1. Martha Maria Yeardley Smith is an American actress.
39 Facts About Yeardley Smith
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Yeardley Smith moved to New York City in 1984, where she appeared in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing.
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Yeardley Smith made her film debut in 1985's Heaven Help Us, followed by roles in The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive.
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Yeardley Smith moved to Los Angeles in 1986 and took a recurring role in the television series Brothers.
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In 1987, Yeardley Smith auditioned for the Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
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Yeardley 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.
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Yeardley Smith has appeared in several films, including City Slickers, Just Write, Toys, and As Good as It Gets.
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In 2004, Yeardley Smith performed an off-Broadway one-woman show entitled More at the Union Square Theatre in New York City.
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Yeardley 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.
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Yeardley Smith is the paternal niece of political scientist, historian, and Latin American studies specialist Peter H Smith.
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Yeardley Smith went on to star in several other plays in Washington.
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Yeardley Smith moved to New York City in 1984 and appeared in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's play The Real Thing alongside Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close.
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Yeardley Smith then played Putter in The Legend of Billie Jean.
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Yeardley Smith moved to Los Angeles in 1986 on the "semi-promise" of a part in a TV film.
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Yeardley Smith appeared in the films The Legend of Billie Jean and Ginger Ale Afternoon as "trailer-park girls".
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Yeardley Smith later spoke of her regrets of appearing in the latter in her one-woman show More.
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Yeardley Smith is able to go through moments of great emotion and wring it for all she's worth.
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Yeardley Smith has voiced Lisa since 1987, beginning with The Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
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Yeardley Smith initially been asked to audition for the role of Lisa's brother Bart, but casting director Bonita Pietila thought her voice was too high.
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Yeardley Smith denies rumors that she almost turned down the role, though admits she had never planned a career in voice-over work.
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Pietila stated that, having seen her in Living on Salvation Street, Yeardley Smith was always her preferred choice.
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Yeardley Smith has only voiced characters other than Lisa on very rare occasions, with those characters usually being some derivative of Lisa, such as Lisa Bella in "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" and Lisa, Jr.
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The issue was resolved a month later, and Yeardley Smith earned $250,000 per episode.
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From 1991 to 1994, alongside The Simpsons, Yeardley Smith was one of the lead cast members in the sitcom Herman's Head as Louise.
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Yeardley Smith has appeared in Phil of the Future and Teen Angel.
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In 2004, Yeardley Smith performed her own off-Broadway one-woman show entitled More at the Union Square Theatre in New York City.
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Yeardley Smith starred in and served as executive producer for the independent romantic comedy Waiting for Ophelia, which was released in 2009.
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Yeardley Smith funded the film, which was written by Adam Carl and based on a stage play he wrote in 2003.
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On March 30,2019, Yeardley Smith was honored with the Human Rights Campaign's National Leadership Award in Los Angeles for her work as an advocate of the LGBT community.
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In 2017, Yeardley Smith started a podcast, Small Town Dicks, which explores real life crime in small towns in the United States.
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Yeardley Smith had co-hosted the podcast with actress and long-time friend Zibby Allen until March 2019 when the two filed lawsuits against one another, with Allen accusing Yeardley Smith of pushing her out of ownership and profit rights from the show.
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In 2018, Yeardley Smith mocked Republican Ted Cruz after he labeled the Democratic Party as "the party of Lisa Simpson".
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Yeardley Smith recommended that people of differing political views should be able to work together on gun control, promoting gay rights and environmentalism.
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Yeardley Smith married Daniel Erickson in 2002; the marriage lasted for six years and Smith filed for divorce on May 21,2008, citing irreconcilable differences.
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Yeardley Smith has written a children's book, I, Lorelei, which was published by HarperCollins in February 2009.
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In 2011, Yeardley Smith launched a women's shoe line called Marchez Vous.
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In November 2021, Yeardley Smith was noted for producing a podcast on the murder of Sheila Anderson, one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders.
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On June 11,2022, Yeardley Smith married one of the co-hosts of her podcast, Small Town Dicks, Detective Dan Grice.
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Yeardley Smith met him while he was providing personal security for her during a Simpsons event.