J. Smith-Cameron
| J. Smith-Cameron | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jean Isabel Smith September 7, 1957 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Florida State University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Kenneth Lonergan (2000–present) |
| Children | Nellie |
J. Smith-Cameron (born September 7, 1957) is an American actress best known for her role as Janet Talbot on the critically acclaimed television series, Rectify.
Smith-Cameron was born Jean Isabel Smith 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 (1979)
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 1982 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 1989. 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 1991.
Additional Broadway credits include Night Must Fall (1999),Tartuffe (2002), and After the Night and the Music (2005).
She has appeared in many Off-Broadway plays, including at the Public Theater, the Second Stage Theatre, and Playwrights Horizons. She appeared in the Paul Rudnick play The Naked Truth Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1994. She received a Drama Desk Award nomination for this production.
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