Jean Smart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 13, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Credits
- 135
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).
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Known for
Filmography
Deborah Vance and Friends
2026Movie
Deborah Vance
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025TV
Narrator (voice)
Too Good
2025Movie
God
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025Movie
Self - Presenter
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025Movie
Self
The Studio
2025TV
Jean Smart
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
2023Movie
Self
Wildflower
2023Movie
Peg
Babylon
2022Movie
Elinor St. John
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022Movie
Self
Hacks
2021TV
Deborah Vance
Mare of Easttown
2021TV
Helen Fahey
Senior Moment
2021Movie
Caroline Summers
Superintelligence
2020Movie
President Monahan
Mad About You
2019TV
Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis
Watchmen
2019TV
Laurie Blake
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018Movie
Charlie
Dirty John
2018TV
Arlane Hart
Brampton's Own
2018Movie
Judy
Life Itself
2018Movie
Linda Dempsey
A Simple Favor
2018Movie
Margaret McLanden
The Messenger
2018Movie
The Woman
Big Mouth
2017TV
Depression Kitty (voice)
Awaken the Shadowman
2017Movie
Evette
Legion
2017TV
Melanie Bird
The Accountant
2016Movie
Rita Blackburn
Bad Internet
2016TV
President Powers
Getting Ed Laid
2016Movie
The Hooker
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016Movie
Self
Angie Tribeca
2016TV
Carnie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
The McCarthys
2014TV
Lydia
Miss Meadows
2014Movie
Mother Meadows
Halt and Catch Fire
2014TV
LouLu Lutherford
Fargo
2014TV
Floyd Gerhardt
Sirens
2014TV
Nora Farrell
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
Warren
2014Movie
Claire Cavanee
Getting On
2013TV
Arlene Willy-Weller
When Calls the Heart
2013Movie
Frances Tunnecliffe
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013Movie
Claire
Waking
2013Movie
Dr. Hinton
Hope Springs
2012Movie
Eileen, Kay's Friend
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012Movie
HRH Camilla
Veep
2012TV
Imogene Walsh
Harry's Law
2011TV
Roseanna Remmick
Woke Up Dead
2010Movie
Meryl Greene
The Talk
2010TV
Self
Life As We Know It
2010Movie
Helen Berenson (uncredited)
$#*! My Dad Says
2010TV
Rosemary Pernworth
Hawaii Five-0
2010TV
Governor Pat Jameson
Hot in Cleveland
2010TV
Bess
Barry Munday
2010Movie
Carol Munday
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010TV
Self
Youth in Revolt
2009Movie
Estelle Twisp
Hero Wanted
2008Movie
Melanie McQueen
Samantha Who?
2007TV
Regina Newly
Lucky You
2007Movie
Michelle Carson
Psych
2006TV
Gillian Tucker
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005Movie
Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
A Very Married Christmas
2004Movie
Ellen Griffin
Center of the Universe
2004TV
Kate Barnett
I ♥ Huckabees
2004Movie
Mrs. Hooten
Garden State
2004Movie
Carol
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004Movie
Stella (voice)
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003Movie
Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Arrested Development
2003TV
Mimi
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
2003Movie
Agent Candice DeLong
The Designing Women Reunion
2003Movie
Audrey's Rain
2003Movie
Audrey Walker
Bringing Down the House
2003Movie
Kate Sanderson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest
Sweet Home Alabama
2002Movie
Stella Kay Perry
In-Laws
2002TV
Marlene Pellet
Kim Possible
2002TV
Dr. Ann Possible (voice), Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice), Dr. Ann Possible / Tour Guide (voice), Dr. Ann Possible / Additional Voices (voice), Dr. Ann Possible / TV Trash Heap Executive #1 (voice)
24
2001TV
Martha Logan
The Oblongs
2001TV
Pickles Oblong (voice)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000Movie
Lorraine Sheldon
The District
2000TV
Sherry Regan
Static Shock
2000TV
Richie's Mom (voice)
The Kid
2000Movie
Deirdre Lefever
Snow Day
2000Movie
Laura Brandston
Forever Fabulous
1999Movie
Loreli Daly
Guinevere
1999Movie
Deborah Sloane
Change of Heart
1998Movie
Elaine Marshall
The Odd Couple II
1998Movie
Holly
Style & Substance
1998TV
Chelsea Stevens
The View
1997TV
Self, Self - Guest
Hey Arnold!
1996TV
Phoebe's Mother (voice)
Undue Influence
1996TV
Dana Colby
Edie & Pen
1996Movie
Wendy the Waitress
High Society
1995TV
Ellie Walker
A Stranger in Town
1995Movie
Rose
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995Movie
Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Scarlett
1994TV
Sally Brewton
The Yearling
1994Movie
Ory Baxter
The Yarn Princess
1994Movie
Margaret Thomas
Frasier
1993TV
Lorna Lynley, Lana Gardner
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993Movie
Kate
Just My Imagination
1992Movie
Pally Thompson
Batman: The Animated Series
1992TV
Helen Ventrix (voice)
Mistress
1992Movie
Patricia Riley
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992Movie
Aileen Wuornos
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991Movie
Cathy
A Seduction in Travis County
1991Movie
Karen
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
A Place at the Table
1988Movie
Susan Singer
Project X
1987Movie
Dr. Criswell
A Fight for Jenny
1986Movie
Valerie Thomas
Designing Women
1986TV
Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Fire with Fire
1986Movie
Sister Maria
Lime Street
1985TV
Protocol
1984Movie
Ella
Single Bars, Single Women
1984Movie
Virge
Piaf
1984Movie
Marlene
Flashpoint
1984Movie
Doris
Reggie
1983TV
Joan Reynolds
Goodnight, Beantown
1983TV
Remington Steele
1982TV
Gloria Blyer
Teachers Only
1982TV
Shari Kirkland
Hoodlums
1980Movie
Carol
Before and After
1979Movie
Woman Bather
The Facts of Life
1979TV
Ellen Slater
Alice
1976TV
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Nominee
The Emmy Awards
1949TV
Self - Winner, Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
The Families Stone
Movie
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Movie
Self
Egg Baby
Movie
Ms. Downey
Miss Macy
Movie
Miss Macy