Acting
Jean Smart
EN cinema · 75 credits
Born
13 September 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also known as Jean E. Smart · Jean Elizabeth Smart
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
Miss Macy
Miss Macy
as Miss Macy
Egg Baby
Egg Baby
as Ms. Downey
Deborah Vance and Friends
as Deborah Vance
Too Good
as God
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
Wildflower
as Peg
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers
Superintelligence
as President Monahan
The Messenger
as The Woman
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey
Brampton's Own
as Judy
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie
Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette
Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows, Co-Executive Producer
Warren
as Claire Cavanee
Waking
as Dr. Hinton
When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe
Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla
Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Woke Up Dead
as Meryl Greene
Barry Munday
as Carol Munday
Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp
Hero Wanted
as Melanie McQueen
Lucky You
as Michelle Carson
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Garden State
as Carol
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mrs. Hooten
A Very Married Christmas
as Ellen Griffin
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Stella (voice)
Bringing Down the House
as Kate Sanderson
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
as Agent Candice DeLong
Audrey's Rain
as Audrey Walker
Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry
The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever
Snow Day
as Laura Brandston
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Lorraine Sheldon
Guinevere
as Deborah Sloane
Forever Fabulous
as Loreli Daly
Change of Heart
as Elaine Marshall
The Odd Couple II
as Holly
Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress
The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
A Stranger in Town
as Rose, Co-Producer
The Yearling
as Ory Baxter
The Yarn Princess
as Margaret Thomas
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
as Aileen Wuornos
Mistress
as Patricia Riley
Just My Imagination
as Pally Thompson
A Place at the Table
1988
A Place at the Table
as Susan Singer
Project X
as Dr. Criswell
Fire with Fire
as Sister Maria
A Fight for Jenny
as Valerie Thomas
Flashpoint
as Doris
Protocol
as Ella
Piaf
as Marlene
Hoodlums
as Carol
Before and After
as Woman Bather