
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.
Filmography

Bittersweet Place
2005 · 8.5

Succession
2018 · 8.3

A Midwife's Tale
1998 · 8.2

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Rectify
2013 · 7.6

The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6

True Blood
2008 · 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6

Hacks
2021 · 7.5

Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · 7.5

Like Sunday, Like Rain
2014 · 7.4

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022 · 7.2

The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2

Turtles All the Way Down
2024 · 7.2

84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · 7.2

Spin City
1996 · 7.0

Madam Secretary
2014 · 7.0

Murdaugh: Death in the Family
2025 · 7.0

Search Party
2016 · 6.9

Waco: The Aftermath
2023 · 6.9

Christine
2016 · 6.9

You Can Count on Me
2000 · 6.9

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · 6.8

The First Wives Club
1996 · 6.7

Mighty Aphrodite
1995 · 6.7

Elsbeth
2024 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Vengeance
2022 · 6.6

Divorce
2016 · 6.5

In the Know
2024 · 6.5

In & Out
1997 · 6.5

Man on a Ledge
2012 · 6.4

Margaret
2011 · 6.4

That Night
1992 · 6.4

Canterbury's Law
2008 · 6.3

Jeffrey
1995 · 6.3

The Proprietor
1996 · 6.3

Sabrina
1995 · 6.2

Harriet the Spy
1996 · 6.1

A Modern Affair
1996 · 6.0

A Very Serious Person
2006 · 5.9

Six Degrees
2006 · 5.8

Nancy
2018 · 5.8

Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · 5.7

The Rage: Carrie 2
1999 · 5.7

Arresting Gena
1997 · 5.5

Let It Be Me
1995 · 5.4

K Street
2003 · 4.9

She Led Two Lives
1994 · 4.8

Gal Young 'Un
1979 · 4.8

The Year Between
2023 · 4.6

No Pay, Nudity
2016 · 4.0
Seven Sisters
— · 0.0

Debaters
2025 · 0.0
In Our Own Sweet Way
— · 0.0
Hot Year
— · 0.0

Everything All at Once
2015 · 0.0

White Wedding
2021 · 0.0