J. Smith Cameron

J. SMITH-CAMERON is an Emmy® and Tony®-nominated gifted stage, film, and television actress. J. currently stars as a series regular on the acclaimed HBO series SUCCESSION, which will return for its highly anticipated fourth season on March 26, 2023. Her portrayal of “Gerri Kellman,” Waystar Royco’s General Counsel, garnered J. a 2022 Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also been nominated for a Critics Choice Award, in addition to a Hollywood Critics Association Award for her performance on SUCCESSION.  

Upcoming, J. stars in Showtime’s TV series WACO: THE AFTERMATH opposite John Leguizamo. She recently wrapped production on New Line’s TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN. Additionally, she stars in THE YEAR BETWEEN, an independent drama feature from Alex Heller, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and will stream exclusively on Peacock this March.  

In film, J. was last seen in Blumhouse and Focus Feature’s thriller VENGEANCE, which premiered in theaters in July 2022, making the directorial debut of B.J. Novak. J. appears opposite Novak, Issa Rae,  

and Ashton Kutcher. She also starred in the Sundance-winner Christina Choe’s film NANCY. Her striking portrayal of a mother whose child goes missing three decades prior garnered her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. J.’s additional film credits include MARGARET and CHRISTINE.

On television, J. is well known as a series regular on SundanceTV’s RECTIFY as well as her recurring roles on HBO’s TRUE BLOOD and DIVORCE.

J.’s Broadway credits include Lend Me a Tenor (1989), Our Country’s Good (1991) for which she was nominated for a Tony® Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Night Must Fall (1999), Tartuffe  (2002), and Elaine May’s After the Night and the Music (2005). Her extensive Off-Broadway work includes As Bees in Honey Drown (1997), for which she won an Obie Award and earned a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, Fuddy Meers (1999), for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Sarah, Sarah (2004), The Starry Messenger (2009), Sorry (2012), Juno and the Paycock (2013), for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and was the recipient of the 2013 Joe E. Callaway Award, and Peace for Mary Frances (2018).

J. resides in New York City with her husband director, playwright, and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, and their daughter.