J. Smith-Cameron

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| birth_date September 7 1957=

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| education =

| alma_mater = Florida State University

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage|Kenneth Lonergan|2000}}

| children = 1

| years_active = 1979–present

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J. Smith-Cameron is an American actress. She gained prominence for her roles as Janet Talbot in the Sundance TV series Rectify (2013–2016) and Gerri Kellman in the HBO series 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), Sabrina (1995), In & Out (1997), You Can Count on Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Christine (2016). She also appeared in the television series True Blood (2010–2011), Divorce (2016–2018), Search Party (2017–2020), and Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022).

Early life and education

Smith was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of architect Richard Sharp Smith and granddaughter of architect Richard Sharp Smith.{{cite tweet|number=1204623713708257280|user=j_smithcameron|title=@cameron64801772 @Variety Both my dad and grandad were architects named Richard Sharp Smith (I and II)— how are we related?!😯🙂|date=11 December 2019}}

She attended Florida State University for one year and was enrolled in its School of Theatre, where she met film director Victor Nuñez, who cast her as a lead in his film Gal Young 'Un (1979).{{cite web| url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75893/gal-young-un |title= Gal Young 'Un Listing| website= Turner Classic Movies| access-date= January 20, 2014}} She also studied acting at HB Studio{{cite web| url= https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ |title= Alumni| website= hbstudio.org| publisher= HB Studio |accessdate= January 20, 2022}} in New York City.

She began being credited as "J. Smith" in college out of concern that her first name, Jeannie, was too girlish.{{cite interview|last=Smith-Cameron|first=J.|interviewer=Rachel Syme|title=J. Smith-Cameron Knows What You're Thinking About Gerri|work=The New Yorker|date=November 15, 2021|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/j-smith-cameron-knows-what-youre-thinking-about-gerri|access-date=December 9, 2021}} She added a family name, Cameron, when the Actors' Equity Association told her there was already a J. Smith, and there was a rule that two actors could not have the same professional name.{{cite news| quote= She and Lonergan are expecting their first child in late January.| last= Vellela| first= Tony| url= http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1005/p18s1-almp.html |title= Smith-Cameron's role-changing, name-changing career| work= The Christian Science Monitor| date= October 5, 2001| page= 18}}

Career

She made her Broadway debut in August 1982, replacing Mia Dillon as Babe Botrelle in Crimes of the Heart.Lawson, Carol. "Broadway:Musical 'Baby' is on the way, story of 3 1/2 couples", The New York Times, July 30, 1982, p.C2[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4138 " Crimes of the Heart see Replacement page"] ibdb.com, accessed January 19, 2014 She appeared as Maggie in the original Broadway cast of Lend Me a Tenor in 1989.Rich, Frank. [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=950DE4DC103EF930A35750C0A96F948260 "Reviews/Theater; When One Tenor Is Much Like Another"] The New York Times, March 3, 1989. The cast of that play won an Outer Critics Circle Award, Special Awards.[http://www.outercritics.org/AwardArchives.aspx?_y=1988-1989 "Award Archives, 198801989"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201100100/http://www.outercritics.org/AwardArchives.aspx?_y=1988-1989 |date=2014-02-01 }} outercritics.org, accessed January 18, 2014 She appeared in the Broadway production of Our Country's Good in 1991, where she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.Shirley, Don. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-07-ca-1561-story.html " 'Saigon,' 'Rogers' Lead the Tony Pack : Awards: Though neither received consistently enthusiastic reviews, both shows garner 11 nominations"], Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1991.Rich, Frank. [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE1DF123CF933A05757C0A967958260 Review/Theater; Broadway Season's Last Drama Offers a Defense of Theater"], The New York Times, April 30, 1991. She won an Obie Award for the Off-Broadway Drama Department production As Bees in Honey Drown (1997), which also earned her a Drama Desk nomination[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=416 "'As Bees in Honey Drown'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002054910/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=416|date=2012-10-02}} Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed April 28, 2012 and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress In A Play.Viagas, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/38518-Lion-King-Roars-With-Six-Outer-Critics-Circle-Awards " 'Lion King' Roars With Six Outer Critics Circle Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201130058/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/38518-Lion-King-Roars-With-Six-Outer-Critics-Circle-Awards|date=2014-02-01}} playbill.com, April 27, 1998 She was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Sarah, Sarah (2004).[http://www.dramadesk.org/content/2004-01-01-000000-outstanding-actress-play-sarah-sarah-j-smith-cameron "Outstanding Actress in a Play – 'Sarah, Sarah' – J. – Smith-Cameron"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125344/http://www.dramadesk.org/content/2004-01-01-000000-outstanding-actress-play-sarah-sarah-j-smith-cameron|date=2014-02-02}}, dramadesk.org, accessed January 20, 2014.

Her other Broadway credits include Night Must Fall (1999),Jones, Kenneth and David, Lefkowitz. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/44019-Curtain-Up-on-Brodericks-Night-Must-Fall-Opening-March-8-at-Bways-Lyceum "Curtain Up on Broderick's 'Night Must Fall', Opening March 8 at Bway's Lyceum"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201130104/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/44019-Curtain-Up-on-Brodericks-Night-Must-Fall-Opening-March-8-at-Bways-Lyceum |date=2014-02-01 }} playbill.com, March 5, 1999 Tartuffe (2002),Simonson, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/72199-Emerson-Smith-Cameron-Meisle-Added-to-Bway-Tartuffe-Cast "Emerson, Smith-Cameron, Meisle Added to Bway 'Tartuffe' Cast"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201130101/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/72199-Emerson-Smith-Cameron-Meisle-Added-to-Bway-Tartuffe-Cast |date=2014-02-01 }} playbill.com, September 19, 2002 and After the Night and the Music (2005).{{cite web| last= Sommer| first= Elyse| url= http://www.curtainup.com/afterthenightandthemusic.html |title= A CurtainUp Review' 'After the Night and the Music'| website= Curtainup.com| publisher= | date= June 2, 2005| access-date= May 18, 2022}} She has appeared in many Off-Broadway plays, including at the Public Theater, the Second Stage Theatre and Playwrights Horizons.{{cite web| url= http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=J.&last=Smith-Cameron&middle= | archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130415073503/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=J.&last=Smith-Cameron&middle= | title= J. Smith-Cameron| archivedate= April 15, 2013| publisher= Internet Off-Broadway Database| website= lortel.org| accessdate= April 28, 2012}} She appeared in the Paul Rudnick play The Naked Truth Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1994,Kuchwara, Michael. [https://www.apnewsarchive.com/1994/-The-Naked-Truth-A-Comedy-by-Paul-Rudnick-Opens-Off-Broadway/id-21acb1054cdf18a5ed1ab2022a8a9333%2BRudnick " The Naked Truth Opens Off Broadway"] {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} apnewsarchive.com, June 16, 1994 for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.{{cite web| url= http://www.dramadesk.org/content/1995-01-01-000000-outstanding-featured-actress-play-naked-truth-j-smith-cameron |title= Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – 'The Naked Truth' – J. – Smith Cameron| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125356/http://www.dramadesk.org/content/1995-01-01-000000-outstanding-featured-actress-play-naked-truth-j-smith-cameron |archivedate= 2014-02-02 |website= dramadesk.org| accessdate= January 20, 2014}}

From November 1999 through April 2000, she appeared as Clare in Fuddy Meers at New York City Center, Stage II, for which she was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Actress in a Play.{{cite web| url= http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=231 |title= 'Fuddy Meers'| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120527211915/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=231 |archivedate=2012-05-27 | publisher= Internet Off-Broadway Database| date= | website= lortel.org| accessdate= April 28, 2012}} In March through June 2004, she appeared in the Manhattan Theatre Club Off-Broadway production of Sarah, Sarah.{{cite web| last= Sommer| first= Elyse| url= http://www.curtainup.com/sarahsarah.html |title= A CurtainUp Review' 'Sarah, Sarah'| website= Curtainup.com| publisher= | date= March 28, 2004| access-date= }} In November through December 2009, she appeared Off-Broadway at the Acorn Theatre in her husband Kenneth Lonergan's play The Starry Messenger.{{cite web| last= Kaye| first= Kimberly| url= http://www.broadway.com/buzz/141223/whats-up-j-smith-cameron-the-starry-star-on-life-art-and-why-she-loves-ben-brantley/ |title= What's Up, J. Smith-Cameron? The Starry Star on Life, Art and Why She Loves Ben Brantley| website= broadway.com| date= December 9, 2009| publisher= | access-date= }} From October 2013 to December 2013, she starred in the Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theater production of Juno and the Paycock as Juno Boyle. The New York Times{{'}} theatre critic Charles Isherwood wrote: "In one of the finest performances of her distinguished career on the New York stage, Ms. Smith-Cameron imbues her Juno with a steely pragmatism, but more important an emotional pliancy that makes her more prepared than the rest of her clan to beat back the onslaughts of ill fortune that beset them."{{cite news| last= Isherwood| first= Charles| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/theater/reviews/j-smith-cameron-stars-in-juno-and-the-paycock.html?_r=0 |title= Theater Review. J. Smith-Cameron Stars in 'Juno and the Paycock' | work= The New York Times| date= October 25, 2013| publisher= | access-date= }}

