Background
Smith was born as Hillary Bailey in Boston, Massachusetts.
Smith was born as Hillary Bailey in Boston, Massachusetts.
She attended Dana Hall School, Pine Manor College and Sarah Lawrence College.
At Sarah Lawrence as a senior, she performed in off Broadway and Broadway productions, including The Heidi Chronicles. Smith is best known for her roles in the daytime soap operas. She made her soap debut in 1982, as Kit McCormick on The Doctors and one year later, taking over the role of Margo Montgomery Hughes on As the World Turns, a role she played from 1983 to 1990.
Character she has played from 1992 until the series" cancelation in 2012.
She later returned to show in the 2013 The Online Network short-lived continue. From 1994 to 1995, Smith also has starred as lead in the National Broadcasting Company sitcom Something Wilder.
Smith appeared and produced web soap-type series Venice: The Series. In 2014, Smith was the supervising producer for the soap opera web series Beacon Hill, and was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series.