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Facts

Also Known As Jean Elizabeth Smart
Born September 13, 1951 (age 75) • Seattle • Washington
Awards And Honors Emmy Award (2026) • Emmy Award (2025) • Emmy Award (2024) • Emmy Award (2022) • Emmy Award (2021) • Emmy Award (2001) • Emmy Award (2000)

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Jean Smart smiles and holds her Emmy trophy while posing in front of a backdrop with Emmy logos at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Cast of Designing Women posing together and smiling. Front row: Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart. Back row: Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Alice Ghostley.
Jean Smart as Deborah Vance and Hannah Einbinder as Ava stand in a narrow hallway lined with framed photos, looking at the pictures on the wall in a scene from Hacks.
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