Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951)[1] is an American actress. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991.
Smart was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner, and she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–01). She won a third Emmy Award for her supporting role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–09). She also portrayed Martha Logan on the action drama series 24 (2006–07). Smart is also known for her recurring voice role in Kim Possible (2002–2007) as the main character's mom. In the past decade Smart has seen a resurgence acting in television series, such as FX's Fargo (2015) and Legion (2017–2019), both created by Noah Hawley, the HBO projects Watchmen (2019) and Mare of Easttown (2021), as well as the Max series Hacks (2021), the latter three earning her Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with Hacks winning her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy. Smart is the most awarded performer at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, with four wins (for the above mentioned Fargo, Watchmen and Hacks) from 5 nominations. Smart is only the second actress, after Betty White, to win all three comedy Emmy nominations - comedy lead, supporting, and guest categories.[2]
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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^McLaughlin, Kelly; Guerrasio, Jason (September 19, 2021). "Jean Smart makes history at the Emmys and joins Betty White as the only actresses to sweep the comedy categories". Yahoo.com. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared...
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ex-beauty queen sister; Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively; and JeanSmart as office manager Charlene Frazier. In the third season, Meshach Taylor...
graduating in 1968. He was active in plays and musicals. He married actress JeanSmart in 1987. They met while working on the set of Designing Women (he played...
JeanSmart is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including multiple Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award nomination. She is...
together with JeanSmart and Carl Clemons-Hopkins. The show received a total of 15 Emmy nominations including acting nominations for Einbinder, Smart, and Clemons-Hopkins...
investigates a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. Julianne Nicholson, JeanSmart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, David Denman, Neal Huff, James...
co-created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky. Starring JeanSmart and Hannah Einbinder, the season follows two comedians from different...
phone" and swears off alcohol. The season received critical acclaim. JeanSmart won her second successive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress...
Learning Magazine. On January 26, 1998, Stapleton guest-starred on the JeanSmart sitcom Style & Substance in the episode "A Recipe for Disaster", playing...
Weenie Stand James Keane as Father Peter Mary Kay Place as Mrs. Davenport JeanSmart as Mother Meadows Principal photography and production began on August...
Cross, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Louis Lombardi, JeanSmart, D. B. Woodside, Peter MacNicol, Jayne Atkinson, Carlo Rota, Eric Balfour...
show Hacks for an episode as a "sexy Santa"; he stated, "Working with JeanSmart — I'm flattered to work with such amazing talents that have been around...
Laurie Blake, appeared in the 2019 limited television Watchmen, played by JeanSmart. The first Silk Spectre was a frizzy-haired, redheaded former waitress...
comedy-drama film directed by Giorgio Serafini and starring William Shatner, JeanSmart and Christopher Lloyd. It was released on March 26, 2021, by Chicken Soup...
About You': Jason Alexander and JeanSmart to Guest-Star on Spectrum Revival". The Wrap. Retrieved 2020-01-29. Smart will portray Chelsea Stevens-Kobolakis...
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. White and JeanSmart are the only actresses to have wins in all three comedy Emmy categories...
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