Smith-Cameron later transitioned to more film and television roles to focus on her family.{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Meredith|date=2021-10-15|title=On 'Succession,' Gerri calls the shots. J. Smith-Cameron knows the feeling|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-10-15/succession-season-3-hbo-gerri-j-smith-cameron|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} She portrayed seven different characters in all three primary shows of the Law & Order franchise. She played Janet Talbot, the mother of a death row inmate, in Sundance TV's Rectify for four seasons. She played lawyer Gerri Kellman, a role originally written for a man, on the HBO series Succession (2018–2023).{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/8/12/20799176/succession-season-2-women-shiv-gerri|title=It's a Woman's World: The True Heroes of 'Succession'|last=Baker|first=Katie|date=2019-08-12|website=The Ringer|access-date=2019-08-27}} The role earned her nominations for two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/bios/j-smith-cameron|title= J. Smith-Cameron - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins|website= Emmy Awards|accessdate= February 12, 2024}} In 2023 she acted in a revival of the play Love Letters opposite Victor Garber at the Irish Repertory Theatre. She acted in a limited engagement from September 19 to 24.{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/love-letters-to-return-to-irish-rep-with-matthew-broderick-brooke-shields-victor-garber-more-in-limited-runs|title= Love Letters to Return to Irish Rep With Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Victor Garber, More in Limited Runs|website= Playbill|accessdate= February 12, 2024}} In 2024 she made her West End debut in the revival of Juno and the Paycock opposite Mark Rylance at the Gielgud Theatre.{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/article/mark-rylance-and-j-smith-cameron-will-star-in-west-end-revival-of-juno-and-the-paycock|title= Mark Rylance and J. Smith-Cameron Will Star in West End Revival of Juno and the Paycock|website= Playbill|accessdate= May 14, 2024}}

Personal life

Smith-Cameron is married to playwright, screenwriter, and film director Kenneth Lonergan. They have one daughter, Nellie.

Acting credits

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979 \|Gal Young Un \|Elly \|
1987 \|84 Charing Cross Road \|Ginny \|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226042045/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/327/84-Charing-Cross-Road/cast " 84 Charing Cross Road Cast"] The New York Times, accessed January 20, 2014
1992 \|That Night \|Carol Bloom \|
1994 \|She Led Two Lives \|Angela Anderson \|
1995 \|Jeffrey \|Sharon \|
1995 \|Mighty Aphrodite \|Bud's Wife \|[http://movies.tvguide.com/mighty-aphrodite/cast/130381 " 'Mighty Aphrodite' Cast"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205414/http://movies.tvguide.com/mighty-aphrodite/cast/130381 \|date=2014-02-01 }} movies.tvguide.com, accessed January 18, 2014
1995 \|A Modern Affair \|Diane \|
1995 \|Let It Be Me \|Clarice \|
1995 \|Sabrina \|Carol \|[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88840/sabrina "Cast and Crew, 'Sabrina'"] tcm.com, accessed April 28, 2012
1996 \|Harriet the Spy \|Mrs. Welsch \|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/harriet-the-spy-v136527/cast-crew "Cast and Crew, 'Harriet the Spy'"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012
1996 \|The First Wives Club \|Miss Sullivan \|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226042032/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/154488/The-First-Wives-Club/cast " The First Wives Club Cast"] The New York Times, accessed January 20, 2014
1996 \|The Proprietor \|New York - Texans \|
1997 \|Arresting Gena \|Caroline Lee \|
1997 \|In & Out \|Trina Paxton \|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-out-v158538/cast-crew "Cast and Crew, 'In and Out'"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012
1999 \|The Rage: Carrie 2 \|Barbara Lang \|
2000 \|You Can Count on Me \|Mabel \|Levy, Emanuel. [https://archive.today/20121209191233/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:s5Jq58E3ZkYJ:http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117775639/%2BLonergan%2Breview%2B%2522You%2BCan%2BCount%2Bon%2BMe%2522&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&ct=clnk "Film Reviews. 'You Can Count on Me'"] Variety, February 1, 2000
2005 \|Bittersweet Place \|Violet \|
2006 \|A Very Serious Person \|Carol \|
2011 \|Margaret \|Joan Cohen \|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/margaret-v337686/cast-crew "'Margaret' Cast and Crew"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012
2012 \|Man on a Ledge \|Psychiatrist \|
2014 \|Like Sunday, Like Rain \|Mary \|
2016 \|Christine \|Peg Chubbuck \|
2016 \|No Pay, Nudity \|Debra \|
2018 \|Nancy \|Ellen Lynch \|
2022 \|Vengeance \|Sharon Shaw \|
2022 \|The Year Between \|Sherri Miller \|
2024 \|Turtles All the Way Down \|Professor Abbott \|

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Year

Title

Role

Notes

1979

|Gal Young Un

|Elly

1987

|84 Charing Cross Road

|Ginny

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226042045/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/327/84-Charing-Cross-Road/cast " 84 Charing Cross Road Cast"] The New York Times, accessed January 20, 2014

1992

|That Night

|Carol Bloom

1994

|She Led Two Lives

|Angela Anderson

1995

|Jeffrey

|Sharon

1995

|Mighty Aphrodite

|Bud's Wife

|[http://movies.tvguide.com/mighty-aphrodite/cast/130381 " 'Mighty Aphrodite' Cast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205414/http://movies.tvguide.com/mighty-aphrodite/cast/130381 |date=2014-02-01 }} movies.tvguide.com, accessed January 18, 2014

1995

|A Modern Affair

|Diane

1995

|Let It Be Me

|Clarice

1995

|Sabrina

|Carol

|[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88840/sabrina "Cast and Crew, 'Sabrina'"] tcm.com, accessed April 28, 2012

1996

|Harriet the Spy

|Mrs. Welsch

|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/harriet-the-spy-v136527/cast-crew "Cast and Crew, 'Harriet the Spy'"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012

1996

|The First Wives Club

|Miss Sullivan

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226042032/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/154488/The-First-Wives-Club/cast " The First Wives Club Cast"] The New York Times, accessed January 20, 2014

1996

|The Proprietor

|New York - Texans

1997

|Arresting Gena

|Caroline Lee

1997

|In & Out

|Trina Paxton

|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-out-v158538/cast-crew "Cast and Crew, 'In and Out'"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012

1999

|The Rage: Carrie 2

|Barbara Lang

2000

|You Can Count on Me

|Mabel

|Levy, Emanuel. [https://archive.today/20121209191233/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:s5Jq58E3ZkYJ:http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117775639/%2BLonergan%2Breview%2B%2522You%2BCan%2BCount%2Bon%2BMe%2522&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&ct=clnk "Film Reviews. 'You Can Count on Me'"] Variety, February 1, 2000

2005

|Bittersweet Place

|Violet

2006

|A Very Serious Person

|Carol

2011

|Margaret

|Joan Cohen

|[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/margaret-v337686/cast-crew "'Margaret' Cast and Crew"] allmovie.com, accessed April 28, 2012

