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42-492: Yeardley (also: Yeardlea , Yeardlee , Yeardleigh , Yeardlie , or Yardley ) is a given name and a surname. The name means "enclosed meadow" but could also mean a bullying and poisonous cow. As a given name, it is predominantly a male's name but may also be a female's name. Notable people with the given name Yeardley include voice actress Yeardley Smith and lacrosse player and murder victim Yeardley Love . Nicknames given to Yeardley are "Lee" and "Yard". A notable person with

84-416: A 1997 interview with The Daily Targum , Smith stated "I am shy, but I have an extroverted persona which I can draw on when I need to," and that she is a "private" actress. She married Daniel Erickson in 2002; the marriage lasted for six years and Smith filed for divorce on May 21, 2008, citing irreconcilable differences. In 2009, she commented, "People have said to me that I'm unassuming. It's true, I'm

126-740: A Latin American scholarly focus departed to a degree from Spain-centric views of regions that had been part of the Spanish Empire. As Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera describes in Decolonizing American Spanish , the rise of Latin American Studies decentralized the Eurocentric nature of scholarship across several fields: "At once a radical and democratizing thrust, the move localized a hemispheric shift in intellectual focus and had profound influences on

168-607: A child, Smith was often teased because of her unusual voice. Smith has stated: "I've sounded pretty much the same way since I was six. Maybe [my voice is] a little deeper now." She made her acting debut in a sixth-grade play. Smith became a professional actress in 1982. After appearances in a number of school plays, she joined the local Arena Stage theater group on an apprenticeship, featuring in their production of Peter Pan . She went on to star in several other plays in Washington. She moved to New York City in 1984 and appeared in

210-499: A children's book, I, Lorelei , which was published by HarperCollins in February 2009. In 2011, Smith launched a women's shoe line called Marchez Vous. In November 2021, Yeardley was noted for producing a podcast on the murder of Sheila Anderson , one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders. On June 11, 2022, Smith married one of the co-hosts of her podcast, Small Town Dicks , Detective (Ret) Dan Grice. She met him while he

252-682: A group focusing on Latin America. In 1918, they founded The Hispanic American Historical Review , which has published quarterly since that time and has built a reputation as one of the premier scholarly journals. The Latin Americanists within the AHA created the Conference on Latin American History in 1926, which is now separately incorporated (since 1964), but continues to coordinate its annual meetings with

294-469: A month later, and Smith earned $ 250,000 per episode. After salary renegotiations in 2008, the voice actors received about $ 400,000 per episode. Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Smith and the other cast members accepted a 25% pay cut, down to just over $ 300,000 per episode. Despite her world-famous role, Smith is rarely recognized in public, which she does not mind, saying, "it's wonderful to be in

336-644: A wall around myself", to cope with the disappointment of not getting a part. In Los Angeles, Smith appeared in theatrical productions of Living on Salvation Street , for which she was paid $ 14 for each performance, Boys and Girls/Men and Women , and How the Other Half Loves , and played the recurring role of Louella Waters on the Showtime series Brothers . She appeared in the films The Legend of Billie Jean and Ginger Ale Afternoon (1989) as "trailer-park girls". She later spoke of her regrets of appearing in

378-407: A week recording the show. Until 1998, Smith was paid $ 30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices. However, the dispute was soon resolved and she received $ 125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $ 360,000 per episode. The issue was resolved

420-489: Is also executive producer of The Simpsons , had cast Smith in his 1994 film I'll Do Anything (in one of the film's musical numbers), but her part was cut. Aside from The Simpsons , Smith has recorded few voice-over parts, only commercials and the film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story . She "had a voice-over agent for about two years, and I used to go out [on auditions] all the time, but it never really came to anything. Everybody said, 'Oh Yeardley, you'll clean up,' and that

462-427: Is voicing Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons . She has voiced Lisa since 1987, beginning with The Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show . Smith had initially been asked to audition for the role of Lisa's brother Bart , but casting director Bonita Pietila thought her voice was too high. Smith later recalled "I always sounded too much like a girl, I read two lines as Bart and they said, 'Thanks for coming!'" Smith

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504-613: The Latin American Studies Association wryly suggested in 1966 that at some future date Latin Americanists should erect a statue to Fidel Castro , the "remote godfather" of the field, who instigated a renewed US interest in the region. Interest in Latin American studies increased starting in the 1950s. In the United States, Latin American studies (like other area studies ) was boosted by the passing of Title VI of

546-651: The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958, which provided resources for Centers of Area and International Studies. International Education Programs Service - The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hays: An Impressive International Timeline In the UK, the 1965 "Parry Report" provided similar impetus for the establishment of Institutes and Centres of Latin American Studies at Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Liverpool. In Canada, York University in Toronto established

588-957: The Union Square Theatre in New York City. Aside from The Simpsons , Smith has recorded few voice-over parts, only commercials and the film We're Back! A Dinosaur's 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. Smith was born on July 3, 1964, in Paris, France . Her father, Joseph Smith, worked for United Press International in Paris and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1966, where he became The Washington Post 's first official obituary editor. Her mother, Martha Mayor,

630-632: The American Historical Association. In 1936, Latin Americanists in the United States also founded the Handbook of Latin American Studies , with editorial offices in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress . In a pre-digital era, the compilation of annotated bibliographic references in the humanities and social science organized by subject and country was a vital tool for scholars in

672-562: 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

714-509: The Broadway production of Tom Stoppard 's play The Real Thing alongside Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close . Smith's first film role came in Heaven Help Us (1985). She then played Putter in The Legend of Billie Jean (also 1985). The film was a box office bomb and critically panned, although Smith "thought it would be the movie that launched my career. And then it was out at the box office about 10 days before it died." When filming

756-586: The Future and Teen Angel . Her one-scene role as pregnant checkout girl Nancy in 1991's City Slickers earned her "more attention than all [her] previous roles combined", and taught her "that it's far better to have small parts in big movies that everyone sees." In 1997, she appeared as Lulu the palm reader in the independent film Just Write . Her other roles include parts in Barry Levinson 's Toys and James L. Brooks ' As Good as It Gets . Brooks, who

798-657: The Western hemisphere. However, unlike the scholarly organizations of the twentieth century, the ICA does not have an ongoing organization, nor is there a journal of the ICA. The creation of formal and ongoing scholarly organizations focusing on Latin America is a product of the twentieth century. In the United States, historians with an interest in Latin American history within the American Historical Association created

840-485: The best parts of More. It is refreshing to hear a celebrity talk cleanly about being fame-driven and about not getting the degree or the kind of fame you craved. It's fun to watch a skilled actress use her craft to the full." She would later perform the play for three weeks in Los Angeles the following year. Smith starred in and served as executive producer for the independent romantic comedy Waiting for Ophelia , which

882-424: The central tenets of the disciplines, on the institutions involved (departments, universities, publications, professional associations, and so on), on the structural presumptions that organize knowledge-production, and on the latitude of subjectivities that may be conceptualized and institutionalized. While many of the pre–Latin American studies methodologies remain (including the centrality of literature, foregrounding

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924-672: The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, scientist explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt published extensively about the region. Toward the end of the nineteenth century and at the turn of the twentieth, within the region itself writers such as José Martí and José Enrique Rodó encouraged a consciousness of regional identity. In 1875, the International Congress of Americanists held its first meeting in Nancy, France, and has met regularly ever since, alternating between venues in Europe and in

966-558: The field. In 1954 was founded in Paris the Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies (IHEAL), by the geographer Pierre Monbeig . With the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the US government began seriously focusing on Latin America as Cuba and the hemisphere was seen to be an integral element of Cold War politics. The Latin American historian who wrote the early history of the founding of

1008-421: The latter in her one-woman show More . It's a happy fluke. When she was cast back in 1987, I just liked the sound of her voice. She's also a great actress. In general, people who make their living doing voices on cartoons aren't always great for us. Most cartoons want things peppy and cartoony. Yeardley is able to go through moments of great emotion and wring it for all she's worth. Smith's longest-running role

1050-413: The midst of all this hype about the show, and people enjoying the show so much, and to be totally a fly on the wall ; people never recognise me solely from my voice." In a 2009 interview with The Guardian , she commented: "It's the best job ever. I have nothing but gratitude for the amount of freedom The Simpsons has bought me in my life." Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992, but felt it

1092-542: The movie", and added: "You can support art even if it's not going to make a zillion dollars." It premiered on April 4, 2009, at the Phoenix Film Festival . In 2011, Smith starred as Ms. Miller in the movie The Chaperone alongside Triple H and Ariel Winter . In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting ; in the video, Smith and others told

1134-437: The national/transnational as a meaningful container of culture, and periodization exigencies), the move toward Latin America localized the themes and subjects that appeared in US classrooms, deconstructing some of the Eurocentric supremacy of the traditional model." Latin Americanists consider a variety of perspectives and employ diverse research tools in their work. The interdisciplinary disciplines of study varies, depending on

1176-620: The other hand, schools like Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin , focus on the humanities; with the language, culture, and history of Latin America as a central component. Others include the study of environment and ecology of the region. Latin American studies is usually quite open and often includes or is closely associated with, for instance, Development studies , Geography , Anthropology , Caribbean studies, and Transatlantic studies . Latin America has been studied in one way or another ever since Columbus's voyage of 1492. In

1218-725: 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. Alongside The Simpsons , Smith appeared in the sitcom Herman's 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 off-Broadway one-woman show entitled More at

1260-735: The school, association, and academic program. For example, the Latin American Centre of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) at the University of Oxford heavily focuses on the social sciences, such as the economics, politics, and development of the region. The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona also focuses on social sciences with faculty from Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, and History an places emphasis on issues related to anti-racism, human rights, security, environment and health. On

1302-497: The show, particularly in the episode " Lisa's Substitute ", as able "to move past comedy to something really strong and serious and dramatic". From 1991 to 1994, alongside The Simpsons , Smith was one of the lead cast members in the sitcom Herman's Head as Louise. Her other television roles include recurring appearances as Marlene on Dharma & Greg , and Penny in two episodes of Dead Like Me . Smith has also appeared in Phil of

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1344-541: The stories of the people killed there. On March 30, 2019, 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 . In 2017, Smith started a podcast, Small Town Dicks , which explores real life crime in small towns in the United States. Smith had co-hosted the podcast with actress and long-time friend Zibby Allen until March 2019 when

1386-467: The surname Yeardley is George Yeardley (1587–1627), plantation owner and Governor of Virginia. Yeardley Smith Martha Maria Yeardley Smith ( / ˈ j ɑːr d l i / YARD -lee ; born July 3, 1964) is an American actress. She stars as the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons . Smith became an actress in 1982 after graduating from drama school. She moved to New York City in 1984, where she appeared in

1428-645: The two filed lawsuits against one another, with Allen accusing Smith of pushing her out of ownership and profit rights from the show. Smith is a lifelong Democrat . In 2018, Smith mocked Republican Ted Cruz after he labeled the Democratic Party as "the party of Lisa Simpson ". Smith recommended that people of differing political views should be able to work together on gun control , promoting gay rights and environmentalism . Smith married English-Canadian actor Christopher Grove in 1990. They were divorced in 1992, citing irreconcilable differences. In

1470-431: The worst celebrity ever. But I'm trying to become better." Smith had bulimia when she was a teenager. She noted "It would make me high, I would feel endorphins and this great sense of victory." Smith enjoys writing and painting. During the first season of Herman's Head , Smith taught herself to paint by copying other artists. The book Just Humor Me includes a story, "The Race", written by Smith. She has written

1512-635: Was a paper conservator for the Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian Institution . Smith's parents later divorced. Her maternal grandfather was art historian A. Hyatt Mayor , and among her great-grandparents were marine biologist and zoologist Alpheus Hyatt and artist and sculptor Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor . She is also the paternal niece of political scientist, historian, and Latin American studies specialist Peter H. Smith . Smith has labeled her family "upper crust and reserved". As

1554-532: Was definitely not the case." In 2004, Smith performed her own off-Broadway one-woman show entitled More at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. Directed by Judith Ivey , the play is about her mixed feelings over the success of The Simpsons , her parents, her relationships, and her struggles with bulimia . The New York Times critic Margo Jefferson called it an "appealing if overlong show", adding that "The career narrative needed shortening. This would involve some editing and revising but wouldn't taint

1596-876: Was given the role of Lisa, instead. She denies rumors that she almost turned down the role, though admits she had never planned a career in voice-over work. Pietila stated that, having seen her in Living on Salvation Street , Smith was always her preferred choice. Smith lifts her voice up slightly to perform the role. Lisa is the only regular character voiced by Smith, although in some earlier episodes, she provided some of Maggie 's squeaks and occasional speaking parts. 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. in " Missionary: Impossible " (both from season 11 in 2000). Smith spends two days

1638-680: Was not worth anything, saying "there's part of me that feels it wasn't even a real Emmy." The Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a Creative Arts and not handed out during the primetime telecast and, prior to 2009, was a juried award without nominations. However, Smith says "if I had to be associated with one character in fiction, I will always be thrilled that it was Lisa Simpson." The show's creator Matt Groening has called Smith very similar to Lisa: "Yeardley has strong moral views about her character. There are lines that are written for Lisa that Yeardley reads and says, 'No, I wouldn't say that. ' " Writer Jay Kogen praised her performance on

1680-719: Was over, she rejoined The Real Thing before being out of work for six months. Smith worried her career was over. However, the following year, she played Connie in Stephen King 's Maximum Overdrive (1986), noting it was "truly a dreadful film, but I had a great part in it." Smith moved to Los Angeles in 1986 on the "semi-promise" of a part in a TV film. After the audition, the role was given to another actress. Smith realized "that people don't mean what they say. It's not malicious. They just don't realize how much impact they have on an impressionable actor – and all actors are impressionable." From then on, she decided to "just sort of build

1722-406: Was providing personal security for her during a Simpsons event. Latin American studies Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, international relations, and politics of Latin America . It is not to be confused with Latino studies , an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Latin American ancestry in the United States. The emergence of

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1764-431: Was released in 2009. She funded the film, which was written by Adam Carl and based on a stage play he wrote in 2003. She said: "I loved it. I never get to play parts like that. I always play the friend of a friend, never the lead. And the script surprised me." Carl stated it was very unlikely she would recoup her money, but Smith decided she "believe[d] in this project, and my expectations have already been fulfilled by making

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