Allison Scagliotti-Smith

infobox actor
name = Allison Scagliotti-Smith
imagesize = 640 x 460
caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1990|9|21
birthname =Allison Glenn Scagliotti
occupation = actress
yearsactive =
location = Monterey, California
notableroles = Mindy Crenshaw in "Drake & Josh"
Sawyer "Myrna" Sullivan in "Read It and Weep"

Allison Scagliotti-Smith (born Allison Glenn Scagliotti on September 21, 1990 in Monterey, California) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on "Drake & Josh", as Mindy Crenshaw, Josh's girlfriend. She first appeared to hate Josh and Drake by trying to get Drake suspended, and ends up in a mental institution, all a spree for attention. She also appeared on an episode of "Zoey 101" as Stacy, who stole Zoey's idea for backpacks. She loves to say "I hate you all." She has a guest role on "One Tree Hill", as Abby Brown in the episodes "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept", "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love" and "The Runaway Found".She was also in an episode of CSI in 2003 being the sister of a murder victim.

Allison delved into her first dramatic and lead role in the independent short "Redemption Maddie" .

Allison also appeared as Sawyer "Myrna" Sullivan the antagonist in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Read It and Weep", which premiered on July 21, 2006.

She is the first cousin of professional wake boarder Alex Scagliotti and also the first cousin of Kevin Pfeffer, lead singer/songwriter/guitarist of "Five Minutes to Freedom".

Childhood

Allison Scagliotti-Smith was born in Monterey, California, and was raised by her two parents. At age seven, Allison moved to Mandeville, Louisiana, where she later enrolled in the local elementary school, Pontchartrain Elementary School. There, she joined the school's Drama Club, and quickly became an established actress amongst her peers, getting most of the lead roles in school plays and other local performances.

In 2001, during a school drama performance at a local Barnes & Noble bookstore, Myrna Lieberman of the Talent Managers Association approached Allison's parents and talked of her representation. The Scagliotti family quickly moved back to their home town in California, where her career as a child actress quickly began. She starred in commercials for various companies, and received a few minor, one-time roles on a few television programs. In 2002, she played a role of Molly Potts in 'America's Most Terrible Things' as her first movie appearance.

Television & Movies

*"Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" (2008) - Mindy Crenshaw
*"" (2007) - Mindy Crenshaw
*"One Tree Hill" (TV series) (2006-2007) Abby Brown
*"ER" (TV series) (2006) - Josie Weller
*"Read It and Weep" (TV film) (2006) - Sawyer Sullivan
*"Redemption Maddie" (film) (2006) - Maddie Clifford
*"The TV Set" (film) (2006) - Bethany
*"Zoey 101" (TV Series) (2005) - Stacy
*"Drake & Josh" (TV series) (2004-2007) - Mindy Crenshaw
*"Back When We Were Grownups" (TV film) (2004) - Emmy
*"Joint Custody" (TV series) (2004) - Meg
*"Grounded for Life" (TV series) (2004) - Kristen
*"Once Around the Park" (TV film) (2003) - Rose Wingfield
*"America's Most Terrible Things" (film) (2002) - Molly Potts

References

* [http://daunischild.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-childhood-friend.html My Childhood Friend...] in the archives of [http://daunischild.blogspot.com/ The One True Daunis Child] and a personal discussion with Adam Daunis.

External links

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