J. Smith-Cameron (born Jean Isabel Smith; September , ) is an American
actress best known for her supporting roles as Janet Talbot on the
television series Rectify and Gerri Kellman on
Succession.Smith-Cameron was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the
daughter of architect Richard Sharpe Smith. She was raised in
Greenville, South Carolina and attended Florida State University for
one year, where she was enrolled in the School of Theatre. There she
met film director Victor Nuñez, who cast her as a lead in his film
Gal Young Un () She additionally received acting training at HB Studio
in New York City.She added a family name, Cameron, when told by the
Actors' Equity Association that there was already a J. Smith, and
there was a rule that two actors cannot have the same professional
name. She made her Broadway debut in August when she replaced Mia
Dillon as "Babe Botrelle" in Crimes of the Heart. She appeared in the
original Broadway cast of Lend Me a Tenor as "Maggie" in . The cast of
that play won an Outer Critics Circle Award, Special Awards. She
appeared in the Broadway production of Our Country's Good in
.Additional Broadway credits include Night Must Fall (), Tartuffe (),
and After the Night and the Music ().
actress best known for her supporting roles as Janet Talbot on the
television series Rectify and Gerri Kellman on
Succession.Smith-Cameron was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the
daughter of architect Richard Sharpe Smith. She was raised in
Greenville, South Carolina and attended Florida State University for
one year, where she was enrolled in the School of Theatre. There she
met film director Victor Nuñez, who cast her as a lead in his film
Gal Young Un () She additionally received acting training at HB Studio
in New York City.She added a family name, Cameron, when told by the
Actors' Equity Association that there was already a J. Smith, and
there was a rule that two actors cannot have the same professional
name. She made her Broadway debut in August when she replaced Mia
Dillon as "Babe Botrelle" in Crimes of the Heart. She appeared in the
original Broadway cast of Lend Me a Tenor as "Maggie" in . The cast of
that play won an Outer Critics Circle Award, Special Awards. She
appeared in the Broadway production of Our Country's Good in
.Additional Broadway credits include Night Must Fall (), Tartuffe (),
and After the Night and the Music ().
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