Biography
The daughter of a writer and a publicist (her mother Lois Smith has handled such clients as Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer), Smith has worked almost exclusively from her NYC base and has frequently been seen on stage. She earned strong reviews for her work as a victim in the 1991 Off-Broadway production "Walking the Dead" and in "The Triumph of Love" at Princeton's McCarter Theatre. For more than four years, she was a company member …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Cast in a recurring role on the Showtime series, "Weeds," as the ex-wife of Peter Scottson | |
2007 | Cast opposite Kal Penn in director Mira Nair's "The Namesake," an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri best selling novel | |
2007 | Had a recurring role as Dr. Kate Switzer on "Crossing Jordan" | |
2006 | Had a recurring role as Dr. Erica Hahn in five episodes of "Grey's Anatomy's" (ABC) third season; became a regular cast member replacing Dr. Preston Burke as the hospital's head of cardiothoracics in the fourth season; character was written off just seven episodes into season five | |
2006 | Joined the cast of Neil LaBute's off-Broadway play "Some Girl(s)," co-starring Eric McCormack | |
2005 | Starred in the Curtis Hanson directed "In Her Shoes," adapted from Jennifer Weiner's best-selling novel | |
2005 | Cast in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" | |
2004 | Played one of Claire Fisher's art teachers in the HBO series, "Six Feet Under" | |
2004 | Cast in the TV movie "Iron Jawed Angels" | |
2001 | Played Dawn Largato, the reigning champ of a fictional TV series in the satirical "Series 7" | |
| Wrote, directed and starred in short feature "Sheep's Meadow" | ||
1996 | Appeared in "Trees Lounge" | |
1994 | Played Sonya in "Vanya on 42nd Street" | |
| Rehearsed production of "Uncle Vanya" directed by Andre Gregory over a four and a half year period | ||
1991 | Won critical praise in "Walking the Dead" at NY's Circle Repertory Company | |
1990 | First major film role, "The Silence of the Lambs" | |
1988 | TV acting debut, an episode of the CBS drama series "The Equalizer" | |
1988 | Made feature film debut in "The Moderns" | |
| Acted in off-off-Broadway productions after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts | ||
| Sang in a rock band while a high school student | ||
| Raised in Rockland County, New York | ||
Awards
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Grey's Anatomy |
1995 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Vanya on 42nd Street |