1951-09-13 Seattle, Washington, USA
Jean Smart is an Emmy-Award Winning American stage, film and television actress, best known for her starring roles in Hacks and Designing Women. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991. Smart was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner, and she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom Frasier. She won a third Emmy Award for her starring role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? In the past decade she's appeared in TV projects such as FX's Fargo and Legion, both created by Noah Hawley, as well as in the HBO's Watchmen, Mare of Easttown, and Hacks. The latter three earned her Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with Hacks winning her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Smart's film credits include The Brady Bunch Movie, Sweet Home Alabama, Garden State, I Heart Huckabees, Youth in Revolt, The Accountant, and A Simple Favor. She also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for 1999's Guinevere.
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A Panoramic Canvas Called 'Babylon' | Self | 2023-03-21 |
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Wildflower | Peg | 2023-03-17 |
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Babylon | Elinor St. John | 2022-12-22 |
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Senior Moment | Caroline Summers | 2021-03-26 |
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Superintelligence | President Monahan | 2020-12-11 |
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A Shoe Addict's Christmas | Charlie | 2018-11-25 |
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Life Itself | Linda Dempsey | 2018-09-21 |
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Brampton's Own | Judy | 2018-10-19 |
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A Simple Favor | Margaret McLanden | 2018-08-29 |
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The Messenger | The Woman | 2018-09-08 |
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Awaken the Shadowman | Evette | 2017-07-21 |
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The Accountant | Rita Blackburn | 2016-10-13 |
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Getting Ed Laid | The Hooker | 2016-04-02 |
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Warren | Jack Cavanee | 2014-02-01 |
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Miss Meadows | Mother Meadows | 2014-09-12 |
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Missing | 2014-11-11 | |
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When Calls the Heart | Frances Tunnecliffe | 2013-10-05 |
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Waking | Dr. Hinton | 2013-04-19 |
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Claire | 2013-04-20 |
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Hope Springs | Eileen, Kay's Friend | 2012-08-07 |
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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HRH Camilla | 2012-04-30 |
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Barry Munday | Carol Munday | 2010-03-13 |
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Life As We Know It | Helen Berenson | 2010-10-02 |
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Youth in Revolt | Estelle Twisp | 2009-09-11 |
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Hero Wanted | Melanie McQueen | 2008-03-28 |
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Lucky You | Michelle Carson | 2007-05-01 |
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Kim Possible: So the Drama | Dr. Ann Possible (voice) | 2005-04-08 |
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A Very Married Christmas | Ellen Griffin | 2004-12-05 |
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Garden State | Carol | 2004-07-28 |
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I ♥ Huckabees | Mrs. Hooten | 2004-09-10 |
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Balto III: Wings of Change | Stella (voice) | 2004-04-14 |
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Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong | Candice DeLong | 2003-10-06 |
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Audrey's Rain | Audrey Walker | 2003-05-11 |
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Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time | Dr. Ann Possible (voice) | 2003-11-28 |
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Bringing Down the House | Kate Sanderson | 2003-03-07 |
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Sweet Home Alabama | Stella Kay Perry | 2002-09-26 |
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Snow Day | Laura Brandston | 2000-02-11 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Lorraine Sheldon | 2000-10-07 |
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The Kid | Deirdre Lefever | 2000-07-07 |
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Forever Fabulous | Loreli Daly | 1999-10-07 |
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Guinevere | Deborah Sloane | 1999-09-12 |
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Change of Heart | Elaine Marshall | 1998-07-19 |
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The Odd Couple II | Holly | 1998-04-09 |
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Undue Influence | Dana Colby | 1996-09-15 |
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Edie & Pen | Wendy the Waitress | 1996-05-10 |
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The Brady Bunch Movie | Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer | 1995-02-16 |
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A Stranger in Town | Rose | 1995-03-29 |
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The Yearling | Ory Baxter | 1994-04-24 |
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The Yarn Princess | Margaret Thomas | 1994-03-27 |
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Kate | 1993-02-03 |
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Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story | Aileen Wuornos | 1992-01-01 |
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Mistress | Patricia Riley | 1992-07-24 |
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Cathy | 1991-10-29 |
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A Seduction in Travis County | Karen | 1991-05-19 |
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Project X | Dr. Criswell | 1987-04-17 |
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A Fight for Jenny | Valerie Thomas | 1986-10-06 |
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Fire with Fire | Sister Maria | 1986-05-09 |
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Piaf | Marlene | 1984-06-10 |
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Single Bars, Single Women | Virge | 1984-10-14 |
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Flashpoint | Doris | 1984-04-19 |
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Protocol | Ella | 1984-12-21 |
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Hoodlums | Carol | 1980-09-16 |
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Before and After | Woman Bather | 1979-10-05 |
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Miss Macy | Miss Macy | |
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