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J. Smith-Cameron

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress | * 09/07/1957 (66) | Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
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Jean Isabel Smith (born September 7, 1957), credited professionally as J. Smith-Cameron, is an American actress. She gained prominence for her roles in the television series Rectify (2013–2016) and Succession (2018–2023), the latter of which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She spent a majority of her career in theatre, making her Broadway debut in the 1982 Beth Henley play Crimes of the Heart. She went on to receive a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for the Timberlake Wertenbaker play Our Country's Good (1989). She was also nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock (2014). For her role in the film Nancy (2018), she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Her other notable films include 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), ()
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J. Smith-Cameron is an American actress best known for her supporting roles as Janet Talbot on the television series Rectify and Gerri Kellman on Succession.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, th ...

Man on a Ledge

PG-13

2012 | 3.2/5 | 1h 42min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives. ...

Margaret

R

2011 | 3.2/5 | 2h 29min
Drama
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A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with. ...

Vengeance

R

2022 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
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Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control. ...

Succession

TV-MA

2018 | 4.1/5
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for J. Smith-Cameron

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with J. Smith-Cameron as Actress(31)

2023 The Year Between
as Professor Abbott2023 Turtles All the Way Down
as Sharon Shaw2022 Vengeance
as Clementine2021 White Wedding
as Ellen2018 Nancy
as Debra2016 No Pay, Nudity
as Peg Chubbuck2016 Christine
as Susan2015 Everything All at Once
as Mary2014 Like Sunday, Like Rain
as Psychiatrist2012 Man on a Ledge
as Joan Cohen2011 Margaret
as Carol2006 A Very Serious Person
as Violet2005 Bittersweet Place
as Mabel2000 You Can Count on Me
as Barbara Lang1999 The Rage: Carrie 2
as Mrs. Howard1998 American Experience: A Midwife's Tale
as Trina Paxton1997 In & Out
as Victoria1997 Prix Fixe
as Caroline Lee1997 Arresting Gena
as Mrs. Welsch1996 Harriet the Spy
as Miss Sullivan1996 The First Wives Club
as Diane1996 A Modern Affair
as Texan1996 The Proprietor
as Sharon1995 Jeffrey
as Clarice1995 Let It Be Me
as Bud's Wife1995 Mighty Aphrodite
as Carol1995 Sabrina
as Angela Anderson1994 She Led Two Lives
as Carol Bloom1992 That Night
as Ginny1987 84 Charing Cross Road
as Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)1979 Gal Young 'Un

TV Shows/Series with J. Smith-Cameron as Actress(23)

as Barb (voice)2024 In the Know
as Lois Roden2023 Waco: The Aftermath
as Barbara Hiller2022 Fleishman Is in Trouble
as Gerri Kellman2018 Succession
as Mary Ferguson2016 Search Party
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Amy Rutledge2014 Mozart in the Jungle
as Janet Talbot2013 Rectify
2008 Canterbury's Law
as Melinda Mickens2008 True Blood
2006 Six Degrees
as Trudy Pomeranski2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Elizabeth Trudy2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lisa1996 Spin City
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as Ms. Moskowitz1990 Law & Order
as Paula Downing1990 Law & Order
as Linda Drosi1990 Law & Order
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Vanessa1985 The Equalizer
as Susan Foxworth1985 The Equalizer
as Natalie Santelli1985 The Equalizer

TV Shows/Series with J. Smith-Cameron as Crew(1)

Production/Co-Executive Producer2024 In the Know

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Full Name: Jean Isabel Smith
Born: Saturday, 09/07 1957 (September) in Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 66 years + 230 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Florida State University
Spouses (current/former): Kenneth Lonergan
Other names for J. Smith-Cameron (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"J. Smith Cameron"
"J. Smith"
J. Smith-Cameron frequently works together with these people:
Adam LeFevre (17x, Actor)
William H. Burns (15x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (15x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (14x, Crew)
Socorro Santiago (13x, Actress)
Michael Gaston (12x, Actor)
James Murtaugh (12x, Actor)
Bruce MacVittie (12x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (12x, Actor)
William Hill (11x, Actor)
Kenneth Lonergan (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12473, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024