Jean Smart Net Worth

Jean Smart has an estimated net worth of $12 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Jean Smart net worth page (figures as of September 16, 2025).

Jean Smart is an American actress who was born in 1951. After earlier television success, she reached a new peak in the late 2010s and 2020s with Watchmen, Hacks and other series that brought Emmy Awards and a wave of late-career acclaim. She has also worked on stage and in film throughout her career.

Her recent run is often cited as one of television's strongest examples of a veteran actor finding signature roles decades into a career.

Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress.

Her work includes both comedy and drama, and her accolades include eight Emmy Awards, three Actor Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, with nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.

How Jean Smart makes her money

Prestige television salaries from Hacks and Watchmen have driven recent earnings.

Earlier sitcom and drama work built a long baseline of TV income.

Film supporting roles add fees between series.

Stage productions contribute when she returns to theatre.

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 eight Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles as Lana Gardner in the NBC series Frasier (2000-2001), Regina Newley in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?

(2007-2009), and Deborah Vance in the HBO Max comedy series Hacks (2021-2026).

She was Emmy-nominated for her roles in The District (2000-2004), 24 (2006-2007), Harry's Law (2011), Fargo (2015), Watchmen (2019), and Mare of Easttown (2021).

She also acted in FX's Legion (2017-2019) and voiced Ann Possible in the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible (2002-2007).

Smart's film credits include Flashpoint (1984), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Garden State (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Youth in Revolt (2009), The Accountant (2016), A Simple Favor (2018), and Babylon (2022).

She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for playing the mother of a rebellious student in the drama Guinevere (1999).

Her estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Jean Smart's net worth at $12 million, on its page last updated September 16, 2025. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

The estimate summarizes earnings across the main chapters of the career rather than a single contract. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.