Jean Smart - Overview

Date of Birth: Sep 13, 1951

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

Nationality: United States

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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, 2001-2010). Coming off her "24" success, the ever-versatile actress was again embraced by sitcom audiences for her outrageous supporting role opposite Christian Apple... Read More

Filmography (19)

Hope Springs (2012)

Barry Munday (2010)

Youth in Revolt (2010)

Lucky You (2007)

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Garden State (2004)

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Milestones (35)

2010
Cast as Governor Pat Jameson in CBS' "Hawaii Five-O" reboot

2010
Played Michael Cera's erratic mother in the film adaptation of C.D. Payne's "Youth in Revolt"

2007 - 2009
Cast as the title character's (Christina Applegate) overbearing mother on ABC's "Samantha Who?"

2007
Cast as Samantha's (Christina Applegate) overbearing mother on ABC's "Samantha Who?"

2005 - 2007
Joined the cast of "24" (Fox) playing the mentally-unhinged First Lady, Martha Logan; received Emmy nominations in 2006 for Supporting Actress and in 2007 as Guest Actress

2004
Starred opposite Zach Braff in "Garden State"; Braff also made his writting and directorial debut

2004
Co-starred with Jude Law and Dustin Hoffman in David O. Russell's "I Heart Huckabees"

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