FrameThrower · Actors · Jean Smart
Jean Smart
2 films · 132 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2009–2022
Born 13 September 1951 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Jean Elizabeth Smart 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 132 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2009–2022
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy2026
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy2025
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy2022
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series2025
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series2023
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series2022
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2025
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2024
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2022
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2021
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series2008
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 132 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Jean takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 132 frames from Jean Smart's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.