Yeardley Smith

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Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith

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Yeardley Smith

Birthday: July 3
Birthplace: Paris, France

Yeardley Smith is a French-born American actress, writer, and artist.

She is known for her long-running role as Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.

Smith became an actress in 1982 after graduating from drama school and 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.

Yeardley Smith is a French-born American actress, writer, and artist.

She is known for her long-running role as Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.

Smith became an actress in 1982 after graduating from drama school and 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.

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Awards & Nominations

1 Nomination | 1 Emmy
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992
  • Winner
  • YEARDLEY SMITH, as Lisa Simpson
  • The Simpsons
  • FOX
  • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television

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40th College Television Awards
40th College Television Awards
College Television Awards
2018 Performers Nominee Reception
Yeardley Smith at Story TV: Adventures in Hollywood, presented Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.
Yeardley Smith on the Red Carpet at the 65th Creative Arts Emmys
Presenter Yeardley Smith and Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum
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40th College Television Awards
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Daun Kim, from Ringling College of Art + Design, accepted the Best  Animation Series award for Don't Croak from Yeardley Smith  at the 40th College Television Awards, Saturday, May 30, 2020.

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40th College Television Awards
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Yeardley Smith announces a winner at the 40th College Television Awards, Saturday, May 30, 2020.

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College Television Awards
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Yeardley Smith presents the Bricker Humanitarian Award at the 39th College Television Awards presented by the Television Academy Foundation at the Saban Media Center on Saturday, March 16, 2019, in North Hollywood, California.

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2018 Performers Nominee Reception
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Yeardley Smith and Karla Loor Kitchel at the 2018 Performers Nominee Reception presented by the Television Academy at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 15, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California.

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Yeardley Smith at Story TV: Adventures in Hollywood, presented Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.
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Yeardley Smith at Story TV: Adventures in Hollywood, presented Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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Yeardley Smith on the Red Carpet at the 65th Creative Arts Emmys
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Presenter Yeardley Smith and Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum
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