Renée Felice Smith
Renée Felice Smith is an American actress. She is known for portraying Nell Jones on , since joining the series in 2010.
Early life
Smith attended Patchogue-Medford High School on Long Island, New York, as well as the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, double majoring in journalism and minoring in history, Stonestreet Studios Conservatory and the Lee Strasberg Institute.Career
Smith's first acting job was a national television commercial for Dannon yogurt in 1991, at age six.Smith started off in theatre, having made her debut in Second Stage's Wildflower. She was cast for a sitcom on The CW directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino, tentatively titled Wyoming, but only a pilot was produced since the project was not picked up by the network. The pilot movie is called The Wyoming Story.
In 2010, Smith was cast to appear as Nell Jones on . Initially planned to be only a recurring character, Smith's role was expanded to Main Cast after she impressed the producers with her acting.
In 2011, Smith appeared as a supporting character 'Missy' in Detachment.
In 2012, Smith began co-creating a children's book series based on her French bulldog, Hugo.
In April 2014, Smith starred as Frankie in Code Academy, a short sci-fi production in which young men and women are kept apart until a certain age.
In April 2015, Smith starred in and produced the short film, Baby, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival.
Smith appeared in the March 1, 2017 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia titled "A Cricket's Tale".
Smith and director C.A. Gabriel directed their first feature film titled The Relationtrip, which premiered at SXSW in March 2017.
Filmography
Television
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Detachment | Missy | |
| 2014 | Nanny Cam | Jess | |
| 2014 | Code Academy | Frankie | Short film |
| 2014 | That Thing with the Cat | Emma | |
| 2015 | Baby | Naomi | Short film; also as executive producer |
| 2017 | The Relationtrip | Beck | Also executive producer, writer and director Dallas International Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature Competition Nominated—Nashville Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition Nominated—SXSW Film Festival's SXSW Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award Nominated—SXSW Film Festival's SXSW Gamechanger Award |
| 2017 | That Thing with the Cat! | Emma |