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