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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.
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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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Tony Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Golden Globe Awards
Frasier
Celebrity Family Feud
Hawaii Five-0
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Psych
Hot in Cleveland
The Facts of Life
Remington Steele
Veep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Batman: The Animated Series
Alice
Hey Arnold!
The District
The Emmy Awards
Big Mouth
Arrested Development
The Studio
Who Do You Think You Are?
Halt and Catch Fire
$#*! My Dad Says
Getting On
Mad About You
Harry's Law
Goodnight, Beantown
Watchmen
Life As We Know It
Fargo
I ♥ Huckabees
24
A Simple Favor
The Brady Bunch Movie
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Before and After
Human Resources
Balto III: Wings of Change
Miss Meadows
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Project X
The Odd Couple II
The Accountant
Scarlett
Sweet Home Alabama
Legion
When Calls the Heart
Flashpoint
Fire with Fire
Snow Day
Babylon
Kim Possible
Garden State
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
The Kid
Dirty John
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Wildflower
Hope Springs
In-Laws
Piaf
Teachers Only
Center of the Universe
Mare of Easttown
Hacks
The Oblongs
Production Credits
Miss Meadows
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