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Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith

Actor · b. 1964 · Paris, France

Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (/ˈjɑːrdli/ YARD-lee; born July 3, 1964) is an American actress. She stars as the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Smith began acting in 1982 after graduating from drama school. She moved to New York City in 1984, where she appeared in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. She made her film debut in 1985's Heaven Help Us, followed by roles in The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive. She moved to Los Angeles in 1986 and took a recurring role in the television series Brothers. In 1987, Smith auditioned for the Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. Smith intended to audition for the role of Bart Simpson, but the casting director felt her voice was too high, and she was cast as Bart's sister Lisa. In 1989, the shorts were spun off into their own half-hour show, The Simpsons. For her work on The Simpsons, Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. Alongside The Simpsons, Smith appeared in the sitcom Herman's Head as Louise, and had recurring appearances as Marlene on Dharma & Greg and as Penny in two episodes of Dead Like Me. She has appeared in several films, including City Slickers, Just Write, Toys, and As Good as It Gets. In 2004, Smith performed an off-Broadway one-woman show entitled More at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. Aside from The Simpsons, Smith has recorded few voice-over parts, only commercials and the film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. Smith starred in and served as executive producer for the independent romantic comedy Waiting For Ophelia, which had its world premiere at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yeardley Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies24

  • Movie7.0

    The Simpsons Movie

    2007 · 8.7K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Jingle All the Way

    1996 · 3K votes

  • Movie8.0

    Yellow Mirror

    2026 · 60 votes

  • Movie7.4

    As Good as It Gets

    1997 · 4.2K votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie7.2
  • Movie6.4

    City Slickers

    1991 · 910 votes

  • Movie5.9

    New Year's Eve

    2011 · 2.2K votes

  • Movie5.8

    Maximum Overdrive

    1986 · 892 votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie6.2

    Welcome to the Club

    2022 · 206 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Toys

    1992 · 611 votes

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  • Movie6.8

    Three O'Clock High

    1987 · 316 votes

  • Movie8.1

    Simpsley

    2026 · 78 votes

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  • Movie6.6

    The Legend of Billie Jean

    1985 · 214 votes

  • Movie5.2

    When Billie Met Lisa

    2022 · 73 votes

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  • Movie7.0
  • Movie5.6

    High School

    2010 · 166 votes

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  • Movie5.5

    The Chaperone

    2011 · 162 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Possessions

    2024 · 43 votes

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  • TV8.0

    The Simpsons

    1989 · 11K votes

  • TV7.4

    Family Guy

    1999 · 5.1K votes

  • TV7.9

    The Big Bang Theory

    2007 · 12K votes

  • TV8.1

    Mad Men

    2007 · 1.6K votes

  • TV7.3

    Mom

    2013 · 649 votes

  • TV7.4

    Strong Medicine

    2000 · 17 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Mindy Project

    2012 · 192 votes

  • TV6.6

    Nash Bridges

    1996 · 115 votes

  • TV7.2

    Hot in Cleveland

    2010 · 138 votes

  • TV7.2

    Fresh Off the Boat

    2015 · 306 votes

  • TV7.6

    Revenge

    2011 · 856 votes

  • TV6.5

    Murphy Brown

    1988 · 93 votes

  • TV7.2

    Tales from the Darkside

    1984 · 95 votes

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  • TV7.2

    Becker

    1998 · 157 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Tracey Ullman Show

    1987 · 23 votes

  • TV6.5

    ABC Afterschool Special

    1972 · 15 votes

  • TV6.4

    Dharma & Greg

    1997 · 292 votes

  • TV6.9
  • TV7.6

    Dead Like Me

    2003 · 515 votes

  • TV5.9

    Best Week Ever

    2004 · 10 votes

  • TV6.8

    Phil of the Future

    2004 · 78 votes

  • TV6.7

    Brothers

    1984 · 11 votes

  • TV7.9

    Smart Guy

    1997 · 43 votes