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'''Martha Maria Yeardley Smith''' (born July 3, 1964) is a French-born American actress. 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 will also appear 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>

== Biography ==

 

 

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!"

 

 

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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*{{ul|Good Night}}

*{{ul|Watching Television}}

*{{ul|Bart Jumps}}

*{{ul|Babysitting Maggie}}

*{{ul|The Pacifier}}

*{{ul|Burp Contest}}

*{{ul|Eating Dinner}}

*{{ul|The Funeral}}

*{{ul|Football}}

*{{ul|Bart and Homer's Dinner}}

*{{ul|Bart's Haircut}}

*{{ul|World War III}}

*{{ul|The Perfect Crime}}

*{{ul|Scary Stories}}

*{{ul|Grampa & the Kids}}

*{{ul|Gone Fishin'}}

*{{ul|The Pagans}}

*{{ul|The Closet}}

*{{ul|The Aquarium}}

*{{ul|Family Portrait}}

*{{ul|The Art Museum}}

*{{ul|Zoo Story}}

*{{ul|Shut Up Simpsons}}

*{{ul|The Shell Game}}

*{{ul|The Bart Simpson Show}}

*{{ul|Punching Bag}}

*{{ul|Simpson Christmas}}

*{{ul|The Krusty the Clown Show}}

*{{ul|Bart the Hero}}

*{{ul|Bart's Little Fantasy}}

*{{ul|Home Hypnotism}}

*{{ul|Echo Canyon}}

*{{ul|Bathtime}}

*{{ul|Bart's Nightmare}}

*{{ul|Bart of the Jungle}}

*{{ul|Family Therapy}}

*{{ul|Maggie in Peril - Chapter One}}

*{{ul|Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion}}

*{{ul|TV Simpsons}}

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*{{Twitterpage|YardleySmith}}

 

[[Category:Voice-Over Performance Emmy winners]]

 

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