The return of “Hacks” sets Jean Smart up for a potential third Emmy Award for playing complicated comedy legend Deborah Vance. But the HBO series is not her first rodeo. Smart has appeared on television screens in all kinds of stories.
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Smart has won five comedy Emmy Awards: two as lead actress for “Hacks,” two as a guest star on “Frasier” and one as supporting actress for “Samantha Who?”
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Only Smart and Betty White have won in all three comedy actress categories.
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A sixth acting award would put Smart within reach of all-time Emmy champions Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in…
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… figurines one piece.
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Conservative estimate of when Smart could match Louis-Dreyfus by continuing to play Vance, a character as indelible and Emmy-inevitable as “Veep’s” Selina Meyer.
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Smart was up for two Emmy Awards in 2001 (comedy guest actress, “Frasier”; drama guest actress, “The District”) and 2021 (comedy lead, “Hacks”; supporting limited series, “Mare of Easttown”) and…
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…Single every time.
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Smart lost a pair of limited series supporting Squeakers in 2016 and 2020, when he competed with strong performances in “Fargo” and “Watchmen.” But …
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… What hurts Smart fans is Charlize Theron's Oscar for the movie “Monster.” Smart already owned the role…
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…by Aileen Wuornos in the TV movie “Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story.”
