Jean Smart
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-09-13 (73 years old)
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).
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Acting
Miss Macy
as Miss Macy
Too Good
as God
(2025)
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self
(2025)
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
(2023)
Wildflower
as Peg
(2023)
(2022)
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
(2022)
(2021)
Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers
(2020)
Superintelligence
as President Monahan
(2018)
Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey
(2018)
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
(2018)
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie
(2018)
Brampton's Own
as Judy
(2018)
The Messenger
as The Woman
(2017)
Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette
(2016)
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
(2016)
(2016)
Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker
(2014)
Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows
(2014)
Warren
as Claire Cavanee
(2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire
(2013)
When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe
(2013)
Waking
as Dr. Hinton
(2012)
Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
(2012)
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla
(2010)
Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
(2010)
Barry Munday
as Carol Munday
(2010)
Woke Up Dead
as Meryl Greene
(2009)
Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp
(2008)
Hero Wanted
as Melanie McQueen
(2007)
Lucky You
as Michelle Carson
(2005)
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
(2004)
Garden State
as Carol
(2004)
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mrs. Hooten
(2004)
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Stella (voice)
(2004)
A Very Married Christmas
as Ellen Griffin
(2003)
Bringing Down the House
as Kate Sanderson
(2003)
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
(2003)
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
as Agent Candice DeLong
(2003)
Audrey's Rain
as Audrey Walker
(2003)
(2002)
Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry
(2000)
The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever
(2000)
Snow Day
as Laura Brandston
(2000)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Lorraine Sheldon
(1999)
Guinevere
as Deborah Sloane
(1999)
Forever Fabulous
as Loreli Daly
(1998)
The Odd Couple II
as Holly
(1998)
Change of Heart
as Elaine Marshall
(1996)
Undue Influence
as Dana Colby
(1996)
Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress
(1995)
The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
(1995)
A Stranger in Town
as Rose
(1994)
The Yearling
as Ory Baxter
(1994)
The Yarn Princess
as Margaret Thomas
(1993)
(1992)
Mistress
as Patricia Riley
(1992)
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
as Aileen Wuornos
(1992)
Just My Imagination
as Pally Thompson
(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)
Fire with Fire
as Sister Maria
(1986)
A Fight for Jenny
as Valerie Thomas
(1984)
Protocol
as Ella
(1984)
Flashpoint
as Doris
(1984)
Piaf
as Marlene
(1984)
Single Bars, Single Women
as Virge
(1980)
Hoodlums
as Carol
(1979)
Before and After
as Woman Bather
Crew
(2014)
Miss Meadows
Co-Executive Producer
(1995)
A Stranger in Town
Co-Producer