Yeardley Smith

Martha Maria Yeardley Smith ˈjɑːrdli YARDlee 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 Stoppards The Real Thing She made her film debut in 1985s 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 Barts sister Lisa In 1989 the shorts were spun off into their own halfhour show The Simpsons For her work on The Simpsons Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding VoiceOver Performance in 1992 Alongside The Simpsons Smith appeared in the sitcom Hermans 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 offBroadway onewoman show entitled More at the Union Square Theatre in New York City Aside from The Simpsons Smith has recorded few voiceover parts only commercials and the film Were Back A Dinosaurs 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia