J. Smith-Cameron
Biography
J. Smith-Cameron is an American actress born in Louisville, Kentucky, who built much of her career in the theater before becoming known for television and film. She made her Broadway debut in 1982 in Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart and later earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Our Country's Good. She won an Obie Award for As Bees in Honey Drown (1997) and received Drama Desk nominations for several plays, including Juno and the Paycock. On screen, her films include 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Sabrina (1995), In & Out (1997), You Can Count on Me (2000), Margaret (2011), Christine (2016), and Nancy (2018), the last bringing her an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She gained wider prominence as Janet Talbot in Rectify and as Gerri Kellman in Succession, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
69years old
Turns 70 on September 7in 301 days
- Born Louisville
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 37 years1987 to 2024
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First role
Smith-Cameron was cast as a lead in Victor Nunez's film Gal Young 'Un while still a student at Florida State University, where she met the director.
About the name
Smith-Cameron began using the professional name J. Smith in college because she thought her first name, Jeannie, sounded too girlish.
First role
Smith-Cameron made her Broadway debut in August 1982, taking over the part of Babe Botrelle in Crimes of the Heart from Mia Dillon.
Getting ready for a role
Smith-Cameron played lawyer Gerri Kellman on the HBO series Succession, which ran from 2018 to 2023. The role had originally been written for a man.
A first
Smith-Cameron first appeared in the West End in 2024, playing opposite Mark Rylance in a revival of Juno and the Paycock staged at the Gielgud Theatre.
J. Smith-Cameron movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kenneth Lonergan directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mark Ruffalo's page
Adam LeFevre's page
Becky Ann Baker's page
Betsy Aidem's page
All films by Kenneth Lonergan
Box office
What J. Smith-Cameron's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$227 million
12 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 12 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$64M28.2% of the total
- 2$54M23.7% of the total
- 3$46M20.4% of the total
- 4$27M11.7% of the total
- 5$18M7.8% of the total
- 6$11M4.9% of the total
- 7$4.2M1.9% of the total
- 8$2.5M1.1% of the total
$480,168from the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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