Allison Smith

Allison Smiths 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 longestrunning and youngest star of a Broadway musical at that time playing the role for over 1000 performances nearly 3 years Shes 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 NBCs The West Wing 1999 as Mallory OBrien the chief of staffs daughter Sam Seaborns Rob Lowes love interest She was in the CBS miniseries Helter Skelter 2004 in which she portrayed reallife 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 LA premiere production of David Mamets 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