Jillian trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She has performed Off-Broadway in Pack of Lies, as well as being assistant choreographer for the award-winning Young Zombies in Love. She was Lucienne in A Flee in her Ear, Eliza Doolittle, in My Fair Lady, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Kay Banks in Father of the Bride, and Juror 8 in Twelve Angry Women. She is also an accomplished Voice for Radio and Television.

Jillian has performed in the motion pictures Kate and Leopold, The Royal Tennenbaums, Jolene, 21, An Unusual Chartreuse, and Red Line the Movie. She has been seen on Showtime in Penn & Teller’s Bullshit, as well as in National Ads for the movie Red Line.

Some of Ms. Smalley’s Commercials include National Commercials for the Cosmopolitan, Tresemme, and Leedmees, as well as commercials for Cox Communications, Red Rock Casinos, Sunset Station, Thunder Valley San Francisco, and the Everly Brothers.