J. Smith-Cameron

Acting

J. Smith-Cameron

Born 1957-09-07 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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.

Acting credits

Man on a Ledge poster
6.4

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, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

Man on a Ledge

2012

You Can Count on Me poster
6.9

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.

You Can Count on Me

2000

In & Out poster
6.4

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

In & Out

1997

The First Wives Club poster
6.7

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!

The First Wives Club

1996

Turtles All the Way Down poster
7.3

Aza confronts her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts.

Turtles All the Way Down

2024

Vengeance poster
6.6

Ben, a journalist from New York City, travels to West Texas in order to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with while recording a murder mystery podcast along the way.

Vengeance

2022

Sabrina poster
6.2

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.

Sabrina

1995

The Rage: Carrie 2 poster
5.7

A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.

The Rage: Carrie 2

1999

Mighty Aphrodite poster
6.7

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

Margaret poster
6.4

17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident that claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and, most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world.

Margaret

2011

That Night poster
6.4

A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.

That Night

1992

84 Charing Cross Road poster
7.2

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

84 Charing Cross Road

1987

Christine poster
6.9

In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.

Christine

2016

This Ordinary Thing poster
NR

A film about non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

This Ordinary Thing

2025

Let It Be Me poster
5.4

Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

Let It Be Me

1995

Harriet the Spy poster
6.1

Harriet may only be in the sixth grade, but she's already found her calling: to be a spy. In a private journal she takes everywhere, Harriet records suspicious activity and keeps a running list of observations on virtually everyone she knows. It seems harmless enough until, one day, someone finds the journal and exposes Harriet's critical thoughts about her classmates. Suddenly, even her best friends are against her, and Harriet resolves to take revenge.

Harriet the Spy

1996

Jeffrey poster
6.3

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Jeffrey

1995

The Proprietor poster
7.0

An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.

The Proprietor

1996

No artwork available
NR

Set against the eerie backdrop of a small Pacific Northwest town during a relentless heatwave, "Hot Year" follows two childhood best friends whose bond is pushed to the brink after a revenge plan against an ex-boyfriend spirals into a violent incident they can’t take back. Over the course of one feverish night, the pair must navigate the consequences of their actions as buried trauma, loyalty, and identity collide.

Hot Year

Like Sunday, Like Rain poster
7.3

A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.

Like Sunday, Like Rain

2014

Debaters poster
NR

In a debate chamber, affluent high schoolers argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges.

Debaters

2025

She Led Two Lives poster
4.8

A married woman is reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and marries him too, forcing her to live two lives at once.

She Led Two Lives

1994

No artwork available
NR

In the spring of 1988, two discordant neighbors keep an eye on each other as love, desperation and yearning pull them into a strange, startling harmony.

In Our Own Sweet Way

Nancy poster
5.9

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.

Nancy

2018