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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.
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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.
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Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Tony Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Frasier
Celebrity Family Feud
Hawaii Five-0
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Psych
Hot in Cleveland
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Remington Steele
Veep
Batman: The Animated Series
The Facts of Life
The District
Alice
Big Mouth
Arrested Development
Dirty John
Who Do You Think You Are?
Halt and Catch Fire
$#*! My Dad Says
Harry's Law
Goodnight, Beantown
Life As We Know It
24
Fargo
I ♥ Huckabees
A Simple Favor
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
The Brady Bunch Movie
Before and After
Balto III: Wings of Change
Human Resources
Project X
Miss Meadows
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Scarlett
Watchmen
The Accountant
The Odd Couple II
Flashpoint
Legion
When Calls the Heart
Sweet Home Alabama
Snow Day
Fire with Fire
The Kid
Garden State
Kim Possible
A Panoramic Canvas Called 'Babylon'
In-Laws
Babylon
Wildflower
Hope Springs
Teachers Only
Piaf
Mare of Easttown
Center of the Universe
Hacks
The Oblongs
Production Credits
Miss Meadows
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