2012

|Man on a Ledge

|Psychiatrist

2014

|Like Sunday, Like Rain

|Mary

2016

|Christine

|Peg Chubbuck

2016

|No Pay, Nudity

|Debra

2018

|Nancy

|Ellen Lynch

2022

|Vengeance

|Sharon Shaw

2022

|The Year Between

|Sherri Miller

2024

|Turtles All the Way Down

|Professor Abbott

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ J. Smith-Cameron television credits[https://web.archive.org/web/20140224111635/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/66607/J-Smith-Cameron/filmography#mostrecenttv "Filmography"] The New York Times, accessed January 18, 2014[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/j-smith-cameron/credits/154788 "Smith-Cameron Credits"] tvguide.com, accessed January 18, 2014
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1985 \|Guiding Light \|Nancy Ferris \|Unknown episodes
1985 \|The Equalizer \|Vanessa \| Episode: "Mama's Boy"
1987 \|Wayside School \|Miss Butterfield \|TV special
1988 \|The Equalizer \|Susan Foxworth \| Episode: "Regrets Only"
1989 \|The Equalizer \|Natalie Santelli \| Episode: "The Sins of Our Fathers"
1990 \|H.E.L.P. \|Mrs. Perry \|Episode: "Fire Down Below"
1990–1991 \|The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd \|Ramona Luchesse \|12 episodes
1996 \|Homicide: Life on the Street \|Avis Griffin \|Episode: "Sniper: Part 2"
1996 \|Spin City \|Lisa \|Episode: "The Competition"
1992 \|Law & Order \|Ms. Moskowitz \|Episode: "Severance"
1998 \|Law & Order \|Paula Downing \|Episode: "Flight"
1998 \|American Experience \|Mrs. Howard \|Episode: "A Midwife's Tale"
2001 \|Law & Order: Criminal Intent \|Trudy Pomeranski \|Episode: "Poison"
2003 \|Law & Order \|Linda Drosi \|Episode: "Blaze"
2003 \|K Street \|Tommy's Wife \|3 episodes
2007 \|Law & Order: Criminal Intent \|Miss Hill \|Episode: "Endgame"
2007 \|Six Degrees \|Maggie Newton \|2 episodes
2008 \|Canterbury's Law \|Elissa Shapiro \|Episode: "Sweet Sixteen"
2009 \|Law & Order \|Attorney Ward \|Episode: "Take-Out"
2010 \|The Big C \|Vivian \|Episode: "Playing the Cancer Card"
2010–2011 \|True Blood \|Melinda Mickens \|9 episodesProbst, Andy. [http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/12-2009/alfre-woodard-j-smith-cameron-to-join-hbos-true-bl_23574.html "Alfre Woodard, J. Smith-Cameron To Join HBO's True Blood'"] theatermania.com, December 15, 2009
2011 \|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \|Diane Eskas \|Episode: "Educated Guess"
2013–2016 \|Rectify \|Janet Talbot \|30 episodes
2014 \|Madam Secretary \|Alice Millevoi \|Episode: "Collateral Damage"
2015 \|The Good Wife \|Samara Steel \|Episode: "Restraint"
2016–2018 \|Divorce \|Elaine Campbell \|3 episodes
2017–2020 \|Search Party \|Mary Ferguson \|7 episodes
2018 \|Mozart in the Jungle \|Amy Rutledge \|Episode: "If I Was an Elf, I Would Tell You"
2018–2023 \|Succession \|Gerri Kellman \|Series regular
2022 \|Fleishman Is in Trouble \|Barbara Hiller \|Episode: "God, What an Idiot He Was!"
2023 \|Waco: The Aftermath \|Lois Roden \|4 episodes
2023 \|Teenage Euthanasia \|Marnie (voice) \|Episode: "Mother's Day"
2024 \|In the Know \|Barb (voice) \|6 episodes
2024 \|Hacks \|Kathy Vance \|2 episodes
TBA \| Untitled Murdaugh Murders series \| Marian Proctor \| Upcoming series{{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/succession-j-smith-cameron-murdaugh-murders-hulu-series-1236342401/\|title='Succession' Alum J. Smith-Cameron Joins Murdaugh Murders Hulu Series (EXCLUSIVE)\|website=Variety\|first=Joe\|last=Otterson\|date=March 19, 2025\|access-date=May 5, 2025}}

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|+ J. Smith-Cameron television credits[https://web.archive.org/web/20140224111635/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/66607/J-Smith-Cameron/filmography#mostrecenttv "Filmography"] The New York Times, accessed January 18, 2014[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/j-smith-cameron/credits/154788 "Smith-Cameron Credits"] tvguide.com, accessed January 18, 2014

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1984–1985

|Guiding Light

|Nancy Ferris

|Unknown episodes

1985

|The Equalizer

|Vanessa

| Episode: "Mama's Boy"

1987

|Wayside School

|Miss Butterfield

|TV special

1988

|The Equalizer

|Susan Foxworth

| Episode: "Regrets Only"

1989

|The Equalizer

|Natalie Santelli

| Episode: "The Sins of Our Fathers"

1990

|H.E.L.P.

|Mrs. Perry

|Episode: "Fire Down Below"

1990–1991

|The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

|Ramona Luchesse

|12 episodes

1996

|Homicide: Life on the Street

|Avis Griffin

|Episode: "Sniper: Part 2"

1996

|Spin City

|Lisa

|Episode: "The Competition"

1992

|Law & Order

|Ms. Moskowitz

|Episode: "Severance"

1998

|Law & Order

|Paula Downing

|Episode: "Flight"

1998

|American Experience

|Mrs. Howard

|Episode: "A Midwife's Tale"

2001

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Trudy Pomeranski

|Episode: "Poison"

2003

|Law & Order

|Linda Drosi

|Episode: "Blaze"

