
Jean Smart
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1951-09-13 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- 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 (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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Known For
TV Shows (58)

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Governor Pat Jameson

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

24
2001
as Martha Logan

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Frasier
1993
as Lorna Lynley / Lana Gardner

Fargo
2014
as Floyd Gerhardt

Psych
2006
as Gillian Tucker

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest

The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Hacks
2021
as Deborah Vance

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest

Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Helen Ventrix (voice)

Arrested Development
2003
as Mimi

Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice) / Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice) / Dr. Ann Possible / Tour Guide (voice) / Dr. Ann Possible / Additional Voices (voice) / Dr. Ann Possible / TV Trash Heap Executive #1 (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Bess

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee

Hey Arnold!
1996
as Phoebe's Mother (voice)

Veep
2012
as Imogene Walsh

Big Mouth
2017
as Depression Kitty (voice)

The Facts of Life
1979
as Ellen Slater

Alice
1976

Remington Steele
1982
as Gloria Blyer

The District
2000
as Sherry Regan

Angie Tribeca
2016
as Carnie

Halt and Catch Fire
2014
as LouLu Lutherford

Static Shock
2000
as Richie's Mom (voice)

The Studio
2025
as Jean Smart

Designing Women
1986
as Charlene Frazier Stillfield

Legion
2017
as Melanie Bird

Watchmen
2019
as Laurie Blake

Dirty John
2018
as Arlane Hart

Harry's Law
2011
as Roseanna Remmick

Samantha Who?
2007
as Regina Newly

Mare of Easttown
2021
as Helen Fahey

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self

Sirens
2014
as Nora Farrell

Getting On
2013
as Arlene Willy-Weller

$#*! My Dad Says
2010
as Rosemary Pernworth

The Oblongs
2001
as Pickles Oblong (voice)

Scarlett
1994
as Sally Brewton

Bad Internet
2016
as President Powers

The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self - Winner

Goodnight, Beantown
1983

Center of the Universe
2004
as Kate Barnett

Teachers Only
1982
as Shari Kirkland

Mad About You
2019
as Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis

High Society
1995
as Ellie Walker

In-Laws
2002
as Marlene Pellet

Style & Substance
1998
as Chelsea Stevens

E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
as Narrator (voice)

Lime Street
1985

Undue Influence
1996
as Dana Colby

Reggie
1983
as Joan Reynolds
Movies (72)

Babylon
2022
as Elinor St. John

The Accountant
2016
as Rita Blackburn

A Simple Favor
2018
as Margaret McLanden

Sweet Home Alabama
2002
as Stella Kay Perry

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
as Kate

Life As We Know It
2010
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)

Wildflower
2023
as Peg

The Kid
2000
as Deirdre Lefever

Superintelligence
2020
as President Monahan

Garden State
2004
as Carol

Lucky You
2007
as Michelle Carson

Snow Day
2000
as Laura Brandston

The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

Miss Meadows
2014
as Mother Meadows

Hope Springs
2012
as Eileen, Kay's Friend

Life Itself
2018
as Linda Dempsey

Youth in Revolt
2009
as Estelle Twisp

Hero Wanted
2008
as Melanie McQueen

Project X
1987
as Dr. Criswell

I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mrs. Hooten

Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Stella (voice)

Fire with Fire
1986
as Sister Maria

Mistress
1992
as Patricia Riley

Bringing Down the House
2003
as Kate Sanderson

Guinevere
1999
as Deborah Sloane

Audrey's Rain
2003
as Audrey Walker

The Odd Couple II
1998
as Holly

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Claire

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

Barry Munday
2010
as Carol Munday

A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018
as Charlie

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025
as Self

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
as Self

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
2003
as Agent Candice DeLong

Senior Moment
2021
as Caroline Summers

Flashpoint
1984
as Doris

Protocol
1984
as Ella

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
as Self - Presenter

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
as HRH Camilla

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Cathy

When Calls the Heart
2013
as Frances Tunnecliffe

The Yarn Princess
1994
as Margaret Thomas

A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
2023
as Self

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992
as Aileen Wuornos

Woke Up Dead
2010
as Meryl Greene

Edie & Pen
1996
as Wendy the Waitress

A Very Married Christmas
2004
as Ellen Griffin

Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Virge

Piaf
1984
as Marlene

Hoodlums
1980
as Carol

Before and After
1979
as Woman Bather

The Yearling
1994
as Ory Baxter

Change of Heart
1998
as Elaine Marshall

Awaken the Shadowman
2017
as Evette

The Designing Women Reunion
2003

Warren
2014
as Claire Cavanee

Just My Imagination
1992
as Pally Thompson

Forever Fabulous
1999
as Loreli Daly

A Fight for Jenny
1986
as Valerie Thomas

The Messenger
2018
as The Woman

Too Good
2025
as God

A Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Karen

The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
as Lorraine Sheldon

A Stranger in Town
1995
as Rose
A Place at the Table
1988
as Susan Singer

Brampton's Own
2018
as Judy

Getting Ed Laid
2016
as The Hooker
Miss Macy
as Miss Macy
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
as Self

Waking
2013
as Dr. Hinton
About Jean Smart
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… With 130 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Jean Smart has appeared in 72 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Smart Movies
- Babylon (2022) — as Elinor St. John
- The Accountant (2016) — as Rita Blackburn
- A Simple Favor (2018) — as Margaret McLanden
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002) — as Stella Kay Perry
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) — as Kate
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