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Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Department: Acting

Biography

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

Garden State

Garden State

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

Getting Ed Laid

Getting Ed Laid

2016

The Messenger

The Messenger

2018

Bringing Down the House

Bringing Down the House

2003

The Kid

The Kid

2000

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

2005

Guinevere

Guinevere

1999

Snow Day

Snow Day

2000

Wildflower

Wildflower

2023

Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

2010

Edie & Pen

Edie & Pen

1996

Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted

2008

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

1992

Project X

Project X

1987

Flashpoint

Flashpoint

1984

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

2003

Mistress

Mistress

1992

Hope Springs

Hope Springs

2012

Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986

Change of Heart

Change of Heart

1998

A Very Married Christmas

A Very Married Christmas

2004

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

2003

Waking

Waking

2013

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

2012

A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

2023

Audrey's Rain

Audrey's Rain

2003

When Calls the Heart

When Calls the Heart

2013

The Brady Bunch Movie

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

1991

Miss Meadows

Miss Meadows

2014

Warren

Warren

2014

The Yearling

The Yearling

1994

Balto III: Wings of Change

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004

Babylon

Babylon

2022

Too Good

Too Good

Hoodlums

Hoodlums

1980

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama

2002

Woke Up Dead

Woke Up Dead

2010

A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table

1988

Just My Imagination

Just My Imagination

1992

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

2016

The Accountant

The Accountant

2016

The Designing Women Reunion

The Designing Women Reunion

2003

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

1993

Barry Munday

Barry Munday

2010

Awaken the Shadowman

Awaken the Shadowman

2017

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

2000

Before and After

Before and After

1979

A Simple Favor

A Simple Favor

2018

Protocol

Protocol

1984

The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II

1998

Life Itself

Life Itself

2018

Brampton's Own

Brampton's Own

2018

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018

Forever Fabulous

Forever Fabulous

1999

A Fight for Jenny

A Fight for Jenny

1986

Piaf

Piaf

1984

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

1995

Single Bars, Single Women

Single Bars, Single Women

1984

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

2020

Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

2009

The Yarn Princess

The Yarn Princess

1994

Miss Macy

Miss Macy

Lucky You

Lucky You

2007

Senior Moment

Senior Moment

2021

A Seduction in Travis County

A Seduction in Travis County

1991

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

2025

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

2022

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

2025

Alice

Alice

1976

Remington Steele

Remington Steele

1982

The District

The District

2000

Designing Women

Designing Women

1986

Static Shock

Static Shock

2000

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

2002

24

24

2001

The View

The View

1997

Samantha Who?

Samantha Who?

2007

The Oblongs

The Oblongs

2001

Frasier

Frasier

1993

Hacks

Hacks

2021

Center of the Universe

Center of the Universe

2004

Lime Street

Lime Street

1985

High Society

High Society

1995

The View

The View

1997

In-Laws

In-Laws

2002

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

Teachers Only

Teachers Only

1982

Reggie

Reggie

1983

Psych

Psych

2006

Fargo

Fargo

2014

Dirty John

Dirty John

2018

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

2002

Legion

Legion

2017

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

Goodnight, Beantown

Goodnight, Beantown

1983

Frasier

Frasier

1993

Arrested Development

Arrested Development

2003

Hey Arnold!

Hey Arnold!

1996

Angie Tribeca

Angie Tribeca

2016

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

$#*! My Dad Says

$#*! My Dad Says

2010

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Harry's Law

Harry's Law

2011

Bad Internet

Bad Internet

2016

Veep

Veep

2012

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Sirens

Sirens

2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

2010

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Mad About You

Mad About You

2019

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

2017

Style & Substance

Style & Substance

1998

Halt and Catch Fire

Halt and Catch Fire

2014

Watchmen

Watchmen

2019

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

2017

Mare of Easttown

Mare of Easttown

2021

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

The Studio

The Studio

2025

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

The Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards

1949

Getting On

Getting On

2013

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

1979

The Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards

1949

E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

2025

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

2002

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Scarlett

Scarlett

1994

Undue Influence

Undue Influence

1996

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956