All of Jurnee Smollett's Best Movies and TV Shows, Including "The Burial"

Smollett joined the cast of "Friday Night Lights" in 2009. The sports drama series is based on the 1990 book of the same name by H. G. Bissinger. The show, which ran for five seasons, centers on a high school football team in Texas as they try to make it to the championships. Smollett plays one of the students at Dillion High named Jess Merriweather.