Allison Smith

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Family Guy

as (voice)

House

as Kayla McGinley

The X-Files

as Patti

American Dad!

as Trish (voice)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Nancy Linden

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mrs. Diorio

The West Wing

as Mallory O'Brien

The Closer

as Ellen

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Melanie Horton

ER

as Denny

Murder, She Wrote

as Carly McAllister

Scrubs

as Millie

Ghost Whisperer

as Lisa Filbert

Cold Case

as Simone Gallavan (1978)

Nip/Tuck

as Kathleen McNamara

Without a Trace

as Gina Hill

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Officer Debbie Haskell

Numb3rs

as Sara Lewis

Touched by an Angel

as Jennifer

Party of Five

as Keri