Acting credits
130
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jean Smart
Acting
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TMDB popularity
4.5
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Movies: 70Series: 60Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 5376
IMDb ID: nm0005443
Known for: Acting
Born: September 13, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q239069
Also known as
Jean E. Smart • Jean Elizabeth Smart
Other jobs
Co-Executive Producer (1)Co-Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Jean Smart.
Deborah Vance and Friends
as Deborah Vance
2026 Movie
Too Good
as God
2025 Movie
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
2025 Movie
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self
2025 Movie
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
as Self
2023 Movie
Wildflower
as Peg
2023 Movie
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
2022 Movie
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
2022 Movie
Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers
2021 Movie
Superintelligence
as President Monahan
2020 Movie
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie
2018 Movie
Brampton's Own
as Judy
2018 Movie
Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey
2018 Movie
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
2018 Movie
The Messenger
as The Woman
2018 Movie
Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette
2017 Movie
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
2016 Movie
Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker
2016 Movie
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016 Movie
Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows
2014 Movie
Warren
as Claire Cavanee
2014 Movie
When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe
2013 Movie
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire
2013 Movie
Waking
as Dr. Hinton
2013 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Jean Smart.
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
2025 Series
The Studio
as Jean Smart • 1 eps
2025 Series
Hacks
as Deborah Vance • 47 eps
2021 Series
Mare of Easttown
as Helen Fahey • 7 eps
2021 Series
Mad About You
as Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis • 1 eps
2019 Series
Watchmen
as Laurie Blake • 9 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
Dirty John
as Arlane Hart • 5 eps
2018 Series
Big Mouth
as Depression Kitty (voice) • 5 eps
2017 Series
Legion
as Melanie Bird • 20 eps
2017 Series
Bad Internet
as President Powers • 1 eps
2016 Series
Angie Tribeca
as Carnie • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The McCarthys
as Lydia • 1 eps
2014 Series
Halt and Catch Fire
as LouLu Lutherford • 1 eps
2014 Series
Fargo
as Floyd Gerhardt • 10 eps
2014 Series
Sirens
as Nora Farrell • 3 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Getting On
as Arlene Willy-Weller • 2 eps
2013 Series
Veep
as Imogene Walsh • 1 eps
2012 Series
Harry's Law
as Roseanna Remmick • 7 eps
2011 Series
The Talk
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series