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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Jean Smart
Filmography
Movies
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63% |
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Wildflower | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
57% |
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Babylon | Elinor St. John (Character) | $15.2M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self | - | 2022 |
21% |
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Senior Moment | Caroline Summers (Character) | $41.6K | 2021 |
30% |
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Superintelligence | President Monahan (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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A Shoe Addict's Christmas | Charlie (Character) | - | 2018 |
40% |
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Brampton's Own | Judy (Character) | - | 2018 |
13% |
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Life Itself | Linda Dempsey (Character) | $4.1M | 2018 |
84% |
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A Simple Favor | Margaret McLanden (Character) | $53.5M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Awaken the Shadowman | Evette (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Ed Laid | Hooker (Character) | - | 2016 |
53% |
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The Accountant | Rita Blackburn (Character) | $86.2M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Warren | Claire Cavanee (Character) | - | 2014 |
25% |
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Miss Meadows | Mother Meadows (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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When Calls the Heart | Frances Tunnecliffe (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Waking | Dr. Hinton (Character) | - | 2013 |
75% |
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Hope Springs | Eileen (Character) | $63.5M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HRH Camilla (Character) | - | 2011 |
47% |
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Barry Munday | Carol Munday (Character) | - | 2010 |
67% |
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Youth in Revolt | Estelle Twisp (Character) | $15.3M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Hero Wanted | Melanie McQueen (Character) | - | 2008 |
28% |
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Lucky You | Michelle (Character) | $5.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Kim Possible: So the Drama | Dr. Ann Possible (Voice) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Balto III: Wings of Change | Stella (Voice) | - | 2004 |
64% |
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I Heart Huckabees | Mrs. Hooten (Character) | $12.8M | 2004 |
86% |
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Garden State | Carol (Character) | $26.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Very Married Christmas | Ellen Griffin (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong | Candice DeLong (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Audrey's Rain | Audrey Walker (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Dr. Ann Possible (Voice) | - | 2003 |
34% |
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Bringing Down the House | Kate (Character) | $132.5M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Designing Women Reunion | Self | - | 2003 |
38% |
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Sweet Home Alabama | Stella Kay (Character) | $127.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Kim Possible: The Secret Files | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
49% |
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Disney's The Kid | Deirdre Lafever (Character) | $69.7M | 2000 |
30% |
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Snow Day | Laura Brandston (Character) | $60.0M | 2000 |
86% |
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Guinevere | Deborah Sloane (Character) | $614.2K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forever Fabulous | Loreli Daly (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Change of Heart | Elaine Marshall (Character) | - | 1998 |
27% |
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Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II | Holly (Character) | $18.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Edie & Pen | Wendy the Waitress (Character) | - | 1996 |
95% |
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Whisper of the Heart | Asako Tsukishima (Voice) | - | 1995 |
64% |
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The Brady Bunch Movie | Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer (Character) | $45.6M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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A Stranger in Town | Rose (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Yearling | Ora Baxter (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Yarn Princess | Margaret Thomas (Character) | - | 1994 |
72% |
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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 |
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Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Cathy (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Seduction in Travis County | Karen (Character) | - | 1991 |
74% |
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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 |
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Fire With Fire | Sister Maria (Character) | $3.3M | 1986 |
57% |
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Flashpoint | Doris (Character) | - | 1984 |
33% |
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Protocol | Ella (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2019 2021 2024 |
99% | 90% | Hacks | Deborah Vance (Character) | 2021-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 41% | 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 | 14% | The View | Guest | 2021 |
95% | 94% | Mare of Easttown | Helen (Character) | 2021 |
96% | 57% | Watchmen | Laurie Blake (Character) | 2019 |
78% | 77% | 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% | 47% | $..! 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 | 91% | American Dad! | Miriam Bullock (Guest Voice) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 85% | 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 |