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Jean Smart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1951-09-13 (Age: 75)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Jean Smart

Biography

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.

Filmography (70)

⭐ 0 Role: God

Too Good

2025
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self - Presenter

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

2025
⭐ 5.3 Role: Self

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

2025
⭐ 2.0 Role: Self

A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

2023
⭐ 7.4 Role: Peg

Wildflower

2023
⭐ 7.4 Role: Elinor St. John

Babylon

2022
⭐ 9.5 Role: Self

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

2022
⭐ 5.6 Role: Caroline Summers

Senior Moment

2021
⭐ 5.9 Role: President Monahan

Superintelligence

2020
⭐ 6.2 Role: Charlie

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018
⭐ 4.4 Role: Judy

Brampton's Own

2018
⭐ 7.2 Role: Linda Dempsey

Life Itself

2018
⭐ 6.6 Role: Margaret McLanden

A Simple Favor

2018
⭐ 0 Role: The Woman

The Messenger

2018
⭐ 3.7 Role: Evette

Awaken the Shadowman

2017