Yeardley Smith
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Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (/ˈjɑrdli/; born July 3, 1964) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.
Smith was born in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the daughter (and namesake) of Joseph Yeardley "Joe" Smith (May 10, 1931–January 17, 2006), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996.
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 and the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One.
Some of her film credits include The Legend of Billie Jean, Maximum Overdrive and As Good as It Gets.
Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentially, 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 binge-purge free for two years as of February 18, 2005.
Selected filmography
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) (voice)
- (2003) (VG) (voice)
- Back by Midnight (2002)
- As Good as It Gets (1997)
- Jingle All the Way (1996) (uncredited)
- Toys (1992)
- Herman's Head (1991) (TV series)
- City Slickers (1991)
- Maximum Overdrive (1986)
- The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
Television
- The Simpsons (1987 to present) as the voice of Lisa Simpson
External links
- [The Daily Targum’s interview with Yeardley Smith in 1997] (from [The Simpsons Archive])
- [Simpsons Illustrated’s interview with Yeardley Smith in 1992] (from [The Simpsons Archive])
- [Yeardley Smith's interview] in Newsweek, discussing her one-woman show More and her struggles with bulimia
- [Yeardley Smith at Voice Chasers]
- [] at TV.com
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