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Hillary B. Smith burst into Llanview as legal eagle Nora Buchanan in 1992, and has been a fan favorite ever since. The youngest of four girls, Hillary was
born in Massachusetts and raised in Palm Beach, Florida. At 14, she returned to
Massachusetts and attended boarding school. While enrolled at Dana Hall School, she worked with a geneticist at the New England Medical Center.
Hillary attended Pine Manor College in Massachusetts, where she headed the drama club, then transferred to Sarah Lawrence College in pursuit of a masters program in both theatre and genetics.
While still a senior in college, Hillary performed off-Broadway in Song Night in the City. She has also appeared in the off-Broadway production of
World of Black and White and the Broadway musical, A Real American Hero.
Hillary has performed in Wendy Wasserstein's Broadway play, The Heidi Chronicles, and off-Broadway's
Lips Together, Teeth Apart, by Terrence McNally. She has also appeared in several motion pictures including
Purple Hearts, Love Potion #9, It Had to Be You and and Maid In Manhattan.
Hillary's primetime television credits includes starring opposite Gene Wilder in
Something Wilder, a role on the series, No Soap Radio, with Steve Guttenberg,
and a 2005 guest stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In daytime, Hillary appeared on
The Doctors, as nurse Kit McCormick; and on As the World Turns, as Margo Hughes for a six-and-a-half year run. Hillary left As the World Turns in 1989, following the birth of her second child, Phips, who originated the role of Adam Hughes, Margo's son.
Hillary was awarded the Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in 1994 for her portrayal of Nora Buchanan,
and followed that up with an Outstanding Lead Actress nomination in 2000. She and her husband, Phillip "Nip" Smith, whom she met at age 14, have two children, Courtney and Phips.
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