‘Law & Order: SVU’ Adds J. Smith-Cameron As Recurring For Season 28

There will be a new face in the upcoming 28th season of Law & Order: SVU. Succession alumna J. Smith-Cameron has been tapped for a recurring role. She will play jury consultant Gwen Sharpe opposite Mariska Hargitay‘s Olivia Benson.

Smith-Cameron’s character will be introduced in the season 28 premiere on Thursday, Oct 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Starring Hargitay and her second-in-command Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola (Ice-T), SVU chronicles the lives of the New York Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, an elite squad of detectives who investigate crimes of sexual assault, child abuse and domestic violence.  Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Kevin Kane, Aimé Donna Kelly and Corey Cott also star.

Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer. Michelle Fazekas, Mariska Hargitay, Kenneth Brown, Rebeccca McGill, Anastasia Puglisi and Peter Jankowski executive produce. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.

Smith-Cameron is best known for her role as Gerri Kellman on Succession, which earned her two Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe award and a Critics Choice award, and she shared in two SAG awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Up next, Smith-Cameron will co-star in Seven Sisters, which was recently picked up to series by FX, opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Cristin Milioti. She will also co-star in Jeff Rutherford’s upcoming sophomore feature film, In Our Sweet Way.

Additional TV credits include Hacks, Elsbeth, Murdaugh: A Death in the Family, Rectify and Waco: The Aftermath. She’s repped by Gersh, Principal Entertainment LA and Schreck Rose Dapello.