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

• 2025Debaters — Bethany
• Murdaugh: Death in the Family — Marian Proctor
• Elsbeth — Isadora 'Izzy' Langford
• In the Know — Barb (voice), Co-Executive Producer
• 2024Turtles All the Way Down — Professor Abbott
• 2023The Year Between — Sherri
• Waco: The Aftermath — Lois Roden
• Fleishman Is in Trouble — Barbara Hiller
• 2022Vengeance — Sharon Shaw
• Hacks — Kathy Vance
• Teenage Euthanasia
• 2021White Wedding — Clementine
• 2018Nancy — Ellen
• Succession — Gerri Kellman
• 2016Christine — Peg Chubbuck
• Divorce — Elaine Campbell
• 2016No Pay, Nudity — Debra
• Search Party — Mary Ferguson
• 2015Everything All at Once — Susan
• 2014Like Sunday, Like Rain — Mary
• Madam Secretary — Alice Millevoi
• Mozart in the Jungle — Amy Rutledge
• Rectify — Janet Talbot
• 2012Man on a Ledge — Psychiatrist
• 2011Margaret — Joan
• The Good Wife — Samara Steel
• Canterbury's Law
• True Blood — Melinda Mickens
• 2006A Very Serious Person — Carol
• Six Degrees
• 2005Bittersweet Place — Violet
• K Street — Tommy's Wife
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Trudy Pomeranski, Elizabeth Trudy
• 2000You Can Count on Me — Mabel
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Diane Eskas
• 1999The Rage: Carrie 2 — Barbara Lang
• 1998A Midwife's Tale — Mrs. Howard
• 1997Arresting Gena — Caroline Lee
• 1997In & Out — Trina Paxton
• 1996A Modern Affair — Diane
• 1996Harriet the Spy — Mrs. Welsch
• Spin City — Lisa
• 1996The First Wives Club — Miss Sullivan
• 1996The Proprietor — Texan
• 1995Jeffrey — Sharon
• 1995Let It Be Me — Clarice
• 1995Mighty Aphrodite — Bud's Wife
• 1995Sabrina — Carol
• 1994She Led Two Lives — Angela Anderson
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Avis Griffin
• 1992That Night — Carol Bloom
• Law & Order — Ms. Moskowitz, Ms. Ward, Paula Downing, Linda Drosi
• 198784 Charing Cross Road — Ginny
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Ramona Luchesse
• The Equalizer — Vanessa, Susan Foxworth, Natalie Santelli
• American Playhouse — Elly, Louise Bryant
• 1979Gal Young 'Un — Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)
• Hot Year
• In Our Own Sweet Way
• Seven Sisters

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2025This Ordinary Thing — Self (voice)
• Stars in the House — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest