<Li> Christopher Grove (m . 1990; div. 1992) </Li> <Li> Daniel Erickson (m . 2002; div. 2008) </Li> <P> Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (/ ˈjɑːrdliː /; born July 3, 1964) is a French - American actress, voice actress, writer, author, comedian, and painter . She is best known for her long - running role as Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons . </P> <P> She was born in Paris and moved with her family to Washington, DC, in 1966 . As a child, Smith was often teased because of her voice . She became a professional 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 received a recurring role in the television series Brothers . In 1987, she auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about the Simpson family 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, so she was assigned the role of Lisa, instead . She voiced Lisa for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into their own half - hour show, The Simpsons . For her work as the character, Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice - Over Performance in 1992 . </P>

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