BuzzFeed - Getty Images Jurnee Smollett-Bell got her start on one of the most enduring TV sitcoms, Full House, and has gone on to appear on some of the most beloved shows of the past 20 years, like Grey's Anatomy, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, and True Blood. But working in television was actually not her career plan. "When I was a kid, I did a lot, then I took a break because I wanted to focus on films," Smollett-Bell told BuzzFeed News over lunch in Los Angeles in mid-March. "I did guest spots here and there, but I had a rule where I said, 'No, I'm not doing television.'" Save for her breakout film role in 1997's Eve's Bayou, Smollett-Bell said she struggled to find well-rounded female characters on the big screen. "It's been about finding roles that weren't set dressing, characters who weren't just the girlfriend," the 29-year-old actor said. "You don't want to be the earpiece for his problems where you have to help push the plot forward and your identity is directly connected to your
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