Acting credits
129
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jean Smart
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
3.6
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 69Series: 60Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 5376
IMDb ID: nm0005443
Known for: Acting
Born: September 13, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
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).
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jean Smart.
as God
Too Good
2025 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025 • Movie
as Self
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025 • Movie
as Self
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
2023 • Movie
as Peg
Wildflower
2023 • Movie
as Elinor St. John
Babylon
2022 • Movie
as Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022 • Movie
as Caroline Summers
Senior Moment
2021 • Movie
as President Monahan
Superintelligence
2020 • Movie
as Charlie
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018 • Movie
as Judy
Brampton's Own
2018 • Movie
as Linda Dempsey
Life Itself
2018 • Movie
as Margaret McLanden
A Simple Favor
2018 • Movie
as The Woman
The Messenger
2018 • Movie
as Evette
Awaken the Shadowman
2017 • Movie
as Rita Blackburn
The Accountant
2016 • Movie
as The Hooker
Getting Ed Laid
2016 • Movie
as Self
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016 • Movie
as Mother Meadows
Miss Meadows
2014 • Movie
as Claire Cavanee
Warren
2014 • Movie
as Frances Tunnecliffe
When Calls the Heart
2013 • Movie
as Claire
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 • Movie
as Dr. Hinton
Waking
2013 • Movie
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
Hope Springs
2012 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jean Smart.
as Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025 • Series
as Jean Smart • 1 eps
The Studio
2025 • Series
as Deborah Vance • 47 eps
Hacks
2021 • Series
as Helen Fahey • 7 eps
Mare of Easttown
2021 • Series
as Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis • 1 eps
Mad About You
2019 • Series
as Laurie Blake • 9 eps
Watchmen
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Arlane Hart • 5 eps
Dirty John
2018 • Series
as Depression Kitty (voice) • 5 eps
Big Mouth
2017 • Series
as Melanie Bird • 20 eps
Legion
2017 • Series
as President Powers • 1 eps
Bad Internet
2016 • Series
as Carnie • 1 eps
Angie Tribeca
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Lydia • 1 eps
The McCarthys
2014 • Series
as LouLu Lutherford • 1 eps
Halt and Catch Fire
2014 • Series
as Floyd Gerhardt • 10 eps
Fargo
2014 • Series
as Nora Farrell • 3 eps
Sirens
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Arlene Willy-Weller • 2 eps
Getting On
2013 • Series
as Imogene Walsh • 1 eps
Veep
2012 • Series
as Roseanna Remmick • 7 eps
Harry's Law
2011 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Talk
2010 • Series