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Jean Smart
Known for: ActingJean 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.
Filmography 53
Hacks
as Deborah Vance 
Babylon
as Elinor St. John 
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn 
Watchmen
as Laurie Blake 
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden 
Mare of Easttown
as Helen Fahey 
Samantha Who?
as Regina Newly 
The Oblongs
as Pickles Oblong (voice) 
Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry 
Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey 
Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend 
Garden State
as Carol 
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Stella (voice) 
Bringing Down the House
as Kate Sanderson 
Youth in Revolt
as Estelle Twisp 
The Kid
as Deirdre Lefever 
Style & Substance
as Chelsea Stevens 
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Narrator (voice) 
Undue Influence
as Dana Colby 
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice) 
The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer 
Wildflower
as Peg 
Lucky You
as Michelle Carson 
Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows 
Superintelligence
as President Monahan 
The Odd Couple II
as Holly 
Snow Day
as Laura Brandston 
Hero Wanted
as Melanie McQueen 
Project X
as Dr. Criswell 
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire 
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie 
Protocol
as Ella 
Fire with Fire
as Sister Maria 
When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe 
Barry Munday
as Carol Munday 
Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers 
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice) 
Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress 
Mistress
as Patricia Riley 
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla 
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
as Agent Candice DeLong 
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Cathy 
Flashpoint
as Doris 
Woke Up Dead
as Meryl Greene 
The Yearling
as Ory Baxter 
A Fight for Jenny
as Valerie Thomas 
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self 
Brampton's Own
as Judy 
Guinevere
as Deborah Sloane 
Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette 
Change of Heart
as Elaine Marshall