Acting credits
126
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jean Smart
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
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Movies: 69Series: 57Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 5376
IMDb ID: nm0005443
Known for: Acting
Born: September 13, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q239069
Also known as
Jean E. Smart • Jean Elizabeth Smart
Other jobs
Co-Executive Producer (1)Co-Producer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jean Smart.
10.0
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
2025 Movie
7.5
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self
2025 Movie
2.0
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
as Self
2023 Movie
7.4
Wildflower
as Peg
2023 Movie
7.4
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
2022 Movie
9.5
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
2022 Movie
5.7
Senior Moment
as Caroline Summers
2021 Movie
6.0
Superintelligence
as President Monahan
2020 Movie
6.2
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Charlie
2018 Movie
4.4
Brampton's Own
as Judy
2018 Movie
7.2
Life Itself
as Linda Dempsey
2018 Movie
6.6
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
2018 Movie
The Messenger
as The Woman
2018 Movie
3.7
Awaken the Shadowman
as Evette
2017 Movie
7.1
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
2016 Movie
1.0
Getting Ed Laid
as The Hooker
2016 Movie
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016 Movie
5.9
Miss Meadows
as Mother Meadows
2014 Movie
5.0
Warren
as Claire Cavanee
2014 Movie
6.6
When Calls the Heart
as Frances Tunnecliffe
2013 Movie
6.9
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Claire
2013 Movie
5.4
Waking
as Dr. Hinton
2013 Movie
6.3
Hope Springs
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
2012 Movie
5.4
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HRH Camilla
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jean Smart.
6.7
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
2025 Series
7.7
The Studio
as Jean Smart • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.4
Hacks
as Deborah Vance • 37 eps
2021 Series
8.2
Mare of Easttown
as Helen Fahey • 7 eps
2021 Series
8.0
Mad About You
as Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Watchmen
as Laurie Blake • 9 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Dirty John
as Arlane Hart • 5 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Big Mouth
as Depression Kitty (voice) • 5 eps
2017 Series
7.5
Legion
as Melanie Bird • 20 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Bad Internet
as President Powers • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.4
Angie Tribeca
as Carnie • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.9
Halt and Catch Fire
as LouLu Lutherford • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Fargo
as Floyd Gerhardt • 10 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Sirens
as Nora Farrell • 3 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.3
Getting On
as Arlene Willy-Weller • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Veep
as Imogene Walsh • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.3
Harry's Law
as Roseanna Remmick • 7 eps
2011 Series
6.1
$#*! My Dad Says
as Rosemary Pernworth • 4 eps
2010 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Pat Jameson • 4 eps
2010 Series