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

  • 24

    24

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Hawaii Five-0

    Hawaii Five-0

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Psych

    Psych

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Studio

    The Studio

  • Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Hacks

    Hacks

  • Hey Arnold!

    Hey Arnold!

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Kim Possible

    Kim Possible

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Veep

    Veep

  • The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

  • The District

    The District

  • Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

  • Designing Women

    Designing Women

  • Angie Tribeca

    Angie Tribeca

  • Halt and Catch Fire

    Halt and Catch Fire

  • Legion

    Legion

  • Static Shock

    Static Shock

  • The Accountant

    The Accountant

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Mare of Easttown

    Mare of Easttown

  • Harry's Law

    Harry's Law

  • Dirty John

    Dirty John

  • Sweet Home Alabama

    Sweet Home Alabama

  • Babylon

    Babylon

  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Sirens

    Sirens

  • 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

  • Samantha Who?

    Samantha Who?

  • Hoodlums

    Hoodlums

  • Youth in Revolt

    Youth in Revolt

  • Balto III: Wings of Change

    Balto III: Wings of Change

  • Warren

    Warren

  • When Calls the Heart

    When Calls the Heart

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • A Shoe Addict's Christmas

    A Shoe Addict's Christmas

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • The Oblongs

    The Oblongs

  • $#*! My Dad Says

    $#*! My Dad Says

  • E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

    E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • Hope Springs

    Hope Springs

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • A Simple Favor

    A Simple Favor

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • The Odd Couple II

    The Odd Couple II

  • Bad Internet

    Bad Internet

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

    Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Style & Substance

    Style & Substance

  • I ♥ Huckabees

    I ♥ Huckabees

  • A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

    A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon

  • Hero Wanted

    Hero Wanted

  • Protocol

    Protocol

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Center of the Universe

    Center of the Universe

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • Garden State

    Garden State

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • High Society

    High Society

  • Superintelligence

    Superintelligence

  • Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It

  • Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire

  • A Fight for Jenny

    A Fight for Jenny

  • The Yarn Princess

    The Yarn Princess

  • Goodnight, Beantown

    Goodnight, Beantown

  • Guinevere

    Guinevere

  • The Brady Bunch Movie

    The Brady Bunch Movie

  • Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

  • Miss Meadows

    Miss Meadows

  • In-Laws

    In-Laws

  • Undue Influence

    Undue Influence

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • Edie & Pen

    Edie & Pen

  • Lime Street

    Lime Street

  • Lucky You

    Lucky You

  • Barry Munday

    Barry Munday

  • A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

  • 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

  • Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

    Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

  • 42.6 Years

    42.6 Years

  • Piaf

    Piaf

  • A Place at the Table

    A Place at the Table

  • Mistress

    Mistress

  • Reggie

    Reggie

  • Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

    Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

  • A Seduction in Travis County

    A Seduction in Travis County

  • Too Good

    Too Good

  • Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

    Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

  • Single Bars, Single Women

    Single Bars, Single Women

  • Steve Martini's Undue Influence

    Steve Martini's Undue Influence

  • Audrey's Rain

    Audrey's Rain

  • Before and After

    Before and After

  • Woke Up Dead

    Woke Up Dead

  • Brampton's Own

    Brampton's Own

  • Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

    Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • The Yearling

    The Yearling

  • A Very Married Christmas

    A Very Married Christmas

  • Forever Fabulous

    Forever Fabulous

  • Miss Macy

    Miss Macy

  • Just My Imagination

    Just My Imagination

  • Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

    Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

  • Waking

    Waking