Allison Smith (born December 9, 1969) is an American actress and singer best known for her work on television as Mallory O'Brien in Aaron Sorkin's Emmy Award-winning NBC drama The West Wing, and starring on Broadway in the title role Annie. She also played the role of Jennie Lowell on the 1980s Emmy Award winning sitcom Kate & Allie. She received a Screen Actors Guild win in 2001 for Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "The West Wing". Other theatre credits include the original Broadway production of "Evita" with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin, starring in the Los Angeles premiere production of David Mamet's "Oleanna", "QED" by Peter Parnell at The Mark Taper Forum opposite Alan Alda, and the musical "The Education Of Randy Newman" in which she played Randy Newman's first wife. Her chilling performance in the pilot of "The Closer" received rave reviews. She has appeared in over 100 episodes of television. Smith is an actress, writer, singer, and director, and is married with two children. She works with Save The Children and has helped to build five or more schools in Africa and Haiti.