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Was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Our Country's Good."

She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

Mother, with Kenneth Lonergan, of daughter Nellie Lonergan.

She attended Florida State University for one year and was enrolled in its School of Theatre. She also studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.

She began being credited as "J. Smith" in college out of concern that her first name, Jeannie, was too girlish. She added a family name, Cameron, when the Actors' Equity Association told her there was already a J. Smith, and there was a rule that two actors could not have the same professional name.

Daughter of architect Richard Sharp Smith Jr. (1914-2000) and librarian Mary R. Smith (1922-2017).

Has one brother, Rick Smith, and one sister, Joe Ann Smith (b. 1948), a retired teacher and former actress.