Jean Smart

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-09-13 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Jean Smart

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 Ma...

Acting

2004

Garden State

as Carol

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Mrs. Hooten

2016

Getting Ed Laid

as The Hooker

2018

The Messenger

as The Woman

2003

Bringing Down the House

as Kate Sanderson

2000

The Kid

as Deirdre Lefever

2005

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

1999

Guinevere

as Deborah Sloane

2000

Snow Day

as Laura Brandston

2023

2010

Life As We Know It

as Helen Berenson (uncredited)

1996

Edie & Pen

as Wendy the Waitress

2008

Hero Wanted

as Melanie McQueen

1987

Project X

as Dr. Criswell

1984

Flashpoint

as Doris

2003

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)

1992

Mistress

as Patricia Riley

2012

Hope Springs

as Eileen, Kay's Friend

1986

Fire with Fire

as Sister Maria

1998

Change of Heart

as Elaine Marshall

2004

A Very Married Christmas

as Ellen Griffin

2013

Waking

as Dr. Hinton

2003

Audrey's Rain

as Audrey Walker

2013

When Calls the Heart

as Frances Tunnecliffe

1995

The Brady Bunch Movie

as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer

2014

Miss Meadows

as Mother Meadows

2014

Warren

as Claire Cavanee

1994

The Yearling

as Ory Baxter

2004

2022

Babylon

as Elinor St. John

-

Too Good

as God

1980

Hoodlums

as Carol

2002

Sweet Home Alabama

as Stella Kay Perry

2010

Woke Up Dead

as Meryl Greene

1988

A Place at the Table

as Susan Singer

1992

Just My Imagination

as Pally Thompson

2016

The Accountant

as Rita Blackburn

1996

Undue Influence

as Dana Colby

2010

Barry Munday

as Carol Munday

2000

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Lorraine Sheldon

1979

Before and After

as Woman Bather

2018

A Simple Favor

as Margaret McLanden

1984

Protocol

as Ella

1998

2018

Life Itself

as Linda Dempsey

2018

1999

Forever Fabulous

as Loreli Daly

1986

A Fight for Jenny

as Valerie Thomas

1984

Piaf

as Marlene

2020

Superintelligence

as President Monahan

2009

Youth in Revolt

as Estelle Twisp

1994

The Yarn Princess

as Margaret Thomas

-

Miss Macy

as Miss Macy

2007

Lucky You

as Michelle Carson

2021

Senior Moment

as Caroline Summers

Production

2014

Miss Meadows

as Co-Executive Producer

1995

A Stranger in Town

as Co-Producer

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