Jean Smart
Known for ActingBorn 1951-09-13Seattle, 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).
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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
Wildflower
2023 · as Peg
Babylon
2022 · as Elinor St. John
The Accountant
2016 · as Rita Blackburn
A Simple Favor
2018 · as Margaret McLanden
Sweet Home Alabama
2002 · as Stella Kay Perry
Superintelligence
2020 · as President Monahan
Life Itself
2018 · as Linda Dempsey
Hope Springs
2012 · as Eileen, Kay's Friend
Life As We Know It
2010 · as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993 · as Kate
The Kid
2000 · as Deirdre Lefever
I ♥ Huckabees
2004 · as Mrs. Hooten
Hero Wanted
2008 · as Melanie McQueen
Garden State
2004 · as Carol
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005 · as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995 · as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Youth in Revolt
2009 · as Estelle Twisp
Bringing Down the House
2003 · as Kate Sanderson