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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2011
Law & Order
1992
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2024
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2015
American Playhouse
1987
Madam Secretary
2014
True Blood
2010
Hacks
2024
Homicide: Life on the Street
1996

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
72
Producing
1
2026
Elsbeth
as Isadora 'Izzy' Langford
2025
Debaters
as Bethany
2025
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
as Marian Proctor
2024
Turtles All the Way Down
as Professor Abbott
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2024
In the Know
as Barb (voice)
2024
Hacks
as Kathy Vance
2023
The Year Between
as Sherri
2023
Teenage Euthanasia
2023
Waco: The Aftermath
as Lois Roden
2022
Vengeance
as Sharon Shaw
2022
Fleishman Is in Trouble
as Barbara Hiller
2021
White Wedding
as Clementine
2021
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2018
Nancy
as Ellen
2018
Succession
as Gerri Kellman
2018
Mozart in the Jungle
as Amy Rutledge
2017
Search Party
as Mary Ferguson
2016
Christine
as Peg Chubbuck
2016
No Pay, Nudity
as Debra
2016
Divorce
as Elaine Campbell
2015
Everything All at Once
as Susan
2015
The Good Wife
as Samara Steel
2014
Like Sunday, Like Rain
as Mary
2014
Madam Secretary
as Alice Millevoi
2013
Rectify
as Janet Talbot
2012
Man on a Ledge
as Psychiatrist
2011
Margaret
as Joan
2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Diane Eskas
2010
True Blood
as Melinda Mickens
2009
Law & Order
as Ms. Ward
2008
Canterbury's Law
2007
Six Degrees
2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Elizabeth Trudy
2006
A Very Serious Person
as Carol
2005
Bittersweet Place
as Violet
2003
K Street
as Tommy's Wife
2003
Law & Order
as Linda Drosi
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Trudy Pomeranski
2000
You Can Count on Me
as Mabel
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
as Barbara Lang
1998
A Midwife's Tale
as Mrs. Howard
1998
Law & Order
as Paula Downing
1997
Arresting Gena
as Caroline Lee
1997
In & Out
as Trina Paxton
1996
Harriet the Spy
as Mrs. Welsch
1996
The First Wives Club
as Miss Sullivan
1996
A Modern Affair
as Diane
1996
The Proprietor
as Texan
1996
Spin City
as Lisa
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Avis Griffin
1995
Jeffrey
as Sharon
1995
Let It Be Me
as Clarice
1995
Sabrina
as Carol
1995
Mighty Aphrodite
as Bud's Wife
1994
She Led Two Lives
as Angela Anderson
1992
That Night
as Carol Bloom
1992
Law & Order
as Ms. Moskowitz
1990
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Ramona Luchesse
1989
The Equalizer
as Natalie Santelli
1988
The Equalizer
as Susan Foxworth
1988
American Playhouse
as Louise Bryant
1987
84 Charing Cross Road
as Ginny
1987
American Playhouse
as Elly
1985
The Equalizer
as Vanessa
1979
Gal Young 'Un
as Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)
Hot Year
In Our Own Sweet Way
Seven Sisters