Allison Smith (born December 9, 1969) is an American actress known for her work on television.

Smith was born in New York City, and moved to Waldwick, New Jersey. She began acting when she was a pre-teenager, and one of her first roles was as a young Eva Peron in a 1981 biopic. From 1984 to 1989 she co-starred in the sitcom Kate and Allie, and this remains her best-known work. Smith also acted on Broadway, appearing as Little Orphan Annie.

Since Kate and Allie ended, Smith has been prolific in her film and TV work, appearing in a number of short-lived TV series such as Buddy Faro and Spy Game. She had a recurring role on The West Wing as Mallory O'Brien and also provided voice acting work for the "World Record" segment of The Animatrix. On July 29, 2007, Allison appeared as a guest-star on the Lifetime Network original series State of Mind.

Her husband is Randall Grimmitt, a lawyer who is a vice president of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers). They have been married since June 23, 2001 and have two daughters.

Allison Smith (born 1972) is an artist based in New York.

Smith was born in Manassas. Her art consists of interactive public events and more traditional object-based gallery shows. Well known projects are The Muster and Notion Nanny which engage the public in a dialogue about social activism, crafts and identity.

Smith received her BFA from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Psychology from New School for Social Research in 1995. She got her MFA from Yale School of Art in 1999.

Allison Smith's career started at the age of nine in the Broadway musical "Evita", which was quickly followed by her landing the title role of "Little Orphan Annie" on Broadway in the musical "Annie" at the age of ten. She was the longest-running and youngest star of a Broadway musical up to that time. She has acted in all seven seasons of NBC's "West Wing, The" (1999) in the recurring role of "Mallory O'Brien" and, in May 2004, will be seen in the CBS miniseries Helter Skelter (2004) (TV), in which she portrays real-life Charles Manson murderess Patricia Krenwinkel. She has starred in several television series: CBS's "Buddy Faro" (1998), ABC's "Spy Game" (1997) and CBS's "Kate & Allie" (1984) (for six seasons) and has played the lead in the independent features "At First Sight" and "A Reason To Believe" and supporting roles in such features as "Holes", "How To Make An American Quilt" and "Switchback". Her theater work includes starring in the LA premiere production of David Mamet's "Oleanna" and in "QED" opposite Alan Alda at the Mark Taper Forum and working with Randy Newman (I) on his musical "The Education of Randy Newman" at South Coast Rep, for which her vocal performance got rave reviews. She was born in New York City and grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey.