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

Cast

Garden State

(Carol)

I ♥ Huckabees

(Mrs. Hooten)

Getting Ed Laid

(The Hooker)

The Messenger

(The Woman)

Bringing Down the House

(Kate Sanderson)

The Kid

(Deirdre Lefever)

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

(Dr. Ann Possible (voice))

42.6 Years

Guinevere

(Deborah Sloane)

Snow Day

(Laura Brandston)

Wildflower

(Peg)

Life As We Know It

(Helen Berenson (uncredited))

Edie & Pen

(Wendy the Waitress)

Hero Wanted

(Melanie McQueen)

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

(Aileen Wuornos)

Project X

(Dr. Criswell)

Flashpoint

(Doris)

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

(Dr. Ann Possible (voice))

Mistress

(Patricia Riley)

Hope Springs

(Eileen, Kay's Friend)

Fire with Fire

(Sister Maria)

Change of Heart

(Elaine Marshall)

A Very Married Christmas

(Ellen Griffin)

Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong

(Candice DeLong)

Waking

(Dr. Hinton)

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

(Claire)

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

(HRH Camilla)

A Panoramic Canvas Called 'Babylon'

(Self)

Audrey's Rain

(Audrey Walker)

When Calls the Heart

(Frances Tunnecliffe)

The Brady Bunch Movie

(Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer)

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

(Cathy)

Miss Meadows

(Mother Meadows)

Warren

(Claire Cavanee)

The Yearling

(Ory Baxter)

Balto III: Wings of Change

(Stella (voice))

Babylon

(Elinor St. John)

Too Good

(God)

Hoodlums

(Carol)

Sweet Home Alabama

(Stella Kay Perry)

Woke Up Dead

(Meryl Greene)

A Place at the Table

(Susan Singer)

Just My Imagination

(Pally Thompson)

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

(self)

The Accountant

(Rita Blackburn)

The Designing Women Reunion

Undue Influence

(Dana Colby)

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

(Kate)

Barry Munday

(Carol Munday)

Awaken the Shadowman

(Evette)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

(Lorraine Sheldon)

Before and After

(Woman Bather)

A Simple Favor

(Margaret McLanden)

Protocol

(Ella)

The Odd Couple II

(Holly)

Life Itself

(Linda Dempsey)

Brampton's Own

(Judy)

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

(Charlie)

Forever Fabulous

(Loreli Daly)

A Fight for Jenny

(Valerie Thomas)

Piaf

(Marlene)

A Stranger in Town

(Rose)

Single Bars, Single Women

(Virge)

Superintelligence

(President Monahan)

Youth in Revolt

(Estelle Twisp)

The Yarn Princess

(Margaret Thomas)

Miss Macy

(Miss Macy)

Lucky You

(Michelle Carson)

Senior Moment

(Caroline Summers)

A Seduction in Travis County

(Karen)

Alice

Remington Steele

(Gloria Blyer)

The District

(Detective Sherry Regan)

Designing Women

(Charlene Frazier Stillfield)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Static Shock

(Richie's Mom (voice))

The Facts of Life

Kim Possible

(Dr. Ann Possible (voice))

24

(Martha Logan)

The View

(Self)

Samantha Who?

(Regina Newly)

The Oblongs

(Pickles Oblong (voice))

Frasier

(Lorna Lynley)

Hacks

(Deborah Vance)

Center of the Universe

(Kate Barnett)

Lime Street

High Society

(Ellie Walker)

The View

(Self - Guest)

In-Laws

(Marlene Pellet)

Scarlett

(Sally Brewton)

Batman: The Animated Series

(Helen Ventrix (voice))

Teachers Only

(Shari Kirkland)

Reggie

(Joan Reynolds)

Psych

(Gillian Tucker)

Fargo

(Floyd Gerhardt)

Dirty John

(Arlane Hart)

Kim Possible

(Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice))

Legion

(Melanie Bird)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self - Guest)

Goodnight, Beantown

Frasier

(Lana Gardner)

Arrested Development

(Mimi)

Hey Arnold!

(Phoebe's Mother (voice))

Angie Tribeca

(Carnie)

Who Do You Think You Are?

(Self)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

$#*! My Dad Says

(Rosemary Pernworth)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Harry's Law

(Roseanna Remmick)

Bad Internet

(President Powers)

Veep

(Imogene Walsh)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Sirens

(Nora Farrell)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

(Self)

Hot in Cleveland

(Bess)

Hawaii Five-0

(Governor Pat Jameson)

Mad About You

(Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis)

Big Mouth

(Depression Kitty (voice))

Style & Substance

(Chelsea Stevens)

Halt and Catch Fire

(LouLu Lutherford)

Watchmen

(Laurie Blake)

Big Mouth

Mare of Easttown

(Helen Fahey)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

Tony Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)