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