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 (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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Acting
Movie
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
2016
Movie
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
2018
Movie
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
2022
Movie
Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
2010
TV
Fargo
as Floyd Gerhardt
2014
Movie
Garden State
as Carol
2004
TV
Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Pat Jameson
2010
TV
Batman: The Animated Series
as Helen Ventrix (voice)
1992
TV
24
as Martha Logan
2001
Movie
Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry
2002
TV
Mare of Easttown
as Helen Fahey
2021
TV
Arrested Development
as Mimi
2003
TV
Watchmen
as Laurie Blake
2019
TV
Legion
as Melanie Bird
2017
TV
Big Mouth
as Depression Kitty (voice)
2017
TV
Big Mouth
2017
Movie
The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever
2000
Movie
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Kate
1993
TV
Psych
as Gillian Tucker
2006
Movie
Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp
2009
TV
Hey Arnold!
as Phoebe's Mother (voice)
1996
TV
Frasier
as Lorna Lynley
1993
TV
Frasier
as Lana Gardner
1993
Movie
Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
2012