2003

|K Street

|Tommy's Wife

|3 episodes

2007

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Miss Hill

|Episode: "Endgame"

2007

|Six Degrees

|Maggie Newton

|2 episodes

2008

|Canterbury's Law

|Elissa Shapiro

|Episode: "Sweet Sixteen"

2009

|Law & Order

|Attorney Ward

|Episode: "Take-Out"

2010

|The Big C

|Vivian

|Episode: "Playing the Cancer Card"

2010–2011

|True Blood

|Melinda Mickens

|9 episodesProbst, Andy. [http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/12-2009/alfre-woodard-j-smith-cameron-to-join-hbos-true-bl_23574.html "Alfre Woodard, J. Smith-Cameron To Join HBO's True Blood'"] theatermania.com, December 15, 2009

2011

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Diane Eskas

|Episode: "Educated Guess"

2013–2016

|Rectify

|Janet Talbot

|30 episodes

2014

|Madam Secretary

|Alice Millevoi

|Episode: "Collateral Damage"

2015

|The Good Wife

|Samara Steel

|Episode: "Restraint"

2016–2018

|Divorce

|Elaine Campbell

|3 episodes

2017–2020

|Search Party

|Mary Ferguson

|7 episodes

2018

|Mozart in the Jungle

|Amy Rutledge

|Episode: "If I Was an Elf, I Would Tell You"

2018–2023

|Succession

|Gerri Kellman

|Series regular

2022

|Fleishman Is in Trouble

|Barbara Hiller

|Episode: "God, What an Idiot He Was!"

2023

|Waco: The Aftermath

|Lois Roden

|4 episodes

2023

|Teenage Euthanasia

|Marnie (voice)

|Episode: "Mother's Day"

2024

|In the Know

|Barb (voice)

|6 episodes

2024

|Hacks

|Kathy Vance

|2 episodes

TBA

| Untitled Murdaugh Murders series

| Marian Proctor

| Upcoming series{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/succession-j-smith-cameron-murdaugh-murders-hulu-series-1236342401/|title='Succession' Alum J. Smith-Cameron Joins Murdaugh Murders Hulu Series (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=March 19, 2025|access-date=May 5, 2025}}

= Theatre =

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ J. Smith-Cameron Theatre credits{{cite web \|title=J. Smith-Cameron (Performer) \|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/j-smith-cameron-vault-0000115675 \|website=Playbill \|access-date=18 May 2023}}{{cite web \|title=J. Smith-Cameron \|url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/538 \|access-date=18 May 2023 \|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database}}
Year	Title	Role	Venue	Theatre
1982 \|Crimes of the Heart \|Babe Botrelle (replacement) \|Broadway \|John Golden Theatre
1983 \|The Knack \|Nancy \|Off-Broadway \|23rd Street Theater
1985 \|The Voice of the Turtle \|Sally Middleton \|Off-Broadway \|Union Square Theatre
1985 \|Alice and Fred \|Alice Mitchell \|Off-Broadway \|Cherry Lane Theatre
1986 \|Women of Manhattan \|Rhonda \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
1986 \|Wild Honey \|Marya Yerfimovna Grekova \|Broadway \|Virginia Theatre
1989 \|Lend Me a Tenor \|Maggie \|Broadway \|Royale Theatre
1989 \|Our Country's Good \|2nd Lt. William Faddy, Dabby Bryant \|Broadway \|Nederlander Theatre
1990 \|Mi Vida Loca \|Diana \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
1992 \|Little Egypt \|Bernadette Waltz \|Off-Broadway \|Playwrights Horizons
1992 \|The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet \|Felicity Ophelia \|Broadway \|Criterion Center Stage Right
1992 \|On The Bum, Or The Next Train Through \|Norma \|Off-Broadway \|Playwrights Horizons
1993 \|Traps \|Christie \|Off-Broadway \|New York Theatre Workshop
1993 \|Owners \|Marion \|Off-Broadway \|New York Theatre Workshop
1993 \|Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief \|Desdemona \|Off-Broadway \|Circle Repertory Theatre
1994 \|The Naked Truth \|Sissy Bermiss Darnley \|Off-Broadway \|WPA Theatre
1995 \|Don Juan in Chicago \|Dona Elvira \|Off-Broadway \|Primary Stages
1995 \|The Play's the Thing \|Ilona Szabo \|Broadway \|Criterion Center Stage Right
1996 \|Blue Window \|Libby \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
1997 \|As Bees In Honey Drown \|Alexa Vere de Vere \|Off-Broadway \|Lucille Lortel Theatre
1999 \|The Memory of Water \|Mary \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
1999 \|Night Must Fall \|Olivia Grayne \|Broadway \|Lyceum Theatre
1999 \|Tartuffe \|Elmire \|Off-Broadway \|Delacorte Theater
1999 \|Fuddy Meers \|Claire \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
2001 \|Music from a Sparkling Planet \|Tamara Tomorrow \|Off-Broadway \|Greenwich House Theatre
2003 \|Tartuffe \|Dorine \|Broadway \|American Airlines Theatre
2004 \|Sarah, Sarah \|Sarah Grosberg, Jeannie Grosberg \|Off-Broadway \|New York City Center
2004 \|The God of Hell \|Emma \|Off-Broadway \|Actors Studio Drama School Theatre
2005 \|After the Night and the Music \|Gloria, Kathleen, Mitzi Grade \|Broadway \|Biltmore Theatre
2006 \|Pen \|Helen \|Off-Broadway \|Playwrights Horizons
2008 \|Good Boys and True \|Elizabeth \|Off-Broadway \|Second Stage Theatre
2009 \|The Starry Messenger \|Anne Williams \|Off-Broadway \|Theatre Three
2010 \|That Hopey Changey Thing \|Jane Apple Halls \|Off-Broadway \|Anspacher Theater
2011 \|Sweet and Sad \|Jane Apple Halls \|Off-Broadway \|Anspacher Theater
2012 \|The Maids \|Madame \|Off-Broadway \|Theater at St. Clement's
2012 \|Sorry \|Jane Apple Halls \|Off-Broadway \|Anspacher Theater
2013 \|Juno and the Paycock \|Juno Boyle \|Off-Broadway \|Irish Repertory Theatre
2015 \|Dear Elizabeth \|Elizabeth (replacement) \|Off-Broadway \|McGinn/Cazale Theater
2018 \|Peace for Mary Frances \|Alice \|Off-Broadway \|Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
2023 \|Love Letters \|Melissa Gardner \|Off-Broadway \|Irish Repertory Theatre
2024 \|Juno and the Paycock \|Juno Boyle \|West End debut \|Gielgud Theatre, London

