Jean Smart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

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

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • 24

    24

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Hawaii Five-0

    Hawaii Five-0

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Psych

    Psych

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

  • The Studio

    The Studio

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Hey Arnold!

    Hey Arnold!

  • Hacks

    Hacks

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Veep

    Veep

  • The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

  • The District

    The District

  • Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

  • Angie Tribeca

    Angie Tribeca

  • Designing Women

    Designing Women

  • Halt and Catch Fire

    Halt and Catch Fire

  • Static Shock

    Static Shock

  • Legion

    Legion

  • Harry's Law

    Harry's Law

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • The Accountant

    The Accountant

  • Mare of Easttown

    Mare of Easttown

  • Babylon

    Babylon

  • Dirty John

    Dirty John

  • Sweet Home Alabama

    Sweet Home Alabama

  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Samantha Who?

    Samantha Who?

  • Bringing Down the House

    Bringing Down the House

  • William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

    William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

  • The Designing Women Reunion

    The Designing Women Reunion

  • Sirens

    Sirens

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Balto III: Wings of Change

    Balto III: Wings of Change

  • Hoodlums

    Hoodlums

  • Youth in Revolt

    Youth in Revolt

  • When Calls the Heart

    When Calls the Heart

  • Warren

    Warren

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • A Simple Favor

    A Simple Favor

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • The Oblongs

    The Oblongs

  • A Shoe Addict's Christmas

    A Shoe Addict's Christmas

  • Hope Springs

    Hope Springs

  • $#*! My Dad Says

    $#*! My Dad Says

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • Bad Internet

    Bad Internet

  • E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

    E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

  • Style & Substance

    Style & Substance

  • The Odd Couple II

    The Odd Couple II

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • Center of the Universe

    Center of the Universe

  • Superintelligence

    Superintelligence

  • High Society

    High Society

  • Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

    Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

  • Garden State

    Garden State

  • A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

    A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

  • Protocol

    Protocol

  • Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • Hero Wanted

    Hero Wanted

  • I ♥ Huckabees

    I ♥ Huckabees

  • A Fight for Jenny

    A Fight for Jenny

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • Goodnight, Beantown

    Goodnight, Beantown

  • The Yarn Princess

    The Yarn Princess

  • Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire

  • Lucky You

    Lucky You

  • Guinevere

    Guinevere

  • Lime Street

    Lime Street

  • Undue Influence

    Undue Influence

  • In-Laws

    In-Laws

  • Edie & Pen

    Edie & Pen

  • Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

  • Miss Meadows

    Miss Meadows

  • Barry Munday

    Barry Munday

  • A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • The Brady Bunch Movie

    The Brady Bunch Movie

  • Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

    Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

  • Awaken the Shadowman

    Awaken the Shadowman

  • Life Itself

    Life Itself

  • Getting Ed Laid

    Getting Ed Laid

  • Mistress

    Mistress

  • Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

    Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

  • Too Good

    Too Good

  • 42.6 Years

    42.6 Years

  • Reggie

    Reggie

  • Piaf

    Piaf

  • A Place at the Table

    A Place at the Table

  • Woke Up Dead

    Woke Up Dead

  • A Seduction in Travis County

    A Seduction in Travis County

  • Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

    Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

  • Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

    Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

  • Steve Martini's Undue Influence

    Steve Martini's Undue Influence

  • Miss Macy

    Miss Macy

  • Before and After

    Before and After

  • Single Bars, Single Women

    Single Bars, Single Women

  • Audrey's Rain

    Audrey's Rain

  • A Very Married Christmas

    A Very Married Christmas

  • The Yearling

    The Yearling

  • Brampton's Own

    Brampton's Own

  • Forever Fabulous

    Forever Fabulous

  • Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

    Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

    Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

  • Just My Imagination

    Just My Imagination

  • Waking

    Waking