Cast & creator
J. Smith-Cameron
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
Also known as: J. Smith, Jean Isabel Smith, جی. اسمیت-کمرون, J Smith Cameron
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film credits
39
television credits
72
1979–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Diane Eskas
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Law & Order
Ms. Moskowitz
1990Law & Order
Ms. Ward
1990Law & Order
Paula Downing
1990Law & Order
Linda Drosi
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Trudy Pomeranski
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Elizabeth Trudy
2001
The Good Wife
Samara Steel
2009
American Playhouse
Elly
1982American Playhouse
Louise Bryant
1982
True Blood
Melinda Mickens
2008
Madam Secretary
Alice Millevoi
2014
Hacks
Kathy Vance
2021
Homicide: Life on the Street
Avis Griffin
1993
Elsbeth
Isadora 'Izzy' Langford
2024
Succession
Gerri Kellman
2018
Spin City
Lisa
1996
The Equalizer
Vanessa
1985The Equalizer
Susan Foxworth
1985The Equalizer
Natalie Santelli
1985
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Mozart in the Jungle
Amy Rutledge
2014
Rectify
Janet Talbot
2013
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Ramona Luchesse
1987
Divorce
Elaine Campbell
2016
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Search Party
Mary Ferguson
2016
Man on a Ledge
Psychiatrist
2012
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Barbara Hiller
2022
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Marian Proctor
2025
The First Wives Club
Miss Sullivan
1996
Six Degrees
2006
Waco: The Aftermath
Lois Roden
2023
K Street
Tommy's Wife
2003
Vengeance
Sharon Shaw
2022
Sabrina
Carol
1995
Canterbury's Law
2008
In & Out
Trina Paxton
1997
The Rage: Carrie 2
Barbara Lang
1999
Turtles All the Way Down
Professor Abbott
2024
Mighty Aphrodite
Bud's Wife
1995
In the Know
Barb (voice)
2024In the Know
Co-Executive Producer
2024
You Can Count on Me
Mabel
2000Seven Sisters
84 Charing Cross Road
Ginny
1987
Harriet the Spy
Mrs. Welsch
1996
Margaret
Joan
2011
Let It Be Me
Clarice
1995
Christine
Peg Chubbuck
2016
Like Sunday, Like Rain
Mary
2014
Nancy
Ellen
2018
That Night
Carol Bloom
1992
Jeffrey
Sharon
1995
A Modern Affair
Diane
1996
Debaters
Bethany
2025Hot Year
She Led Two Lives
Angela Anderson
1994
The Year Between
Sherri
2023
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
2025
No Pay, Nudity
Debra
2016
The Proprietor
Texan
1996In Our Own Sweet Way
A Midwife's Tale
Mrs. Howard
1998
Arresting Gena
Caroline Lee
1997
A Very Serious Person
Carol
2006
White Wedding
Clementine
2021
Everything All at Once
Susan
2015
Bittersweet Place
Violet
2005
Gal Young 'Un
Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)
1979