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Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Birthday: 1951-09-13 | Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

as    Narrator (voice)

2025
2025
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

as    Self - Presenter

2023
Wildflower

as    Peg

2023
2022
Babylon

as    Elinor St. John

2021
Senior Moment

as    Caroline Summers

2021
Hacks

as    Deborah Vance

2021
Mare of Easttown

as    Helen Fahey

2021
2020
Superintelligence

as    President Monahan

2019
Watchmen

as    Laurie Blake

2018
A Shoe Addict's Christmas

as    Charlie

2018
Brampton's Own

as    Judy

2018
Life Itself

as    Linda Dempsey

2018
The Messenger

as    The Woman

2017
Awaken the Shadowman

as    Evette

2016
The Accountant

as    Rita Blackburn

2016
Getting Ed Laid

as    The Hooker

2014
Warren

as    Claire Cavanee

2014
Miss Meadows

as    Mother Meadows

2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

as    Claire

2013
When Calls the Heart

as    Frances Tunnecliffe

2012
Hope Springs

as    Eileen, Kay's Friend

2012
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

as    HRH Camilla

2010
Barry Munday

as    Carol Munday