (UTC)
LOL I was thinking Jason too, though I feel like they're going to explore more Jason/Jessica this season.
dany_xxx 21st-Jan-2013 11:10 pm (UTC)
Hoping for Jason too or maybe Eric because I hated Nora
hewontgo 21st-Jan-2013 10:59 pm (UTC)
so true
tvwizard 21st-Jan-2013 10:34 pm (UTC)
I don't care what she's in, I just like seeing Jurnee on my television screen. She is so talented.

I'm really glad both her and Michael B. Jordan seem to be doing well post-FNL. I want them to get all the roles.
bigbranch 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
more cast members? that's like the opposite of what true blood needs
rainbow_fish 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
Get rid of Taco Beel and keep her imo
poop_of_death 21st-Jan-2013 10:37 pm (UTC)
they need to get rid of the redheaded bitch that works with Sookie. She's so useless.
poop_of_death 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
they need to develop Tara instead of her just being a victim of one thing after another.
hewontgo 21st-Jan-2013 10:47 pm (UTC)
the show is such a mess, too many cast members, too many storylines
rainbow_fish 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
She is GORG and amazingly talented. I hope she becomes crazy famous tbh.
sassandthecity 21st-Jan-2013 10:35 pm (UTC)
I'm continuing my one man campaign to get her on Scandal Season 3.
rainbow_fish 21st-Jan-2013 10:36 pm (UTC)
omg that would also be amazing.
treebraids 21st-Jan-2013 10:42 pm (UTC)
I want Nia Long and Sanaa Lathan on scandal season 3.
hewontgo 21st-Jan-2013 10:45 pm (UTC)
Sannaa Lathan would have been my second choice for Olivia
mjgchick 21st-Jan-2013 11:20 pm (UTC)
Nia is on House of Lies I think as Series regular.
soph_posh 21st-Jan-2013 10:42 pm (UTC)
Well, she's been on an episode of Grey's, and Shonda loves to recycle her actors, so it could totally happen...
amalgamade 21st-Jan-2013 10:44 pm (UTC)
Make it a 2 person campaign bc I SUPPORT THIS CAUSE
bellwetherr 22nd-Jan-2013 01:18 am (UTC)
YES
foreignhorsie 22nd-Jan-2013 03:39 am (UTC)
THIS!
wonderwomanhero 21st-Jan-2013 10:38 pm (UTC)
Not satisfied until Anna Camp returns
helders 21st-Jan-2013 10:39 pm (UTC)
awesome!!! i can't wait for summer...true blood!
trixielollipop 21st-Jan-2013 10:40 pm (UTC)
The sixth book was pretty good in this series, I know they don't really follow the books, but I hope they pick a couple of the storylines.
markthatcoin 21st-Jan-2013 10:41 pm (UTC)
She is beautiful. I've loved her since FNL and I haven't felt interest in any of these shows, but I'm so glad she's getting work!

Edited at 2013-01-21 10:58 pm (UTC)
jazzypom same — 21st-Jan-2013 11:33 pm (UTC)
She's talented (Eve's Bayou) and pretty like money. If Olivia Wilde can get work...
cabernet Re: same — 21st-Jan-2013 11:56 pm (UTC)
You mean Olivia Munn rite?
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