Jamie Renée Smith (born April 10, 1987) is an American actress best known for her respective roles as Tara Westover, Margaret Rhodes and Lauren Wando in the films MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Up, Up and Away, Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) and Dante's Peak (1997).
Smith began her acting career in the fall of 1993 at the age of six when, at her first audition, she landed a guest-starring role on an episode of Saved by the Bell: The College Years ("Teacher's Pet") as Abby Lasky.
In addition to her roles in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering and Dante's Peak, Smith has appeared in other various television and films including Midnight Man, the ABC TV movie My Last Love (1999), the film MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), the Disney Channel Original Movie Up, Up and Away, ER, Grounded for Life, Malcolm in the Middle, Shark, Bones, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and NCIS.
[1] She also had three-episode stints on The Nanny and Weeds.
In 1998, at the age of 10, Smith was a series regular on the Fox sitcom Ask Harriet as Blair Code; the series was canceled after five episodes aired.