J. Smith-Cameron

Biography

Jean Isabel Smith (born September 7, 1957), credited professionally as J. Smith-Cameron, is an American actress. She spent a majority of her career in theatre but began transitioning to film and television later in life. She is known for her supporting roles as Janet Talbot on the television series Rectify and Gerri Kellman on the HBO series Succession. For the latter, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2022.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

All Movies (33)

This Ordinary Thing2025 · as Self (voice)
Debaters2025 · as Bethany
Turtles All the Way Down2024 · as Professor Abbott
The Year Between2023 · as Sherri
Vengeance2022 · as Sharon Shaw
White Wedding2021 · as Clementine
Nancy2018 · as Ellen
No Pay, Nudity2016 · as Debra
Christine2016 · as Peg Chubbuck
Everything All at Once2015 · as Susan
Like Sunday, Like Rain2014 · as Mary
Man on a Ledge2012 · as Psychiatrist
Margaret2011 · as Joan
A Very Serious Person2006 · as Carol
Bittersweet Place2005 · as Violet
You Can Count on Me2000 · as Mabel
The Rage: Carrie 21999 · as Barbara Lang
A Midwife's Tale1998 · as Mrs. Howard
In & Out1997 · as Trina Paxton
Arresting Gena1997 · as Caroline Lee
The First Wives Club1996 · as Miss Sullivan
The Proprietor1996 · as Texan
A Modern Affair1996 · as Diane
Harriet the Spy1996 · as Mrs. Welsch
Sabrina1995 · as Carol
Let It Be Me1995 · as Clarice
Mighty Aphrodite1995 · as Bud's Wife
Jeffrey1995 · as Sharon
She Led Two Lives1994 · as Angela Anderson
That Night1992 · as Carol Bloom
84 Charing Cross Road1987 · as Ginny
Gal Young 'Un1979 · as Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)
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All TV Shows (36)

Murdaugh: Death in the Family2025 · as Marian Proctor
Elsbeth2024 · as Isadora 'Izzy' Langford
In the Know2024 · as Barb (voice)
Waco: The Aftermath2023 · as Lois Roden
Fleishman Is in Trouble2022 · as Barbara Hiller
Teenage Euthanasia2021
Hacks2021 · as Kathy Vance
Stars in the House2020 · as Self
Succession2018 · as Gerri Kellman
Search Party2016 · as Mary Ferguson
Divorce2016 · as Elaine Campbell
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
Madam Secretary2014 · as Alice Millevoi
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Mozart in the Jungle2014 · as Amy Rutledge
Rectify2013 · as Janet Talbot
The Good Wife2009 · as Samara Steel
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
True Blood2008 · as Melinda Mickens
Canterbury's Law2008
Six Degrees2006
K Street2003 · as Tommy's Wife
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Trudy Pomeranski
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Elizabeth Trudy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Diane Eskas
Spin City1996 · as Lisa
Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Avis Griffin
Law & Order1990 · as Ms. Moskowitz
Law & Order1990 · as Ms. Ward
Law & Order1990 · as Paula Downing
Law & Order1990 · as Linda Drosi
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd1987 · as Ramona Luchesse
The Equalizer1985 · as Vanessa
The Equalizer1985 · as Susan Foxworth
The Equalizer1985 · as Natalie Santelli
Seven Sisters—