Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American film, television and stage actress. She starred from 1986 to 1991 as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won two for her role as Lana Gardener on the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–01), and one for playing Regina Newley on ABC's Samantha Who? (2007–09).Smart began her career in regional theatre in Seattle and played Lady Macbeth at the Pittsburgh theatre in 1980.