Cast & creator
Jean Smart
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Smart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Jean E. Smart, Jean Elizabeth Smart
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film credits
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television credits
146
1944–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (148)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
Hawaii Five-0
Governor Pat Jameson
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
24
Martha Logan
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
Lorna Lynley
1993Frasier
Lana Gardner
1993
Fargo
Floyd Gerhardt
2014
Psych
Gillian Tucker
2006
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Talk
Self
2010
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Hacks
Deborah Vance
2021
Batman: The Animated Series
Helen Ventrix (voice)
1992
Arrested Development
Mimi
2003
Hey Arnold!
Phoebe's Mother (voice)
1996
Kim Possible
Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
2002Kim Possible
Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice)
2002Kim Possible
Dr. Ann Possible / Tour Guide (voice)
2002Kim Possible
Dr. Ann Possible / Additional Voices (voice)
2002Kim Possible
Dr. Ann Possible / TV Trash Heap Executive #1 (voice)
2002
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Hot in Cleveland
Bess
2010
Big Mouth
Depression Kitty (voice)
2017Big Mouth
2017
Alice
1976
The Facts of Life
Ellen Slater
1979
Remington Steele
Gloria Blyer
1982
The District
Sherry Regan
2000
Veep
Imogene Walsh
2012
Babylon
Elinor St. John
2022
Angie Tribeca
Carnie
2016
Static Shock
Richie's Mom (voice)
2000
Harry's Law
Roseanna Remmick
2011
Halt and Catch Fire
LouLu Lutherford
2014
The Studio
Jean Smart
2025
Legion
Melanie Bird
2017
Watchmen
Laurie Blake
2019
Dirty John
Arlane Hart
2018
Designing Women
Charlene Frazier Stillfield
1986
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
The Accountant
Rita Blackburn
2016
Samantha Who?
Regina Newly
2007
Getting On
Arlene Willy-Weller
2013
Mare of Easttown
Helen Fahey
2021
A Simple Favor
Margaret McLanden
2018
Teachers Only
Shari Kirkland
1982
$#*! My Dad Says
Rosemary Pernworth
2010
Sirens
Nora Farrell
2014
Life As We Know It
Helen Berenson (uncredited)
2010
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Kate
1993
In-Laws
Marlene Pellet
2002
The Oblongs
Pickles Oblong (voice)
2001
Scarlett
Sally Brewton
1994
Sweet Home Alabama
Stella Kay Perry
2002
Center of the Universe
Kate Barnett
2004
Bad Internet
President Powers
2016
Life Itself
Linda Dempsey
2018
Mad About You
Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis
2019
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
Style & Substance
Chelsea Stevens
1998
The Kid
Deirdre Lefever
2000
High Society
Ellie Walker
1995
The Emmy Awards
Self - Winner
1949The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Hope Springs
Eileen, Kay's Friend
2012
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Narrator (voice)
2025
The McCarthys
Lydia
2014
Undue Influence
Dana Colby
1996
Youth in Revolt
Estelle Twisp
2009
Garden State
Carol
2004
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
2005
Wildflower
Peg
2023
Balto III: Wings of Change
Stella (voice)
2004
The Brady Bunch Movie
Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
1995
Superintelligence
President Monahan
2020
I ♥ Huckabees
Mrs. Hooten
2004
Bringing Down the House
Kate Sanderson
2003
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Claire
2013
Lucky You
Michelle Carson
2007
The Odd Couple II
Holly
1998
Miss Meadows
Mother Meadows
2014Miss Meadows
Co-Executive Producer
2014
Lime Street
1985
Hero Wanted
Melanie McQueen
2008
Project X
Dr. Criswell
1987
Fire with Fire
Sister Maria
1986
Snow Day
Laura Brandston
2000
Mistress
Patricia Riley
1992
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Charlie
2018
Reggie
Joan Reynolds
1983
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
2003
When Calls the Heart
Frances Tunnecliffe
2013
Barry Munday
Carol Munday
2010
The Yarn Princess
Margaret Thomas
1994
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
2022
A Very Married Christmas
Ellen Griffin
2004
Single Bars, Single Women
Virge
1984
Senior Moment
Caroline Summers
2021
Piaf
Marlene
1984
Awaken the Shadowman
Evette
2017
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Cathy
1991
Forever Fabulous
Loreli Daly
1999
Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
Agent Candice DeLong
2003
Audrey's Rain
Audrey Walker
2003
Just My Imagination
Pally Thompson
1992
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
HRH Camilla
2012
A Stranger in Town
Rose
1995A Stranger in Town
Co-Producer
1995
Guinevere
Deborah Sloane
1999
Edie & Pen
Wendy the Waitress
1996
Flashpoint
Doris
1984
Woke Up Dead
Meryl Greene
2010Egg Baby
Ms. Downey
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
2016
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Self - Presenter
2025
Too Good
God
2025The Families Stone
Protocol
Ella
1984
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Self
2025
The Yearling
Ory Baxter
1994
A Fight for Jenny
Valerie Thomas
1986A Place at the Table
Susan Singer
1988
A Seduction in Travis County
Karen
1991Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Self
Deborah Vance and Friends
Deborah Vance
2026
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
Self
2023
Change of Heart
Elaine Marshall
1998
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Aileen Wuornos
1992
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Lorraine Sheldon
2000
Warren
Claire Cavanee
2014
Brampton's Own
Judy
2018Miss Macy
Miss Macy
Before and After
Woman Bather
1979
Hoodlums
Carol
1980
Getting Ed Laid
The Hooker
2016
The Messenger
The Woman
2018
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Waking
Dr. Hinton
2013