Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 13, 1951
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Credits
132 titles
Jean Smart
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
Filmography
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Narrator (voice)
Too Good
God
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Self - Presenter
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Self
The Studio
Jean Smart
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
Self
Wildflower
Peg
Babylon
Elinor St. John
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
Hacks
Deborah Vance
Mare of Easttown
Helen Fahey
Senior Moment
Caroline Summers
Superintelligence
President Monahan
Mad About You
Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis
Watchmen
Laurie Blake
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Dirty John
Arlane Hart
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Charlie
Brampton's Own
Judy
Life Itself
Linda Dempsey
A Simple Favor
Margaret McLanden
The Messenger
The Woman
Big Mouth
Depression Kitty (voice)
Awaken the Shadowman
Evette
Legion
Melanie Bird
The Accountant
Rita Blackburn
Bad Internet
President Powers
Getting Ed Laid
The Hooker
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
Angie Tribeca
Carnie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The McCarthys
Lydia
Miss Meadows
Mother Meadows
Halt and Catch Fire
LouLu Lutherford
Fargo
Floyd Gerhardt
Sirens
Nora Farrell
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Warren
Claire Cavanee
Getting On
Arlene Willy-Weller
When Calls the Heart
Frances Tunnecliffe
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Claire
Waking
Dr. Hinton
Hope Springs
Eileen, Kay's Friend
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
HRH Camilla
Veep
Imogene Walsh
Harry's Law
Roseanna Remmick
Woke Up Dead
Meryl Greene
The Talk
Self