Yeardley Smith
Biography
Yeardley Smith is an American actress and podcast host who provides the voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. Born in Paris, she began acting in 1982 after drama school and reached Broadway in 1984 in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. Her film debut was Heaven Help Us in 1985, followed by The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive. Moving to Los Angeles in 1986, she took a recurring role on Brothers before trying out for the Simpsons shorts that appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show. She read for Bart but was cast as Lisa. The shorts became a half-hour series in 1989. Her performance brought a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. Apart from The Simpsons she recorded few voice parts, among them We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. In 2004 she performed her one-woman show More off-Broadway, and later she starred in and executive produced Waiting For Ophelia. She also played Ms. Miller in The Chaperone.
62years old
Turns 63 on July 3in 278 days
- Born Paris
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Martha Maria Yeardley Smith
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 39 years1985 to 2024
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Behind the award
Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992, but she thought it meant nothing, since the Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance was a Creative Arts award and was not given out during the primetime telecast.
Behind the camera
Smith was an executive producer and star of Waiting For Ophelia, an independent romantic comedy. Its world premiere took place at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2009.
Early training
Smith appeared in several school plays, then took an apprenticeship with the local Arena Stage theater group, where she was in their production of Peter Pan.
A role that slipped away
Brooks, an executive producer of The Simpsons, gave Smith a role in his 1994 movie I'll Do Anything, in one of its musical numbers, but the part was cut.
Yeardley Smith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Silverman directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Dan Castellaneta's page
Nancy Cartwright's page
Jeffrey Tambor's page
Tress MacNeille's page
Harry Shearer's page
All films by David Silverman
Also two films together4 more actors
- Julie KavnerThe Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful (2024) and The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Helen SlaterCity Slickers (1991) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
- Maggie RoswellThe Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful (2024) and The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Pamela HaydenThe Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful (2024) and The Simpsons Movie (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Yeardley Smith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
9 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.
Of the 16 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$527M50.3% of the total
- 2$314M30.0% of the total
- 3$179M17.1% of the total
- 4$9.3M0.9% of the total
- 5$7.4M0.7% of the total
- 6$4.3M0.4% of the total
- 7$3.7M0.4% of the total
- 8$3.1M0.3% of the total
$6,915from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.