
Cast
Jean Smart
Acting
Cast
Jean Smart
Known for
Acting
Born
1951-09-13
From
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 (2000β01), Regina Newley in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007β09), and Deborah Vance in the HBO Max comedy series Hacks (2021βpresent). She was Emmy-nominated for her roles in The District (2000β04), 24 (2006β07), Harry's Law (2011), Fargo (2015), Watchmen (2019) and Mare of Easttown (2021). She also acted in FX's Legion (2017β2019) and voiced Ann Possible in the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible (2002β2007). 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.

Babylon
as Elinor St. John

The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn

A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden

Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Kate

Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)

Wildflower
as Peg

The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever

Superintelligence
as President Monahan

Garden State
as Carol

Lucky You
as Michelle Carson

Snow Day
as Laura Brandston

The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows

Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend

Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey

Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp

Hero Wanted
as Melanie McQueen

Project X
as Dr. Criswell

I β₯ Huckabees
as Mrs. Hooten

Balto III: Wings of Change
as Stella (voice)

Fire with Fire
as Sister Maria

Mistress
as Patricia Riley

Bringing Down the House
as Kate Sanderson

Guinevere
as Deborah Sloane

Audrey's Rain
as Audrey Walker

The Odd Couple II
as Holly

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

Barry Munday
as Carol Munday

A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
as Agent Candice DeLong

Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers

Flashpoint
as Doris

Protocol
as Ella

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla

Locked Up: A Motherβs Rage
as Cathy

When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe

The Yarn Princess
as Margaret Thomas

A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
as Self

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
as Aileen Wuornos

Woke Up Dead
as Meryl Greene

Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress

A Very Married Christmas
as Ellen Griffin

Single Bars, Single Women
as Virge

Piaf
as Marlene

Hoodlums
as Carol

Before and After
as Woman Bather

The Yearling
as Ory Baxter

Change of Heart
as Elaine Marshall

Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette

The Designing Women Reunion

Warren
as Claire Cavanee

Just My Imagination
as Pally Thompson

Forever Fabulous
as Loreli Daly

A Fight for Jenny
as Valerie Thomas

The Messenger
as The Woman

Too Good
as God

A Seduction in Travis County
as Karen

The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Lorraine Sheldon

A Stranger in Town
as Rose

A Place at the Table
as Susan Singer

Brampton's Own
as Judy

Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker

Miss Macy
as Miss Macy

Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
as Self

Waking
as Dr. Hinton