Jean Smart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-09-13 (74 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Smart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • 24

    24

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Hawaii Five-0

    Hawaii Five-0

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Psych

    Psych

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Hacks

    Hacks

  • Hey Arnold!

    Hey Arnold!

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

  • Veep

    Veep

  • The Studio

    The Studio

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Designing Women

    Designing Women

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • A Shoe Addict's Christmas

    A Shoe Addict's Christmas

  • The District

    The District

  • Legion

    Legion

  • Static Shock

    Static Shock

  • Mare of Easttown

    Mare of Easttown

  • Halt and Catch Fire

    Halt and Catch Fire

  • Babylon

    Babylon

  • The Accountant

    The Accountant

  • Angie Tribeca

    Angie Tribeca

  • When Calls the Heart

    When Calls the Heart

  • Dirty John

    Dirty John

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Sweet Home Alabama

    Sweet Home Alabama

  • Harry's Law

    Harry's Law

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Warren

    Warren

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • Samantha Who?

    Samantha Who?

  • A Simple Favor

    A Simple Favor

  • Sirens

    Sirens

  • Superintelligence

    Superintelligence

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Garden State

    Garden State

  • $#*! My Dad Says

    $#*! My Dad Says

  • Edie & Pen

    Edie & Pen

  • Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

  • Hope Springs

    Hope Springs

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • Protocol

    Protocol

  • Hoodlums

    Hoodlums

  • Lucky You

    Lucky You

  • The Oblongs

    The Oblongs

  • Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It

  • Miss Meadows

    Miss Meadows

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • Guinevere

    Guinevere

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • Bringing Down the House

    Bringing Down the House

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • Undue Influence

    Undue Influence

  • Barry Munday

    Barry Munday

  • Hero Wanted

    Hero Wanted

  • Youth in Revolt

    Youth in Revolt

  • Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

    Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

  • Piaf

    Piaf

  • Bad Internet

    Bad Internet

  • Balto III: Wings of Change

    Balto III: Wings of Change

  • I ♥ Huckabees

    I ♥ Huckabees

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • Life Itself

    Life Itself

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Center of the Universe

    Center of the Universe

  • Goodnight, Beantown

    Goodnight, Beantown

  • William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

    William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

  • A Fight for Jenny

    A Fight for Jenny

  • The Brady Bunch Movie

    The Brady Bunch Movie

  • Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire

  • In-Laws

    In-Laws

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

    Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

  • Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

    Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

    E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • Too Good

    Too Good

  • The Odd Couple II

    The Odd Couple II

  • Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

  • The Yarn Princess

    The Yarn Princess

  • Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

    Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

  • High Society

    High Society

  • Before and After

    Before and After

  • Miss Macy

    Miss Macy

  • A Seduction in Travis County

    A Seduction in Travis County

  • Awaken the Shadowman

    Awaken the Shadowman

  • 42.6 Years

    42.6 Years

  • The Designing Women Reunion

    The Designing Women Reunion

  • Woke Up Dead

    Woke Up Dead

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

    A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

  • Getting Ed Laid

    Getting Ed Laid

  • Forever Fabulous

    Forever Fabulous

  • Lime Street

    Lime Street

  • A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

  • Brampton's Own

    Brampton's Own

  • Reggie

    Reggie

  • Mistress

    Mistress

  • A Place at the Table

    A Place at the Table

  • Style & Substance

    Style & Substance

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards

    The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards

  • A Very Married Christmas

    A Very Married Christmas

  • Audrey's Rain

    Audrey's Rain

  • Single Bars, Single Women

    Single Bars, Single Women

  • Steve Martini's Undue Influence

    Steve Martini's Undue Influence

  • Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

    Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

  • Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

    Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

  • The Yearling

    The Yearling

  • Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

    Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

  • Waking

    Waking

  • Just My Imagination

    Just My Imagination