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
A Simple Favor (2018)
as Margaret McLanden
Life As We Know It (2010)
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
as Kate
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
as Stella Kay Perry
Life Itself (2018)
as Linda Dempsey
Hope Springs (2012)
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005)
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
The Kid (2000)
as Deirdre Lefever
Wildflower (2023)
as Peg
Garden State (2004)
as Carol
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
as Mrs. Hooten
Youth in Revolt (2009)
as Estelle Twisp
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
as Stella (voice)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Bringing Down the House (2003)
as Kate Sanderson
Superintelligence (2020)
as President Monahan
Miss Meadows (2014)
as Mother Meadows
Lucky You (2007)
as Michelle Carson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Claire
Hero Wanted (2008)
as Melanie McQueen
The Odd Couple II (1998)
as Holly
The Yarn Princess (1994)
as Margaret Thomas
Project X (1987)
as Dr. Criswell
Fire with Fire (1986)
as Sister Maria
Snow Day (2000)
as Laura Brandston
A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018)
as Charlie
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003)
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
When Calls the Heart (2013)
as Frances Tunnecliffe
Mistress (1992)
as Patricia Riley
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003)
as Agent Candice DeLong
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Wendy the Waitress
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
as Self
Audrey's Rain (2003)
as Audrey Walker
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991)
as Cathy
A Very Married Christmas (2004)
as Ellen Griffin
Senior Moment (2021)
as Caroline Summers
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (2012)
as HRH Camilla
Barry Munday (2010)
as Carol Munday
Awaken the Shadowman (2017)
as Evette
Forever Fabulous (1999)
as Loreli Daly
Single Bars, Single Women (1984)
as Virge
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (2025)
as Self
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
as Aileen Wuornos
Flashpoint (1984)
as Doris
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert (2025)
as Self - Presenter
A Fight for Jenny (1986)
as Valerie Thomas
A Stranger in Town (1995)
as Rose
A Place at the Table (1988)
as Susan Singer
Protocol (1984)
as Ella
Piaf (1984)
as Marlene
The Families Stone (—)
Actor
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016)
as Self
Change of Heart (1998)
as Elaine Marshall
Guinevere (1999)
as Deborah Sloane
The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
as Lorraine Sheldon
A Seduction in Travis County (1991)
as Karen
The Yearling (1994)
as Ory Baxter
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary (—)
as Self
Brampton's Own (2018)
as Judy
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon (2023)
as Self
Just My Imagination (1992)
as Pally Thompson
Deborah Vance and Friends (2026)
as Deborah Vance
Woke Up Dead (2010)
as Meryl Greene
Egg Baby (—)
as Ms. Downey
Too Good (2025)
as God
Getting Ed Laid (2016)
as The Hooker
Before and After (1979)
as Woman Bather
Warren (2014)
as Claire Cavanee
The Messenger (2018)
as The Woman
Hoodlums (1980)
as Carol
Miss Macy (—)
as Miss Macy
The Designing Women Reunion (2003)
Actor
Waking (2013)
as Dr. Hinton