Jean Smart
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Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for a Tony Award and a Grammy Award. Smart first gained prominence for her leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991. She went on to win five Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles as Lana Gardner in the NBC series Frasier (2000–01), Regina Newley in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–09), and Deborah Vance in the HBO Max comedy series Hacks (2021–present). She was Emmy-nominated for her roles in The District (2000–04), 24 (2006–07), Harry's Law (2011), Fargo (2015), Watchmen (2019) and Mare of Easttown (2021). She also acted in FX's Legion (2017–2019) and voiced Ann Possible in the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible (2002–2007). On stage, she made her Broadway debut portraying Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf (1981). She returned to Broadway in the revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000) for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Smart's film credits include The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Garden State (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Youth in Revolt (2009), The Accountant (2016), A Simple Favor (2018), and Babylon (2022). She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Guinevere (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Smart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Babylon (2022)
as Elinor St. John
The Accountant (2016)
as Rita Blackburn
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
as Stella Kay Perry
A Simple Favor (2018)
as Margaret McLanden
Life Itself (2018)
as Linda Dempsey
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
as Kate
Life As We Know It (2010)
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Wildflower (2023)
as Peg
Hope Springs (2012)
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
The Kid (2000)
as Deirdre Lefever
Garden State (2004)
as Carol
Bringing Down the House (2003)
as Kate Sanderson
Youth in Revolt (2009)
as Estelle Twisp
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005)
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
as Stella (voice)
Superintelligence (2020)
as President Monahan
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
as Mrs. Hooten
Lucky You (2007)
as Michelle Carson
The Odd Couple II (1998)
as Holly
Miss Meadows (2014)
as Mother Meadows
Mistress (1992)
as Patricia Riley
Fire with Fire (1986)
as Sister Maria
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Claire
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003)
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
When Calls the Heart (2013)
as Frances Tunnecliffe
Snow Day (2000)
as Laura Brandston
Hero Wanted (2008)
as Melanie McQueen
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991)
as Cathy
Protocol (1984)
as Ella
Piaf (1984)
as Marlene
Barry Munday (2010)
as Carol Munday
A Very Married Christmas (2004)
as Ellen Griffin
Project X (1987)
as Dr. Criswell
Forever Fabulous (1999)
as Loreli Daly
Guinevere (1999)
as Deborah Sloane
Change of Heart (1998)
as Elaine Marshall
Flashpoint (1984)
as Doris
Awaken the Shadowman (2017)
as Evette
A Place at the Table (1988)
as Susan Singer
A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018)
as Charlie
Just My Imagination (1992)
as Pally Thompson
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003)
as Agent Candice DeLong
The Yearling (1994)
as Ory Baxter
Audrey's Rain (2003)
as Audrey Walker
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Wendy the Waitress
A Stranger in Town (1995)
as Rose
The Yarn Princess (1994)
as Margaret Thomas
Before and After (1979)
as Woman Bather
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert (2025)
as Self - Presenter
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary (—)
as Self
A Fight for Jenny (1986)
as Valerie Thomas
Woke Up Dead (2010)
as Meryl Greene
The Designing Women Reunion (2003)
Actor
Brampton's Own (2018)
as Judy
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
as Aileen Wuornos
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (2012)
as HRH Camilla
Senior Moment (2021)
as Caroline Summers
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (2025)
as Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
as Self
Single Bars, Single Women (1984)
as Virge
Too Good (2025)
as God
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016)
as Self
The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
as Lorraine Sheldon
A Seduction in Travis County (1991)
as Karen
Getting Ed Laid (2016)
as The Hooker
Warren (2014)
as Claire Cavanee
The Messenger (2018)
as The Woman
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon (2023)
as Self
Hoodlums (1980)
as Carol
Miss Macy (—)
as Miss Macy
Waking (2013)
as Dr. Hinton