Winner of six Emmys and an additional seven nominations, as well as a Tony® nomination, Grammy® nomination, and five Critics' Choice Awards wins, Jean Smart continues to receive rave reviews and multiple award nominations and wins for her performance as Deborah Vance in the HBO Max comedy Hacks. Smart made history with her 2021 Emmy award win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Hacks, joining Betty White as the only other actor to complete the comedy trifecta of having an Emmy in the comedy lead, supporting, and guest categories. That win, along with several others for Hacks, earned her admittance to an elite group of actors who have swept all five major TV awards in a single television season — Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, and Television Critics Association. The fourth season of Hacks will premiere in spring 2025 on MAX.
In 2021, the year Hacks premiered, Smart showed her versatility onscreen with an award-nominated supporting role as Kate Winslet’s mother in the HBO limited drama series, Mare of Easttown. In 2019, her performance as Special Agent Laurie Blake alongside Regina King and Jeremy Irons in the HBO series, Watchmen, based on the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, caught the eye of critics and fans alike, earning her an Emmy Award nomination, among others. Smart earned a Critics' Choice Television Award and Primetime Emmy Award Nomination for her performance as Floyd Gerhardt in the second season of the FX television series Fargo.
Smart was recently seen alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in Academy Award-winning director Damien Chazelle’s feature film, Babylon, and in the coming-of-age dark comedy, Wildflower. She is set to star in, and executive produce the independent feature Miss Macy. Some of her other notable film credits include The Accountant, Garden State, Sweet Home Alabama, A Simple Favor, Guinevere, The Kid, Hope Springs, I Heart Huckabees, Flashpoint, Bringing Down the House, and Youth in Revolt. Her television credits include Legion, Dirty John, 24, Samantha, Who?, Style and Substance, High Society, Designing Women, The District, Harry’s Law, as well as a two-time Emmy-winning guest appearance on Frasier.
