Person
J. Smith-Cameron
Acting · Born 1957-09-07 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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
Diane Eskas
Law & Order
Ms. Moskowitz
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Good Wife
Samara Steel
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Trudy Pomeranski
Hacks
Kathy Vance
True Blood
Melinda Mickens
Madam Secretary
Alice Millevoi
Filmography
- 2025This Ordinary ThingSelf (voice)
- 2025Murdaugh: Death in the FamilyMarian Proctor
- 2025DebatersBethany
- 2024Turtles All the Way DownProfessor Abbott
- 2024ElsbethIsadora 'Izzy' Langford
- 2024In the KnowBarb (voice)
- 2023Waco: The AftermathLois Roden
- 2023The Year BetweenSherri
- 2022Fleishman Is in TroubleBarbara Hiller
- 2022VengeanceSharon Shaw
- 2021Teenage Euthanasia
- 2021HacksKathy Vance
- 2021White WeddingClementine
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2018NancyEllen
- 2018SuccessionGerri Kellman
- 2016Search PartyMary Ferguson
- 2016No Pay, NudityDebra
- 2016ChristinePeg Chubbuck
- 2016DivorceElaine Campbell
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Everything All at OnceSusan
- 2014Madam SecretaryAlice Millevoi
- 2014Like Sunday, Like RainMary
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
- 2014Mozart in the JungleAmy Rutledge
- 2013RectifyJanet Talbot
- 2012Man on a LedgePsychiatrist
- 2011MargaretJoan
- 2009The Good WifeSamara Steel
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2008True BloodMelinda Mickens
- 2008Canterbury's Law
- 2006Six Degrees
- 2006A Very Serious PersonCarol
- 2005Bittersweet PlaceViolet
- 2003K StreetTommy's Wife
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentTrudy Pomeranski
- 2000You Can Count on MeMabel
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDiane Eskas
- 1999The Rage: Carrie 2Barbara Lang
- 1998A Midwife's TaleMrs. Howard
- 1997In & OutTrina Paxton
- 1997Arresting GenaCaroline Lee
- 1996The First Wives ClubMiss Sullivan
- 1996Spin CityLisa
- 1996The ProprietorTexan
- 1996A Modern AffairDiane
- 1996Harriet the SpyMrs. Welsch
- 1995SabrinaCarol
- 1995Let It Be MeClarice
- 1995Mighty AphroditeBud's Wife
- 1995JeffreySharon
- 1994She Led Two LivesAngela Anderson
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetAvis Griffin
- 1992That NightCarol Bloom
- 1990Law & OrderMs. Moskowitz
- 1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddRamona Luchesse
- 198784 Charing Cross RoadGinny
- 1985The EqualizerVanessa
- 1979Gal Young 'UnElly (The Gal Young 'Un)
- —Hot Year
- —Seven Sisters
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