Jean 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).
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Films (75)
The Families Stone
2027
Deborah Vance and Friends
2026 · Deborah Vance
Too Good
2025 · God
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025 · Self - Presenter
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025 · Self
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
2023 · Self
Fleur sauvage
2023 · Peg
Babylon
2022 · Elinor St. John
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022 · Self
Senior Moment
2021 · Caroline Summers
Superinteligencia
2020 · President Monahan
Les Souliers de Noëlle
2018 · Charlie
Brampton's Own
2018 · Judy
Seule la vie...
2018 · Linda Dempsey
L'Ombre d'Emily
2018 · Margaret McLanden
The Messenger
2018 · The Woman
Awaken the Shadowman
2017 · Evette
Mr Wolff
2016 · Rita Blackburn
Getting Ed Laid
2016 · The Hooker
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016 · Self
Maestra Meadows
2014 · Mother Meadows, Co-Executive Producer
Warren
2014 · Claire Cavanee
Le Cœur a ses raisons : Le Journal d'une institutrice
2013 · Frances Tunnecliffe
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Claire
Waking
2013 · Dr. Hinton
Tous les espoirs sont permis
2012 · Eileen, Kay's Friend
William & Kate : Romance royale
2012 · HRH Camilla
Woke Up Dead
2010 · Meryl Greene
Bébé mode d'emploi
2010 · Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Barry Munday
2010 · Carol Munday
Be Bad !
2009 · Estelle Twisp
Hero Wanted
2008 · Melanie McQueen
Pura Suerte
2007 · Michelle Carson
Kim Possible: Mission Cupidon
2005 · Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
A Very Married Christmas
2004 · Ellen Griffin
J'adore Huckabees
2004 · Mrs. Hooten
Tiempo de volver
2004 · Carol
Balto 3 : Sur l'aile du vent
2004 · Stella (voice)
Kim possible, la clé du temps
2003 · Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Instinct Assassin
2003 · Agent Candice DeLong
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Audrey's Rain
2003 · Audrey Walker
Bronx à Bel-Air
2003 · Kate Sanderson
Fashion victime
2002 · Stella Kay Perry
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000 · Lorraine Sheldon
Sale môme
2000 · Deirdre Lefever
Jour blanc
2000 · Laura Brandston
Forever Fabulous
1999 · Loreli Daly
Guinevere
1999 · Deborah Sloane
Change of Heart
1998 · Elaine Marshall
The Odd Couple II
1998 · Holly
Edie & Pen
1996 · Wendy the Waitress
A Stranger in Town
1995 · Rose, Co-Producer
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995 · Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
The Yearling
1994 · Ory Baxter
The Yarn Princess
1994 · Margaret Thomas
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993 · Kate
Just My Imagination
1992 · Pally Thompson
Mistress
1992 · Patricia Riley
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992 · Aileen Wuornos
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991 · Cathy
A Seduction in Travis County
1991 · Karen
A Place at the Table
1988 · Susan Singer
Project X
1987 · Dr. Criswell
A Fight for Jenny
1986 · Valerie Thomas
Fire with Fire
1986 · Sister Maria
Protocol
1984 · Ella
Single Bars, Single Women
1984 · Virge
Piaf
1984 · Marlene
Flashpoint
1984 · Doris
Hoodlums
1980 · Carol
Before and After
1979 · Woman Bather
Miss Macy
· Miss Macy
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
· Self
Egg Baby
· Ms. Downey
Séries (61)
La Telaraña de Charlotte
2025 · Narrator (voice)
Le studio
2025 · Jean Smart
Hacks
2021 · Deborah Vance
Easttown
2021 · Helen Fahey
Mad About You
2019 · Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis
Watchmen
2019 · Laurie Blake
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Traître
2018 · Arlane Hart
Big Mouth
2017 · Depression Kitty (voice)
Légion
2017 · Melanie Bird
Bad Internet
2016 · President Powers
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Carnie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The McCarthys
2014 · Lydia
Halt and Catch Fire
2014 · LouLu Lutherford
Fargo
2014 · Floyd Gerhardt
Sirens
2014 · Nora Farrell
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Getting On (US)
2013 · Arlene Willy-Weller
Veep : vice-présidente
2012 · Imogene Walsh
Harry's Law : La Loi Selon Harry
2011 · Roseanna Remmick
The Talk
2010 · Self
$#*! My Dad Says
2010 · Rosemary Pernworth
Hawaii 5-0
2010 · Governor Pat Jameson
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Bess
Généalogie V.I.P
2010 · Self
Samantha Qui ?
2007 · Regina Newly
Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui
2006 · Gillian Tucker
Center of the Universe
2004 · Kate Barnett
Arrested Development
2003 · Mimi
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
In-Laws
2002 · Marlene Pellet
Kim Possible
2002 · 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
2001 · Martha Logan
The Oblongs
2001 · Pickles Oblong (voice)
The District
2000 · Sherry Regan
Static Shock
2000 · Richie's Mom (voice)
Style & Substance
1998 · Chelsea Stevens
The View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
Hey Arnold!
1996 · Phoebe's Mother (voice)
Undue Influence
1996 · Dana Colby
High Society
1995 · Ellie Walker
Scarlett
1994 · Sally Brewton
Frasier
1993 · Lorna Lynley, Lana Gardner
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Helen Ventrix (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Designing Women
1986 · Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Lime Street
1985
Reggie
1983 · Joan Reynolds
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
Newhart
1982 · Jean Smart (uncredited)
Remington Steele
1982 · Gloria Blyer
Teachers Only
1982 · Shari Kirkland
The Facts of Life
1979 · Ellen Slater
Alice
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self - Winner, Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee