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.

Filmography

• 2023Reptile — Aid
• Will & Grace — Molly
• 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant — Larry's Mom
• Perception — Laura Crane
• Franklin & Bash — Tara
• The Whole Truth — Corinne Sellards
• Childrens Hospital — Nurse Allison
• American Dad! — Trish (voice)
• Close to Home — Cindy Delacroix
• Ghost Whisperer — Lisa Filbert
• Inconceivable — Clare
• 2005Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder — Debbie Philips
• Numb3rs — Sara Lewis
• 2005Ordinary Miracles — Sally's Mother
• The Closer — Ellen
• 2004Helter Skelter — Patricia 'Katie' Krenwinkle
• House — Kayla McGinley
• Cold Case — Simone Gallavan (1978)
• 2003Holes — Linda
• Nip/Tuck — Kathleen McNamara
• 2003The Animatrix — Reporter ("World Record")
• The Animatrix — Reporter (voice)
• 2003World Record — Reporter (voice)
• Without a Trace — Gina Hill
• Scrubs — Millie
• Thieves
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Nancy Linden, Mrs. Diorio
• 2000Terror Tract — Mary Ann Doyle
• Family Guy — (voice)
• Family Law — Allison Palmer
• Providence — Lynn Fischer
• The West Wing — Mallory O'Brien
• Buddy Faro — Julie Barber
• 1998The Stolen Years — Susan
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
• Spy Game — Maxine 'Max' London
• 1997Switchback — Becky
• Working — Jana
• 1996Full Circle — Averill Winslow
• 1996Lying Eyes — Jennifer
• 1995A Reason to Believe — Charlotte Byrne
• Ned & Stacey — Veronica
• 1995Two Guys Talkin' About Girls — Rhonda Glick
• ER — Denny
• Party of Five — Keri
• 1994The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies — Claire Lieberman
• Touched by an Angel — Jennifer
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Officer Debbie Haskell
• 1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday — Vicki
• The X-Files — Patti
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Melanie Horton
• 1988Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend — Maggie
• Hunter — Cheryl Donovan
• Kate & Allie — Jennie Lowell
• Murder, She Wrote — Carly McAllister
• Silver Spoons — Barbra Webster
• 1981Evita Peron — Evita as a Girl
• ABC Afterschool Special — Maggie

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1982All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self