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ J. Smith-Cameron Theatre credits{{cite web |title=J. Smith-Cameron (Performer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/j-smith-cameron-vault-0000115675 |website=Playbill |access-date=18 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=J. Smith-Cameron |url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/538 |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=Internet Off-Broadway Database}}

Year

Title

Role

Venue

Theatre

1982

|Crimes of the Heart

|Babe Botrelle (replacement)

|Broadway

|John Golden Theatre

1983

|The Knack

|Nancy

|Off-Broadway

|23rd Street Theater

1985

|The Voice of the Turtle

|Sally Middleton

|Off-Broadway

|Union Square Theatre

1985

|Alice and Fred

|Alice Mitchell

|Off-Broadway

|Cherry Lane Theatre

1986

|Women of Manhattan

|Rhonda

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

1986

|Wild Honey

|Marya Yerfimovna Grekova

|Broadway

|Virginia Theatre

1989

|Lend Me a Tenor

|Maggie

|Broadway

|Royale Theatre

1989

|Our Country's Good

|2nd Lt. William Faddy, Dabby Bryant

|Broadway

|Nederlander Theatre

1990

|Mi Vida Loca

|Diana

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

1992

|Little Egypt

|Bernadette Waltz

|Off-Broadway

|Playwrights Horizons

1992

|The Real Inspector Hound and
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

