Phyllis Smith (born July 10, 1951) is an American film and television actress who is best known for playing Phyllis Lapin on The Office.

She is a former St. Louis Cardinals Cheerleader.

She was a ballet dancer with The St. Louis Civic Ballet and The St. Louis Dance Theater and a professional jazz dancer under Raoul Appel.

She has toured the country as a dancer with a Vaudeville Burlesque show, Able's Baggy Pants Burlesque and the Mercer Brother's show "Giggles Galore, not only as a dancer but a comic skit performer.