Dec 22, 2022 · Jean Smart has had a long and illustrious career, but she still counts her guest-starring role on "Frasier" as one of her all-time favorites.

Lana Gardner is a recurring character on Frasier, portrayed by Jean Smart. Lana is a former classmate of Frasier. She and Frasier become involved, as he and Niles had a crush on her in high school.

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 six Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles as Lana Gardner in the NBC series Frasier (2000–01), Regina Newley in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?

Dec 22, 2024 · One such long-running show would be the original iteration of "Frasier," which aired on NBC from 1993 to 2004; one such late-arriving guest star is the inimitable Jean Smart. But it's good to...

Feb 3, 2000 · Frasier runs into Lana Lenley (Jean Smart) at Café Nervosa, who went to his school and was one of the most popular girls. She is now working in real estate.

Remaining extremely busy into the millennium, Jean went on to win bookend Emmy awards for her guest appearances on the sitcom Frasier (1993) and earned two more Emmy nominations for her potent perms in the crime drama 24 (2001) starring Kiefer Sutherland.

May 7, 2019 · The Legendary Jean Smart stops by on the Couch and surfs back to her roles in Designing Women, Frasier, Legion, and the new Thriller ‘A Simple Favor.' Subscribe to...

Sep 22, 2024 · After 23 years, the timing is finally right for the Frasier reboot to bring back a fan-favorite character: Jean Smart's Lana Gardner. The original Frasier ran for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004, garnering a record-breaking 37 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Feb 24, 2023 · Jean Smart has announced she is recovering from heart surgery. The Emmy-winning actor, known for her role as Lana Gardner in Frasier and as Deborah Vance in Hacks, shared the news with her...

Big Crane On Campus is the 14th episode of Season 7 of Frasier. JEAN SMART ("DESIGNING WOMEN") GUEST-STARS -- Windbag Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) develops a sudden case of lockjaw when he bumps into a former high school classmate and campus queen (guest star Jean Smart, "Designing Women"), but...