|Felicity
Ophelia

|Broadway

|Criterion Center Stage Right

1992

|On The Bum, Or The Next Train Through

|Norma

|Off-Broadway

|Playwrights Horizons

1993

|Traps

|Christie

|Off-Broadway

|New York Theatre Workshop

1993

|Owners

|Marion

|Off-Broadway

|New York Theatre Workshop

1993

|Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

|Desdemona

|Off-Broadway

|Circle Repertory Theatre

1994

|The Naked Truth

|Sissy Bermiss Darnley

|Off-Broadway

|WPA Theatre

1995

|Don Juan in Chicago

|Dona Elvira

|Off-Broadway

|Primary Stages

1995

|The Play's the Thing

|Ilona Szabo

|Broadway

|Criterion Center Stage Right

1996

|Blue Window

|Libby

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

1997

|As Bees In Honey Drown

|Alexa Vere de Vere

|Off-Broadway

|Lucille Lortel Theatre

1999

|The Memory of Water

|Mary

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

1999

|Night Must Fall

|Olivia Grayne

|Broadway

|Lyceum Theatre

1999

|Tartuffe

|Elmire

|Off-Broadway

|Delacorte Theater

1999

|Fuddy Meers

|Claire

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

2001

|Music from a Sparkling Planet

|Tamara Tomorrow

|Off-Broadway

|Greenwich House Theatre

2003

|Tartuffe

|Dorine

|Broadway

|American Airlines Theatre

2004

|Sarah, Sarah

|Sarah Grosberg, Jeannie Grosberg

|Off-Broadway

|New York City Center

2004

|The God of Hell

|Emma

|Off-Broadway

|Actors Studio Drama School Theatre

2005

|After the Night and the Music

|Gloria, Kathleen, Mitzi Grade

|Broadway

|Biltmore Theatre

2006

|Pen

|Helen

|Off-Broadway

|Playwrights Horizons

2008

|Good Boys and True

|Elizabeth

|Off-Broadway

|Second Stage Theatre

2009

|The Starry Messenger

|Anne Williams

|Off-Broadway

|Theatre Three

2010

|That Hopey Changey Thing

|Jane Apple Halls

|Off-Broadway

|Anspacher Theater

2011

|Sweet and Sad

|Jane Apple Halls

|Off-Broadway

|Anspacher Theater

2012

|The Maids

|Madame

|Off-Broadway

|Theater at St. Clement's

2012

|Sorry

|Jane Apple Halls

|Off-Broadway

|Anspacher Theater

2013

|Juno and the Paycock

|Juno Boyle

|Off-Broadway

|Irish Repertory Theatre

2015

|Dear Elizabeth

|Elizabeth (replacement)

|Off-Broadway

|McGinn/Cazale Theater

2018

|Peace for Mary Frances

|Alice

|Off-Broadway

|Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre

2023

|Love Letters

|Melissa Gardner

|Off-Broadway

|Irish Repertory Theatre

2024

|Juno and the Paycock

|Juno Boyle

|West End debut

|Gielgud Theatre, London

=Music videos=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Artist

!Note

2023

|"Say It Like You Mean It"

|Sleater-Kinney

|Lead role

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" \|+ !Year !Association !Category !Work !Result !class=unsortable\|Ref.
1991	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Our Country's Good	{{nom}}
1995 \|Drama Desk Award \|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play \|The Naked Truth \|{{Nominated}} \|
rowspan="3" \|1998 \|Drama Desk Award \|Outstanding Actress in a Play \| rowspan="3" \|As Bees In Honey Drown \|{{Nominated}} \|
Obie Award \|Distinguished Performance by an Actress \|{{Won}} \|
Outer Critics Circle Award \|Outstanding Actress in a Play \|{{Nominated}} \|
2000 \|Outer Critics Circle Award \|Outstanding Actress in a Play \|Fuddy Meers \|{{Nominated}} \|
2004 \|Drama Desk Award \|Outstanding Actress in a Play \|Sarah, Sarah \|{{Nominated}} \|
rowspan="2" \|2012 \|Drama Desk Award \|Outstanding Ensemble \| rowspan="2" \|Sweet and Sad \|{{Won}} \|
Obie Award \|Distinguished Performance by an Ensemble \|{{Won}} \|
2014 \|Drama Desk Award \|Outstanding Actress in a Play	Juno and the Paycock	{{nom}}
2019	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Actress	Nancy	{{nom}}	align="center"\| {{cite web\|url= https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/34th-film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/\|title= 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced\|website= Film Independent\|accessdate= June 1, 2023}}
rowspan=4\|2022	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	rowspan="7" \|Succession	{{nom}}	align="center"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-drama-series\|title=74th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners\|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences\|access-date=July 12, 2022\|archive-date=July 12, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712154223/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-drama-series\|url-status=live}}
Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	{{won}}
Critics Choice Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	{{nom}}
Hollywood Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \|2023 \| Primetime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|last1=Lewis \|first1=Hilary \|title=Emmys 2023: List of Nominees \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2023-emmys-nominations-nominees-list-1235533766/ \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|access-date=12 July 2023 \|date=12 July 2023}}
Golden Globe Awards \| Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film \| {{nom}} \|
2024 \| Screen Actors Guild Awards \| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite press release\|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr\|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®\|publisher=Screen Actors Guild \|date=January 10, 2024\|access-date=January 10, 2024}}

References

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