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