Jean Smart
69 movies · 46 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 13, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Also known as
- Jean E. Smart · Jean Elizabeth 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).
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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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Jean Smart: movies and TV shows
Acting (115)
- Upcoming Miss Macy
as Miss Macy
- Upcoming Egg Baby
as Ms. Downey
- Upcoming
- 2026 Deborah Vance and Friends
as Deborah Vance
- 2025
- 2025 Too Good
as God
- 2025
- 2023 Wildflower
as Peg
- 2022 Babylon
as Elinor St. John
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers
- 2020 Superintelligence
as President Monahan
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie
- 2018
- 2018 Brampton's Own
as Judy
- 2018 Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey
- 2018 A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
- 2018 The Messenger
as The Woman
- 2017
- 2017 Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette
- 2017
- 2016 The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
- 2016
- 2016 Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker
- 2016
- 2014
- 2014 Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Warren
as Claire Cavanee
- 2013
- 2013 When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe
- 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire
- 2013 Waking
as Dr. Hinton
- 2012 Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
- 2012 William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 Woke Up Dead
as Meryl Greene
- 2010 Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Barry Munday
as Carol Munday
- 2009 Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp
- 2008 Hero Wanted
as Melanie McQueen
- 2007
- 2007 Lucky You
as Michelle Carson
- 2006
- 2005 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
- 2004 A Very Married Christmas
as Ellen Griffin
- 2004
- 2004 I ♥ Huckabees
as Mrs. Hooten
- 2004 Garden State
as Carol
- 2004 Balto III: Wings of Change
as Stella (voice)
- 2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
- 2003
- 2003 Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
as Agent Candice DeLong
- 2003
- 2003 Audrey's Rain
as Audrey Walker
- 2003 Bringing Down the House
as Kate Sanderson
- 2002 Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry
- 2002
- 2002 Kim Possible · TV
as 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) · 42 episodes
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Lorraine Sheldon
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever
- 2000 Snow Day
as Laura Brandston
- 1999 Forever Fabulous
as Loreli Daly
- 1999 Guinevere
as Deborah Sloane
- 1998 Change of Heart
as Elaine Marshall
- 1998 The Odd Couple II
as Holly
- 1998
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress
- 1995
- 1995 A Stranger in Town
as Rose
- 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
- 1994
- 1994 The Yearling
as Ory Baxter
- 1994 The Yarn Princess
as Margaret Thomas
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992 Just My Imagination
as Pally Thompson
- 1992
- 1992 Mistress
as Patricia Riley
- 1992 Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
as Aileen Wuornos
- 1991 Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Cathy
- 1991 A Seduction in Travis County
as Karen
- 1988 A Place at the Table
as Susan Singer
- 1987 Project X
as Dr. Criswell
- 1986 A Fight for Jenny
as Valerie Thomas
- 1986
- 1986 Fire with Fire
as Sister Maria
- 1985
- 1984 Protocol
as Ella
- 1984 Single Bars, Single Women
as Virge
- 1984 Piaf
as Marlene
- 1984 Flashpoint
as Doris
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980 Hoodlums
as Carol
- 1979 Before and After
as Woman Bather
- 1979
- 1976
Behind the camera (2)
- 2014 Miss Meadows
Co-Executive Producer
- 1995 A Stranger in Town
Co-Producer
Talk shows and appearances (20)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2016
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
4 episodes
- 2010 The Talk
1 episode
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6 episodes
- 1997 The View
4 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes