# Harley Quinn Smith
**Harley Quinn Smith** is an American actress, born in 1999 in Red Bank, New Jersey, and the daughter of filmmaker [Kevin Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-smith) and [Jennifer Schwalbach Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-schwalbach-smith). She was named after the Batman villainess [Harley Quinn](https://www.edgepedia.org/harley-quinn), a character her father admired, and she has appeared in many of his films from childhood onward, first as a baby in *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001) and later in a starring role in *Yoga Hosers* (2016). Her best-known work outside her father's films includes the role of Mallory Higgins on the Freeform drama *Cruel Summer* and a part in Quentin Tarantino's *Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*.[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) • [7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1999, Red Bank, New Jersey[4](https://www.fandango.com/people/harley-quinn-smith-630701/film-credits) |
| Parents | Director Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach[9](https://thetvdb.com/people/465715-harley-quinn-smith) |
| Name origin | Named after the Batman villainess Harley Quinn[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) |
| Signature roles | Colleen McKenzie in *Tusk* (2014) and *Yoga Hosers* (2016); Milly in *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019) and *Clerks III* (2022); Mallory Higgins in *Cruel Summer* (2021)[1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) • [7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258) |
| Highest-rated film | *Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood* (2019), Metascore 84, in which she played 'Froggie'[1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) |
| Music | Bassist and vocalist in the band The Tenth[7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258) |
| Screen debut | As Baby Silent Bob in *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), at about age two[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) |
## Name and family
Kevin Smith named his daughter after Harley Quinn, the [DC Comics](https://www.edgepedia.org/dc-comics) character who first appeared in *Batman: The Animated Series* in 1992 and was later incorporated into the comics; Smith was born in 1999, seven years after the character's debut.[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [13](https://torial-prod.eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/torial_uploads/721854/original/C03_068-073_Backstage_Kevin_Smith__P__8881531_23.pdf) Her parents married in 1999, and she was born that same year.[10](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/kevin-smith-wild-story-meeting-wife-jennifer-schwalbach-ben-affleck-chris-rock-good-will-hunting)
The name has drawn public comment throughout her career. In a 2016 *Vanity Fair* profile tied to *Yoga Hosers*, she spoke about being well aware of the nepotism that runs through Hollywood as the daughter of a working director, and the topic followed her into later roles as well.[11](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/harley-quinn-smith-yoga-hosers)
## The Kevin Smith films
Smith's screen career began before she could walk: she played the baby version of her father's character Silent Bob in *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), followed by small parts as Tracy Colelli in *Jersey Girl* (2004) and as a kid in a window in *[Clerks II](https://www.edgepedia.org/clerks-ii)* (2006).[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) Her first notable screen time came as convenience store clerk Colleen McKenzie in the comedy horror *[Tusk](https://www.edgepedia.org/tusk-2014-film)* (2014).[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/)
**Yoga Hosers.** The scene in *Tusk* that Smith shared with her childhood friend [Lily-Rose Depp](https://www.edgepedia.org/lily-rose-depp), daughter of [Johnny Depp](https://www.edgepedia.org/johnny-depp), led directly to her first lead role. In a 2016 *Teen Vogue* interview she recounted that the *Tusk* part was a one-day shoot she suggested turning into a two-hander, and that her father wrote the script for *Yoga Hosers* for the two girls a month or two afterward, after her mother described the scene as "a girl version of Clerks."[5](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harley-quinn-smith-opens-up-about-her-instagram-and-working-with-her-famous-family) In the film, screened at Sundance in January 2016, the two Colleens work at a Canadian convenience store called the Eh to Zed, play in a band called Glamthrax, and fight "Bratzis," small Nazi figures made of bratwurst, alongside Guy Lapointe, played again by Johnny Depp.[6](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/lily-rose-depp-harley-quinn-smith-yoga-hosers) • [12](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/yoga-hosers-sundance-review/5099370.article) She has not reprised Colleen McKenzie in *Moose Jaws*, the final part of her father's [True North trilogy](https://www.edgepedia.org/true-north-trilogy).[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [14](https://www.mulderville.net/en/events/3236/sdcc-2026-kevin-smith-s-hall-h-news-and-stories)
She has continued to appear in her father's projects: as Milly in *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019) and *[Clerks III](https://www.edgepedia.org/clerks-iii)* (2022), and in *[The 4:30 Movie](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-4-30-movie-film)* (2024).[1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) For that 2024 film, Fandango and TV Insider list her role as Sister Sugar Walls, while Metacritic lists it as Sister Sarah Wallace.[4](https://www.fandango.com/people/harley-quinn-smith-630701/film-credits) • [3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/)
Nepotism remained a live consideration for casting. In 2024, Kevin Smith said publicly that he had tried to cast his daughter in a new film and she refused, telling him she had "enough nepo baby shit to deal with online."[8](https://www.nme.com/news/film/kevin-smith-tried-to-cast-daughter-in-new-film-but-she-refused-ive-got-enough-nepo-baby-shit-to-deal-with-online-3799710)
## Work outside her father's films
Her first role outside the Smith film universe was a voice part as Sandra in the animated short *Other Fish* (2016).[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) Her widest exposure came on television: she played Mallory Higgins, described by the network as a quirky outsider who feels left behind when Jeannette becomes the popular girl, in Freeform's drama *Cruel Summer* (2021).[7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258) Other screen work includes Lindsay in *All These Small Moments* (2018), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; Holly in the [Halloween](https://www.edgepedia.org/halloween) segment of the horror anthology *Holidays* (2016); Nadia Parker in *Student Body* (2022); and voice roles including Ileena in the miniseries *Masters of the Universe: Revelation* (2021) and Queen Amela in *Masters of the Universe: Revolution* (2024).[7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258) • [1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) • [3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808410/)
The most widely seen film on her record is Tarantino's *Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood* (2019), in which she played a character credited as 'Froggie'; it is also her highest-rated film by Metacritic's aggregate score.[1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) Her most recent listed film credit is *The Napa Boys* (2025), in the role of Harper.[4](https://www.fandango.com/people/harley-quinn-smith-630701/film-credits) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808410/)
## Reception and music
Metacritic aggregates her 16 movie credits at an average career score of 53, with three positive, nine mixed, and one negative reviewed film; the low point is *Yoga Hosers* at a Metascore of 23.[1](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/) Sundance and Edinburgh press coverage of *Yoga Hosers* centered on the two leads' family connections; *Screen Daily* described the film as closer to a [John Waters](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-waters) movie than a mainstream one, made for an underground audience.[12](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/yoga-hosers-sundance-review/5099370.article)
Outside acting, Smith plays bass and sings in the band The Tenth, and she appeared as a panelist on the DC series *DC Daily*.[7](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258)
## References
1. [Harley Quinn Smith, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harley-quinn-smith/)
2. [Harley Quinn Smith, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808410/)
3. [Harley Quinn Smith – Actress, Musician, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/harley-quinn-smith/)
4. [Harley Quinn Smith Filmography and Movies, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/harley-quinn-smith-630701/film-credits)
5. [Harley Quinn Smith Opens Up About Her Instagram And Working With Her Famous Family, Teen Vogue](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harley-quinn-smith-opens-up-about-her-instagram-and-working-with-her-famous-family)
6. [Sundance's Second Generation: Lily-Rose Depp and Harley Quinn Smith, Interview Magazine](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/lily-rose-depp-harley-quinn-smith-yoga-hosers)
7. [Harley Quinn Smith as Mallory Higgins, Cruel Summer Cast, ABC](https://abc.com/cast/b45fbf6e-6cdf-4dd2-a33e-e169bff83258)
8. [Kevin Smith tried to cast daughter in new film but she refused, NME](https://www.nme.com/news/film/kevin-smith-tried-to-cast-daughter-in-new-film-but-she-refused-ive-got-enough-nepo-baby-shit-to-deal-with-online-3799710)
9. [Harley Quinn Smith, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/people/465715-harley-quinn-smith)
10. [Kevin Smith's Wild Story About Meeting His Wife, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/kevin-smith-wild-story-meeting-wife-jennifer-schwalbach-ben-affleck-chris-rock-good-will-hunting)
11. [Harley Quinn Smith, Daughter of Kevin Smith, Is Ready to Break Big, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/harley-quinn-smith-yoga-hosers)
12. ['Yoga Hosers': Sundance Review, Screen Daily](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/yoga-hosers-sundance-review/5099370.article)
13. [Backstage with Kevin Smith (PDF), Torial](https://torial-prod.eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/torial_uploads/721854/original/C03_068-073_Backstage_Kevin_Smith__P__8881531_23.pdf)
14. [SDCC 2026: Kevin Smith’s Hall H News and Stories - Mulderville.net](https://www.mulderville.net/en/events/3236/sdcc-2026-kevin-smith-s-hall-h-news-and-stories)
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