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Jean Smart
Highest Rated: 95% Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Lowest Rated: 13% Life Itself (2018)
Birthday: Sep 13, 1951
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, USA
Film, television and stage actress Jean Smart first besotted viewers with her role as ditzy Southerner Charlene on the popular sitcom "Designing Women" (CBS, 1986-1993), but her biggest critical successes came well after her departure from the show in 1991, during which she far surpassed the successes of her slightly more flamboyant co-stars, Annie Potts, Dixie Carter and Delta Burke. Smart was a Tony Award-nominated Broadway performer, critically acclaimed for her comedy and classical dramatic performances, and earned an Independent Spirit Award for her supporting role in the art house drama "Guinevere" (1998). A Hollywood anomaly, Smart's career continued to heat up after the age of 50, when the in-demand TV guest star earned an Emmy win for her appearances on "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004) and a pair of nominations for portraying a memorably non-traditional First Lady on the gritty actioner "24" (Fox, 2001-10). Coming off her "24" success, the ever-versatile actress was again embraced by sitcom audiences for her outrageous supporting role opposite Christian Applegate on "Samantha Who?" (ABC, 2007-09) and impressed critics with her dramatic work as the no-nonsense governor of Hawaii on the hit reboot "Hawaii Five-O" (CBS, 2010- ), proving that, at least for this particular actress, the parts just kept coming with each passing year.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63% | 93% | Wildflower | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 57% | 52% | Babylon | Elinor St. John (Character) | $15.2M | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self | - | 2022 |
| 21% | 76% | Senior Moment | Caroline Summers (Character) | $41.6K | 2021 |
| 30% | 52% | Superintelligence | President Monahan (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | A Shoe Addict's Christmas | Charlie (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 40% | 60% | Brampton's Own | Judy (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 13% | 83% | Life Itself | Linda Dempsey (Character) | $4.1M | 2018 |
| 84% | 73% | A Simple Favor | Margaret McLanden (Character) | $53.5M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Awaken the Shadowman | Evette (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Ed Laid | Hooker (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 53% | 76% | The Accountant | Rita Blackburn (Character) | $86.2M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Warren | Claire Cavanee (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 25% | 38% | Miss Meadows | Mother Meadows (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | When Calls the Heart | Frances Tunnecliffe (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Waking | Dr. Hinton (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 75% | 55% | Hope Springs | Eileen (Character) | $63.5M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HRH Camilla (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 47% | 36% | Barry Munday | Carol Munday (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 67% | 52% | Youth in Revolt | Estelle Twisp (Character) | $15.3M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Hero Wanted | Melanie McQueen (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 28% | 28% | Lucky You | Michelle (Character) | $5.8M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Kim Possible: So the Drama | Dr. Ann Possible (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Balto III: Wings of Change | Stella (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| 64% | 75% | I Heart Huckabees | Mrs. Hooten (Character) | $12.8M | 2004 |
| 86% | 88% | Garden State | Carol (Character) | $26.8M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Very Married Christmas | Ellen Griffin (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong | Candice DeLong (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Audrey's Rain | Audrey Walker (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Dr. Ann Possible (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| 34% | 49% | Bringing Down the House | Kate (Character) | $132.5M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Designing Women Reunion | Self | - | 2003 |
| 38% | 78% | Sweet Home Alabama | Stella Kay (Character) | $127.2M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Kim Possible: The Secret Files | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 49% | 49% | Disney's The Kid | Deirdre Lafever (Character) | $69.7M | 2000 |
| 29% | 27% | Snow Day | Laura Brandston (Character) | $60.0M | 2000 |
| 86% | 53% | Guinevere | Deborah Sloane (Character) | $614.2K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forever Fabulous | Loreli Daly (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Change of Heart | Elaine Marshall (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 27% | 56% | Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II | Holly (Character) | $18.9M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Edie & Pen | Wendy the Waitress (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 95% | 90% | Whisper of the Heart | Asako Tsukishima (Voice) | - | 1995 |
| 64% | 47% | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer (Character) | $45.6M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | A Stranger in Town | Rose (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | The Yearling | Ora Baxter (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | The Yarn Princess | Margaret Thomas (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 72% | 39% | Mistress | Patricia Riley (Character) | $53.6K | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story | Aileen Wuornos (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just My Imagination | Pally Thompson (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Other Side of Love | Cathy (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Cathy (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Seduction in Travis County | Karen (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 74% | 55% | Project X | Dr. Criswell (Character) | $16.0M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Fight for Jenny | Valerie Thomas (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Fire With Fire | Sister Maria (Character) | $3.3M | 1986 |
| 57% | 44% | Flashpoint | Doris (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 33% | 38% | Protocol | Ella (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | 89% | Hacks | Deborah Vance (Character) | 2021-2022 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020 2022 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Family Feud | Guest | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The View | Guest | 2021 |
| 95% | 94% | Mare of Easttown | Helen (Character) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2019 2021 |
| 96% | 57% | Watchmen | Laurie Blake (Character) | 2019 |
| 78% | 79% | Dirty John | Arlane Hart (Character) | 2018-2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| 91% | 86% | Legion | Melanie Bird (Character) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Food Fight | Contestant | 2016 |
| 93% | 85% | Fargo | Floyd Gerhardt (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 58% | 60% | The McCarthys | Lydia (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 90% | 91% | Halt and Catch Fire | LouLu Lutherford (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Bess (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011-2012 |
| 43% | 77% | Harry's Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
| 0% | 50% | $..! My Dad Says | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2010 |
| 77% | No Score Yet | Samantha Who? | Regina Newly (Character) | 2007-2009 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | Miriam Bullock (Guest Voice) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Kim Possible | Dr. Possible (Voice) | 2002-2007 |
| 87% | 87% | 24 |
Martha Logan (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2006-2007 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Center of the Universe | Kate Barnett (Character) | 2004-2005 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1997 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000-2004 |
| 8% | No Score Yet | In-Laws | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2003 |
| 44% | 91% | The Oblongs | Pickles Oblong (Voice) | 2001-2002 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Lorna Lynley (Guest Star) | 2000-2001 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Style & Substance | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
| 40% | No Score Yet | High Society | Unknown (Character) | 1995-1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scarlett | Sally Brewton (Character) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Designing Women |
Charlene Frazier Stillfield (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1986-1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Ellen Slater (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodnight, Beantown | Darlene (Guest Star) | 1983 |