Allison Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1969-12-09 (age 56)New York City, New York, USA

Allison Smith's career started on Broadway at the age of nine, in the original production of "Evita", quickly followed by her landing the title role of "Annie" on Broadway in the musical "Annie" at the age of ten. She was the longest-running and youngest star of a Broadway musical at that time, playing the role for over 1,000 performances; nearly 3 years. She's given vocal performances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall, and The White House. After "Annie", she was cast on "Kate and Allie", playing the role of "Jennie Lowell" on CBS for six seasons. Allison recurred in all seven seasons of NBC's The West Wing (1999) as "Mallory O'Brien", the chief of staff's daughter / Sam Seaborn's (Rob Lowe's) love interest. She was in the CBS miniseries Helter Skelter (2004), in which she portrayed real-life Charles Manson murderess Patricia Krenwinkel, and gave a stellar performance starring as the guest in the pilot of The Closer (2005). She has starred in several regular television series: Buddy Faro (1998), Spy Game (1997). She played the lead in the independent feature, A Reason to Believe (1995), and supporting roles in such features as Holes (2003) and Switchback (1997). Other theater work includes starring in the L.A. premiere production of David Mamet's "Oleanna", "QED" opposite Alan Alda at the Mark Taper Forum and with Randy Newman in his musical "The Education of Randy Newman", at South Coast Rep, for which her vocal performance got rave reviews. Also a writer, she was born in New York City and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey.Read more

Movies & web series

Inconceivable

House

The X-Files

The West Wing

Scrubs

Ghost Whisperer

Family Law

Homicide: Life on the Street

Buddy Faro

The Animatrix

The Closer

ER

Cold Case

Spy Game

Will & Grace

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Franklin & Bash

Family Guy

Murder, She Wrote

Perception

The Animatrix

Without a Trace

Nip/Tuck

Beverly Hills, 90210

Ned & Stacey

Touched by an Angel

Numb3rs

Childrens Hospital

American Dad!

Party of Five

Holes

Hunter

Thieves

Reptile

World Record

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

Providence

Ordinary Miracles

The Whole Truth

ABC Afterschool Special

Silver Spoons

Kate & Allie

Terror Tract

Switchback

Close to Home

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

Helter Skelter

Working