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'''Martha Maria Yeardley Smith''' (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. She is the voice of [[Lisa Simpson]]. She was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons: Access All Areas]]'', ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons: America's First Family]]''. She also appeared in ''[[The Simpsons Take the Bowl]]''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-simpsons-live-show-with-orchestra-coming-to-hollywood-bowl-20140717 Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"]</ref>
 
'''Martha Maria Yeardley Smith''' (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. She is the voice of [[Lisa Simpson]]. She was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons: Access All Areas]]'', ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons: America's First Family]]''. She also appeared in ''[[The Simpsons Take the Bowl]]''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-simpsons-live-show-with-orchestra-coming-to-hollywood-bowl-20140717 Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"]</ref>
  
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Smith was born in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the daughter (and namesake) of Joseph Yeardley "Joe" Smith (March 8, 1932 – July 17, 2005), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996. Her mother, Martha Mayor was a gallery worker. Her parents then later divorced.
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In addition to performing as the voice of Lisa Simpson and other occasional characters on The Simpsons, Smith also appeared on the sitcoms Herman's Head and Dharma and Greg and guest-starred on Showtime's Dead Like Me, the Disney Channel's Phil of the Future, the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One and The Big Bang Theory. Smith co-starred on ''Herman's Head'' with ''Simpsons'' actor [[Hank Azaria]]. One notable line of hers on the show referred to her voice acting when she angrily answers a call with "I do not sound like that Lisa Simpson character on TV!"
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Some of her film credits include ''The Legend of Billie Jean'', ''Maximum Overdrive'', ''City Slickers'' and ''As Good as It Gets''.
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Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentally, her character Lisa Simpson suffered through an eating disorder in the episode "[[Sleeping with the Enemy]]". She is currently performing in a one-woman show called More where she exposes her eating disorder. Yeardley has been cured of bulimia as of 2005.
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Revision as of 08:08, January 28, 2023

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Yeardley Smith (character).
Yeardley Smith
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Crew Information
Gender:
Female ♀
Real full name: Martha Maria Yeardley Smith
Job: Voice actress
Birth date: July 3, 1964 (1964-07-03) (age 60)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 774
Seasons active: Shorts season 1 - Present
First short: "Good Night"
Most recent short: Feliz Navidad
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts"
First song: "Do the Bartman"
Most recent song: "My Name Is Bart"
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. She is the voice of Lisa Simpson. She was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, and The Simpsons: America's First Family. She also appeared in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.[1]

Awards

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance 1992[2] "Lisa the Greek"
for Lisa Simpson 		Won

Credits

Starring

Lead vocal

Additional vocals

Voice

A big special thank you

Interviewee

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"
  2. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"


External links


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