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Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Acting Born Sep 13, 1951 · Seattle, Washington, USA

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 Samant...

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The Accountant
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movie
The Accountant
as Rita Blackburn
2016
A Simple Favor
6.6
movie
A Simple Favor
as Margaret McLanden
2018
Babylon
7.4
movie
Babylon
as Elinor St. John
2022
Life As We Know It
6.9
movie
Life As We Know It
as Helen Berenson (uncredited)
2010
Fargo
8.3
tv
Fargo
as Floyd Gerhardt
2014
Garden State
7.1
movie
Garden State
as Carol
2004
Hawaii Five-0
7.7
tv
Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Pat Jameson
2010
Batman: The Animated Series
8.6
tv
Batman: The Animated Series
as Helen Ventrix (voice)
1992
24
7.8
tv
24
as Martha Logan
2001
Sweet Home Alabama
6.4
movie
Sweet Home Alabama
as Stella Kay Perry
2002
Mare of Easttown
8.2
tv
Mare of Easttown
as Helen Fahey
2021
Arrested Development
7.9
tv
Arrested Development
as Mimi
2003