Jean Smart
Born September 13, 1951 (Age: 74)
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Smart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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Filmography
Babylon
2022
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as Elinor St. John
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Age: 71
Life Itself
2018
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as Linda Dempsey
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Age: 67
A Simple Favor
2018
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as Margaret McLanden
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Age: 67
The Messenger
2018
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as The Woman
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Age: 66
The Accountant
2016
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as Rita Blackburn
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Age: 65
Getting Ed Laid
2016
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as The Hooker
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Age: 64
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
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as Self
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Age: 64
Hope Springs
2012
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as Eileen, Kay's Friend
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Age: 60
Woke Up Dead
2010
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as Meryl Greene
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Age: 59
Life As We Know It
2010
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as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Youth in Revolt
2009
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as Estelle Twisp
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Age: 57
Hero Wanted
2008
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as Melanie McQueen
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Age: 56
Lucky You
2007
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as Michelle Carson
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Age: 55
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
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as Mrs. Hooten
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Age: 52
Garden State
2004
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as Carol
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Age: 52
Bringing Down the House
2003
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as Kate Sanderson
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Age: 51
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
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as Stella Kay Perry
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Age: 51
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
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as Lorraine Sheldon
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Age: 49
The Kid
2000
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as Deirdre Lefever
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Age: 48
Snow Day
2000
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as Laura Brandston
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Age: 48
Guinevere
1999
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as Deborah Sloane
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Age: 47
Change of Heart
1998
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as Elaine Marshall
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Age: 46
The Odd Couple II
1998
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as Holly
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Age: 46
Edie & Pen
1996
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as Wendy the Waitress
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Age: 44
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
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as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
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Age: 43
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
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as Kate
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Age: 41
Just My Imagination
1992
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as Pally Thompson
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Age: 41
Mistress
1992
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as Patricia Riley
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Age: 40
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992
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as Aileen Wuornos
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Age: 40
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
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as Cathy
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Age: 40
A Seduction in Travis County
1991
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as Karen
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Age: 39
No Image
A Place at the Table
1988
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as Susan Singer
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Age: 36
Project X
1987
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as Dr. Criswell
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Age: 35
Fire with Fire
1986
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as Sister Maria
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Age: 34
Protocol
1984
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as Ella
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Age: 33
Hoodlums
1980
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as Carol
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Age: 29