Laurie Smith, born Laurie Diane Smith on April 6, 1957, in Ventura County, California, grew up in a middle-class home. Of Caucasian descent, she entered the adult film industry in 1979 at age 22 after answering some modeling ads. Debuting in Olympic Fever, she used aliases like Laura Smith, Lori Smith, Stephanie Taylor, and Cherri Hill. Her younger sister, Piper Smith, joined her and was active from 1979 to 1981 and starred in films like Svetlana’s F and Ultra Flesh. She appeared in over 210 films and web scenes from 1979 to 1987, per IAFD, working with studios like Sunshine Films, Caballero Home Video, VCA, and Metro, and directors such as Svetlana, Cecil Howard, and Robert McCallum. Notable films include All American Girls II: In Heat (1983), featuring a threesome with Barnett Philips and Marc Wallice; Kinky Business (1984), where she played a seductive mother; Matinee Idol (1984); and Snake Eyes (1984), with her portrayal of a sexually tormented woman in the latter earning Best Actress nominations from several critics’ organizations, per TheClassicPorn. She also appeared in the loop Erotic Fantasies EF8004: Corner Pocket and worked as a makeup artist, notably for Shauna Grant in films like Suzie Superstar (1983) and Bad Girls IV (1983). Her only mainstream role was in the fictional The Day I Shot the President (1994), about the 1963 JFK assassination, per en-academic.com.