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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
+2
as Deborah Vance 
Babylon
+9
as Elinor St. John 
The Accountant
+8
as Rita Blackburn 
Watchmen
+3
as Laurie Blake 
A Simple Favor
+6
as Margaret McLanden 
Mare of Easttown
+3
as Helen Fahey 
Samantha Who?
+1
as Regina Newly 
The Oblongs
as Pickles Oblong (voice) 
Sweet Home Alabama
+2
as Stella Kay Perry 
Life Itself
+1
as Linda Dempsey 
Hope Springs
+4
as Eileen, Kay's Friend 
Garden State
+3
as Carol 
Balto III: Wings of Change
+1
as Stella (voice) 
Bringing Down the House
+2
as Kate Sanderson 
Youth in Revolt
+9
as Estelle Twisp 
The Kid
+3
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
+2
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice) 
The Brady Bunch Movie
+4
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer 
Wildflower
+2
as Peg 
Lucky You
+4
as Michelle Carson 
Miss Meadows
+9
as Mother Meadows 
Superintelligence
+2
as President Monahan 
The Odd Couple II
+3
as Holly 
Snow Day
+5
as Laura Brandston 
Hero Wanted
+4
as Melanie McQueen 
Project X
as Dr. Criswell 
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
+2
as Claire 
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
+7
as Charlie 
Protocol
+7
as Ella 
Fire with Fire
+2
as Sister Maria 
When Calls the Heart
+5
as Frances Tunnecliffe 
Barry Munday
+1
as Carol Munday 
Senior Moment
+9
as Caroline Summers 
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice) 
Edie & Pen
as Wendy the Waitress 
Mistress
+4
as Patricia Riley 
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
+3
as HRH Camilla 
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
+7
as Agent Candice DeLong 
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
+3
as Cathy 
Flashpoint
as Doris 
Woke Up Dead
+4
as Meryl Greene 
The Yearling
+7
as Ory Baxter 
A Fight for Jenny
+6
as Valerie Thomas 
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
+4
as Self 
Brampton's Own
+2
as Judy 
Guinevere
+4
as Deborah Sloane 
Awaken the Shadowman
+9
as Evette 
Change of Heart
+3
as Elaine Marshall