Jean Clever: New heights forward with ‘Hacks’?

The return of “Hacks” sets Jean Smart up for a probable third lead Emmy for portraying difficult comedy legend Deborah Vance. But the HBO series is not her initial rodeo. Wise has graced Television screens in all kinds of tales.

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Intelligent has gained 5 comedy Emmys: two for lead actress for “Hacks,” two for guest starring on “Frasier” and a person as supporting actress for “Samantha Who?”

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Only Clever and Betty White have won in all 3 comedy actress categories.

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A sixth performing prize would set Good in vary of all-time Emmy champs Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus at …

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… statuettes apiece.

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Conservative estimate of when Smart could match Louis-Dreyfus if she proceeds to engage in Vance, a character as indelible and Emmy-unavoidable as “Veep’s” Selina Meyer.

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Wise vied for two Emmys in 2001 (comedy guest actress, “Frasier” drama guest actress, “The District”) and 2021 (comedy lead, “Hacks” limited sequence supporting, “Mare of Easttown”) and …

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… Singled each individual time.

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Sensible lost a couple of constrained series supporting squeakers in 2016 and 2020, when she competed with fantastic performances in “Fargo” and “Watchmen.” But …

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… What stings for Sensible lovers is Charlize Theron’s Oscar for the film “Monster.” Smart currently owned the function …

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… of Aileen Wuornos in the Tv set motion picture “Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story.”