Jean Smart

Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress who has received numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, along with 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 later won 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, Smart 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).