Jean Smart
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Acting Credits
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 h...
Known For
Filmography
Deborah Vance and Friends
2026
as Deborah Vance
Too Good
2025
as God
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025
as Self
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
as Self - Presenter
The Studio
2025
as Jean Smart
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Wildflower
2023
as Peg
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
2023
as Self
Babylon
2022
as Elinor St. John
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
as Self
Senior Moment
2021
as Caroline Summers
Hacks
2021
as Deborah Vance
Mare of Easttown
2021
as Helen Fahey
Superintelligence
2020
as President Monahan
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Mad About You
2019
as Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis
Watchmen
2019
as Laurie Blake
The Messenger
2018
as The Woman
A Simple Favor
2018
as Margaret McLanden
Life Itself
2018
as Linda Dempsey
Brampton's Own
2018
as Judy
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018
as Charlie
Dirty John
2018
as Arlane Hart
Awaken the Shadowman
2017
as Evette
Legion
2017
as Melanie Bird
Big Mouth
2017
as Depression Kitty (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
Getting Ed Laid
2016
as The Hooker
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self
The Accountant
2016
as Rita Blackburn
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Carnie
Bad Internet
2016
as President Powers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Miss Meadows
2014
as Mother Meadows
Warren
2014
as Claire Cavanee
Fargo
2014
as Floyd Gerhardt
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Sirens
2014
as Nora Farrell
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
as LouLu Lutherford
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The McCarthys
2014
as Lydia
Waking
2013
as Dr. Hinton
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Claire
When Calls the Heart
2013
as Frances Tunnecliffe
Getting On
2013
as Arlene Willy-Weller
Hope Springs
2012
as Eileen, Kay's Friend
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
as HRH Camilla
Veep
2012
as Imogene Walsh
Harry's Law
2011
as Roseanna Remmick
Life As We Know It
2010
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
Woke Up Dead
2010
as Meryl Greene
Barry Munday
2010
as Carol Munday
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
$#*! My Dad Says
2010
as Rosemary Pernworth
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Bess
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Governor Pat Jameson
The Talk
2010
as Self
Youth in Revolt
2009
as Estelle Twisp
Hero Wanted
2008
as Melanie McQueen
Lucky You
2007
as Michelle Carson
Samantha Who?
2007
as Regina Newly
Psych
2006
as Gillian Tucker
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Garden State
2004
as Carol
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mrs. Hooten
A Very Married Christmas
2004
as Ellen Griffin
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Stella (voice)
Center of the Universe
2004
as Kate Barnett
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Kate Sanderson
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
2003
as Agent Candice DeLong
Audrey's Rain
2003
as Audrey Walker
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Arrested Development
2003
as Mimi
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
as Stella Kay Perry
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
In-Laws
2002
as Marlene Pellet
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice)
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible / Tour Guide (voice)
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible / Additional Voices (voice)
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Ann Possible / TV Trash Heap Executive #1 (voice)
24
2001
as Martha Logan
The Oblongs
2001
as Pickles Oblong (voice)
The Kid
2000
as Deirdre Lefever
Snow Day
2000
as Laura Brandston
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
as Lorraine Sheldon
The District
2000
as Sherry Regan
Static Shock
2000
as Richie's Mom (voice)
Guinevere
1999
as Deborah Sloane
Forever Fabulous
1999
as Loreli Daly
Change of Heart
1998
as Elaine Marshall
The Odd Couple II
1998
as Holly
Style & Substance
1998
as Chelsea Stevens
The View
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Edie & Pen
1996
as Wendy the Waitress
Hey Arnold!
1996
as Phoebe's Mother (voice)
Undue Influence
1996
as Dana Colby
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
A Stranger in Town
1995
as Rose
High Society
1995
as Ellie Walker
The Yearling
1994
as Ory Baxter
The Yarn Princess
1994
as Margaret Thomas
Scarlett
1994
as Sally Brewton
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
as Kate
Frasier
1993
as Lorna Lynley
Frasier
1993
as Lana Gardner
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992
as Aileen Wuornos
Mistress
1992
as Patricia Riley
Just My Imagination
1992
as Pally Thompson
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Helen Ventrix (voice)
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991
as Cathy
A Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Karen
A Place at the Table
1988
as Susan Singer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Project X
1987
as Dr. Criswell
Fire with Fire
1986
as Sister Maria
A Fight for Jenny
1986
as Valerie Thomas
Designing Women
1986
as Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Lime Street
1985
Flashpoint
1984
as Doris
Protocol
1984
as Ella
Piaf
1984
as Marlene
Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Virge
Reggie
1983
as Joan Reynolds
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
Remington Steele
1982
as Gloria Blyer
Teachers Only
1982
as Shari Kirkland
Hoodlums
1980
as Carol
Before and After
1979
as Woman Bather
The Facts of Life
1979
as Ellen Slater
Alice
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self - Winner
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee