Portrait of J. Smith-Cameron

Acting

J. Smith-Cameron

Career

Active from 1979 to 2025, with a break from 1980 to 1991, busiest in 2024 and 2025 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rectify
Rectify
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
J. Smith-Cameron Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Coming-of-Age Story 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Emotional Realism 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Cringe Comedy 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters

TV show

2020s

12 titles ยท average score 68
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Murdaugh: Death in the Family (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Marian Proctor

Debaters
Debaters (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bethany

In the Know
In the Know (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Barb (voice)

Turtles All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

as Professor Abbott

Elsbeth
Elsbeth (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Isadora 'Izzy' Langford

The Year Between
The Year Between (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sherri

Waco: The Aftermath
Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Lois Roden

Vengeance
Vengeance (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sharon Shaw

Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Barbara Hiller

Hacks
Hacks (2021)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Kathy Vance

White Wedding
White Wedding (2021)

as Clementine

Teenage Euthanasia
Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 70
Nancy
Nancy (2018)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ellen

Succession
Succession (2018)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Gerri Kellman

Christine
Christine (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

as Peg Chubbuck

Divorce
Divorce (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Elaine Campbell

Search Party
Search Party (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Mary Ferguson

Everything All at Once
Everything All at Once (2015)

as Susan

Like Sunday, Like Rain
Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mary

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Alice Millevoi

Mozart in the Jungle
Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Amy Rutledge

Rectify
Rectify (2013)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Janet Talbot

Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge (2012)
GoodWatch score 48

as Psychiatrist

Margaret
Margaret (2011)
GoodWatch score 65

as Joan

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 66
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Samara Steel

True Blood
True Blood (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Melinda Mickens

Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show

Six Degrees
Six Degrees (2006)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show

A Very Serious Person
A Very Serious Person (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

as Carol

Bittersweet Place
Bittersweet Place (2005)

as Violet

K Street
K Street (2003)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Tommy's Wife

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Trudy / Trudy Pomeranski

You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me (2000)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mabel

1990s

18 titles ยท average score 63
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
GoodWatch score 40

as Barbara Lang

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Gwen Sharpe / Diane Eskas

A Midwife's Tale
A Midwife's Tale (1998)

as Mrs. Howard

Arresting Gena
Arresting Gena (1997)

as Caroline Lee

Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Welsch

Spin City
Spin City (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Lisa

The First Wives Club
The First Wives Club (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

as Miss Sullivan

Let It Be Me
Let It Be Me (1995)
GoodWatch score 54

as Clarice

She Led Two Lives
She Led Two Lives (1994)
GoodWatch score 50

as Angela Anderson

Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show ยท as Avis Griffin

That Night
That Night (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

as Carol Bloom

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Linda Drosi / Ms. Ward

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 65
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Ramona Luchesse

84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Ginny

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Natalie Santelli / Susan Foxworth

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Louise Bryant / Elly

1970s

1 title
Gal Young 'Un
Gal Young 'Un (1979)

as Elly (The Gal Young 'Un)