Ainsley Smart

Ainsley Katharine Smart (born February 25, 1999) is an Irish-American singer-songwriter, actor and screenwriter. Her breakthrough single "Way Too Easy" has garnered over 10 million views and was featured on radio stations across the globe.

Early life Ainsley Smart was born in Abington, Pennsylvania to parents Linda and Colm Smart. She is a citizen of Ireland, the United States, Great Britain and Switzerland due to her father being born in Belfast and her mother's side of the family being Swiss. Her parents are divorced, she split her time growing up between The United States, and Switzerland with stints in Belfast, Ireland. Smart was a talented athlete, and played competitive soccer and trained for 11 years from ages 5-16 in Tae Kwon Do and speaks fluent Korean. As of 2025, she holds a Kukkiwon certified fourth degree black belt ranking. Smart also participated in local theatre productions, and took acting lessons with the intention of becoming an actor.

Music career

2012–2019: Songwriting Ventures

At age 16, she was discovered by talent manager and producer Jay Levine, and flown out to Los Angeles California. Though she has the intention of becoming a singer, together with her manager they decided to pursue a songwriting path instead. She signed a seven year deal with ATV Publishing where she co-wrote pop music for other young pop artists such as Fifth Harmony, The Vamps, Austin Mahone, and Shawn Mendes under several aliases.

Film career

In July 2025, Smart relocated to the United States and signed with Leading Edge Entertainment in Los Angeles. Under a first-look agreement with an undisclosed network, she began developing screenplays while also securing the opportunity to participate in the projects as an actor.”

Professional soccer career

Smart grew up playing competitive soccer in the United States and Europe. In 2022 after taking a 10 year break from music Smart decided to return to the sport and began intensively training. In 2023, she signed a two-season deal with Frauen Team Berner Oberland in Switzerland to play on both their professional Swiss Super League and second division team as a striker. In 2024 she was signed to Eagles FC, a pre-professional W-league team in the US one a summer season contract as a midfielder, but had to withdraw in pre-season due to schedule conflicts with entertainment projects.