Jean Smart

Acting

Born 1951-09-13 Seattle, Washington, USA 132 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 7 Golden Globe Awards 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards 3 Television Hall of Fame 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Crystal Award 1 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress 1

Awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards 7 won · 1 nominated

2025 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2024 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2022 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2021 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2008 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Samantha Who?
2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won Samantha Who?
2001 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Won Frasier
2000 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Won Frasier

Golden Globe Awards 3 won · 1 nominated

2026 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Hacks
2025 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Hacks
2023 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated Hacks
2022 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Hacks

Screen Actors Guild Awards 3 won

2025 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2023 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Won Hacks
2022 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Won Hacks

Tony Awards 1 nominated

2001 Best Actress in a Play Nominated

Television Hall of Fame 1 won

2026 Television Hall of Fame Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

2022 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Crystal Award 1 won

2021 Crystal Award Won

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress 1 won

2020 Best Drama Supporting Actress Won Watchmen

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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.