When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. "I get a giggly feeling when I think about it because Dan didn't want to go to this event and I didn't want to go to this event, but something bigger than us was like, 'No, no, listen, you two are going to meet and it's going to work out. [12][13] 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. GRICE Dave and I were both concerned with the tone, and we couldnt, in good conscience, talk about these cases and not give them the reverence and respect they deserve. They started texting back and forth as soon as she went back to Los Angeles. There are lines that are written for Lisa that Yeardley reads and says, 'No, I wouldn't say that. SMITH I often say that Im sort of in awe, amazed and get a giggly feeling when I think about it because Dan didnt want to go to this event and I didnt want to go to this event but something bigger than us was like, No, no, listen, you two are going to meet and its going to work out. Yeardley and Dan Grice recently got married and are content with one another. She had faced a few security and stalking issues in the past. She was the lead and executive producer of the independent romantic comedy, Waiting For Ophelia, which premiered at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2009. Yeardley, who voices Lisa on "The Simpsons", tied the knot with Dan Grice on June 11, and shared how she and the former police detective first met. I had a terrific time, which I feel like not every bride can say. "[11] In 1997, she appeared as Lulu the palm reader in the independent film Just Write. When Yeardley Smith was asked to represent her show, The Simpsons, at a mural unveiling event in Springfield, Oregon, in 2014, she declined. He was not overly impressed by me and I really admired his sense of self-assurance. The Simpsons star Yeardley Smith tied the knot with former police detective Dan Grice on Monday, July 11. What have you learned about love and marriage through each other? The answer was no, no, no, no. We got engaged in August 2018, and we were engaged for four years. When the captain mentioned Smith's name, Grice said he didn't immediately know who she was, but when he saw a photo, he recognized her from her other roles, like The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive. On July 13, Smith's agent verified the news #YeardleySmith #Biographygist #todaynews Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Online or listen via FM or your Smartphone and youll be seriously addicted before you know it! Because Im a person who leaps and then looks, I said, Hey, why dont you come down to Los Angeles? for [The Simpsons] dates at the Hollywood Bowl. Still, they did, even though neither had been looking for love. 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. There were about 60 people at the ceremony and we ultimately said, listen, we get it," Smith said. Yeardley Smith, best know as the voice of The Simpsons' Lisa, has married her love Dan Grice and the story behind it is one that would make the likes of the late Nora Ephron fire up their laptop. When she was cast back in 1987, I just liked the sound of her voice. Days after the nuptials, the glowing newlyweds joined The Hollywood Reporter on Zoom to recap their romance from the initial spark at the airport to navigating a long-distance relationship, as well as the other big collaboration in their lives the true-crime podcast Small Town Dicks, which they co-host along with Dans twin brother, Detective Dave. 'I get a giggly feeling when I think about it because Dan didnt want to go to this event and I didnt want to go to this event but something bigger than us was like, "No, no, listen, you two are going to meet and its going to work out. SMITH I was wearing shoes from my own shoe line. Yeardley Smith has been the unmistakable voice of Lisa Simpson for almost 750 episodes. I said, 'Oh, God. I always play the friend of a friend, never the lead. So, I gave him my phone number and said, When you find it, text me the picture.. There will be spots for humor, but thats not going to be the focus. That was Dan. We are 11 years apart Dan is 11 years younger and he was 12 years into being a detective. The fact that she embraced my brother. [2][3] Her mother, Martha Mayor, was a paper conservator for the Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian Institution. She denies rumors that she almost turned down the role, though admits she had never planned a career in voice-over work. Of course, she didnt walk in there, but she walked past the place where my brother and I went and I didnt notice her. "I get a giggly feeling when I think about it because Dan didn't want to go to this event and I didn't want to go to this event but something bigger than us was like, 'No, no, listen, you two are going to meet and it's going to work out. Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (/jrdli/ YARD-lee;[1] born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. ", A post shared by Yeardley (@yeardley_smith), The two immediately felt a connection when he picked her up at the airport, and she sat in the front seat. Dan and Dave are seen together in a throwback photo, The next day he picked her up for the event, which she described as 'the best day,' adding, 'The fans were incredible and it was a beautiful, sunny day.'. Prior to joining PEOPLE, Tommy covered the entertainment industry at Looper and sports at The Sporting News and Boston.com. As youre learning all these things about him, I imagine by that point the spark has been lit? I had to explain, listen, I am divorced again and that was too much for me at that point. 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. At that point, I thought we were done because how are we going to start a relationship being 850 miles away.. I then asked if he wanted to go to dinner that night. [25], Despite her world-famous role, Smith is rarely recognized in public, which she does not mind, saying, "it's wonderful to be in 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. Smith, 58, married former police detective Dan Grice on June 11. [11] Aside from The Simpsons, Smith has recorded few voice-over parts, only commercials and the film We're Back! The Simpsons star Yeardley Smith has married a former detective she met at a . "[26] The show's creator Matt Groening has called Smith very similar to Lisa: "Yeardley has strong moral views about her character. And then it was out at the box office about 10 days before it died. The actress - who had dealt with stalkers in the past - explained that she was nervous about the close proximity of fans at the mural unveiling, and voiced her concerns to the network. When you meet, say yes and give 110 percent and thats all I need you to do. Weve seen it in movies and you always wonder, wouldnt it be great if life was like that? Shes incredible with her fans, and I sat back and admired. We were going to get married in March 2021, and then it was July 2021. 'Run the World' 's Corbin Reid Marries Fianc on New Year's Eve In a Caribbean Castle! Dan Grice is a former Springfield Police Criminal Investigator who met Smith in 2014 when he chose to be important to her security detail when she visited the area. You just have to have faith,' she told THR. While comparisons to classic 1992 film The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner are obvious, Smith and. Yeardley Smith is a married woman now! Everything worked out well that day, and I was able to show up right at the gate and be there waiting for her when she walked out. To hear these stories in such granular detail with all the frustrations and how perfectly everything needs to line up in order to achieve justice was really striking. NOVA.ie and Radio NOVA is a premium publisher and broadcaster, based in Dublin, Ireland. We were chatting, and I told him [about Yeardley], that she was really interesting and attractive. On June 11, Smith and Grice were married at their Los Angeles home. For her work on The Simpsons, Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. The 58-year-old voice . [2][10] After the audition, the role was given to another actress. Sometimes it is. She then tied the knot with a man named Daniel Erickson in 2002, but their marriage ended six years later. 'The joke is that I really will do anything for my show but I didnt really want to do it,' she told THR. 357 The Simpsons star Yeardley Smith has married her fianc Dan Grice. From then on, she decided to "just sort of build a wall around myself", to cope with the disappointment of not getting a part. She has appeared in several films, including City Slickers, Just Write, Toys, and As Good as It Gets. How did the chance meeting come about? We kept texting and then we started to talk on the phone. Now, they both co-host the true-crime podcastSmall Town Dickstogether, alongside Grice's twin brother, Dave. Above all, every day she amazes me. The previous relationships that Id had while working in law enforcement never worked out. SMITHNobody ever meets you at the gate anymore, so I was completely thrown off and walked right past him. She does something that surprises me and makes me open my eyes a little wider. It was about a 23-minute ride from the airport to the hotel and during that time, I found out if he was married, divorced, had any children or a girlfriend. But Im sure what u mean is "Lisa sits across the aisle FRM me but I look forward to working w/ Her & the Dems on #GunReform #LGBTQIequality & protecting the " ", "People: Cameron Diaz gives a hair-raising scene", The Interviews: An Oral History of Television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yeardley_Smith&oldid=1132038790, Awaiting release; also executive producer, Main cast member; appeared in 32 episodes, Brown Dummy Bear, additional voices (voice), Episodes 2.12: "Forget Me Not" and 2.14: "Always", Episodes 1.18: "Double Trouble" and 1.20: "Corner Pocket", Episode 3.14: "The Einstein Approximation", Episode 3.6: "Caramel Princess Time" and Episode 3.12: Stanford, Episode 3.6: "WWJD: What Would Jessica Do? You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Weve seen it in movies and you always wonder, wouldnt it be great if life was like that? On June 11, Smith and Grice were married at their Los Angeles home. The news was confirmed by Smith's representative on July 13. Back in 2014, Yeardley told The Hollywood. [2][26] The New York Times critic Margo Jefferson called it an "appealing if overlong show", adding that "The career narrative needed shortening. Since he was single, he had no such commitments. The 58-year-old has also appeared in films like City Slickers, Just Write and Toys, among others. Because Im a person who leaps and then looks, I said, Hey, why dont you come down to Los Angeles? for [The Simpsons] dates at the Hollywood Bowl. [27] 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. Fax: 01 865 2189 When the showrunners asked Smith to take Jean's place, she originally said no, which was quite the opposite of her usual approach. It was the longest week of my life. 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 the stories of the people killed there. Smith, 58, married former police detective Dan Grice on June 11. MAIL. She then invited him to come out to California to visit, and the rest is history, They soon started dating, spending the first few years of their romance over long-distance, until Grice eventually moved to Los Angeles full time. GRICEAfter seeing her shoes, then it occurred to me, Dan, you should probably take her bag and be a gentleman. Yeardley Smith of The Simpsons married former police investigator Dan Grice on Monday, July 11. Right away, the two hit it off. 'The Simpsons' legend Yeardley Smith has married a former police detective she met by chance at a Springfield even neither of them wanted to attend. "The Simpsons" star Yeardley Smith, who since 1989 has starred as the voice of Lisa Simpson, has remarried, and it's all thanks to the beloved FOX comedy, she told The Hollywood Reporter in a. I stuffed him in a box at the Bowl with a bunch of my friends. Yeardley Smith. [34] 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 Smith of pushing her out of ownership and profit rights from the show. The couple exchanged texts but kept their expectations low Smith because she's previously divorced, Grice because of his professional goals. Dan recognized Yeardley from her performances in the 1980s films The Legend of Billie JeanandStephen KingsMaximum Overdrive but he did not know that she was the voice of Lisa Simpson. He was unaware of her most famous role. || Now in its eleventh season, Small Town . I was unaware of what the Human Rights Campaign did until I met Yeardley and learned how closely she worked with them to help overturn Prop 8. "[10], Smith moved to Los Angeles in 1986 on the "semi-promise" of a part in a TV film. I have nothing but gratitude for the amount of freedom The Simpsons has bought me in my life. She noted "It would make me high, I would feel endorphins and this great sense of victory. The actress, who plays Lisa Simpson in the series, tied the knot with police detective Dan Grice last month - eight years after he was hired to protect her as her bodyguard, The star, who has been divorced twice in the past, first met her husband back in 2014, during a Simpsons mural unveiling in Springfield, Oregon, in honor of the show's 25th anniversary. Anytime someone said they needed a volunteer, you just knew it probably wouldnt be any fun and quickly, nobody raised their hand. [40], In 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. [21] The issue was resolved a month later,[22] and Smith earned $250,000 per episode. Smith. Tommy McArdle is a digital news writer at PEOPLE covering stories across all of the brand's verticals. [10] She then played Putter in The Legend of Billie Jean (also 1985). A Dinosaur's Story. Every morning, the detectives in our department there were nine of us in the detective pool would have a briefing starting at 7:30 a.m. 'Simpsons' Lisa Voice Actress Yeardley Smith Marries the Detective Assigned to Be Her Security Yeardley Smith is married, and the love story is straight out of a movie. Anyway, the next morning, Dan arrives at my hotel with a woman from the city council who had arranged the event. "Lisa Simpson's Voice Steps Out on Her Own", Hunting for Old Paper with James McNeill Whistler, "J.Y. I said, Oh God. [31][32] 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. At the time, we lived in the same neighborhood so close I could hit a golf ball to his house. Smith gushed: 'There was just something about Dans quiet confidence. A representative for Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson on the iconic animated FOX comedy, confirmed the wedding details . Because of COVID, it got pushed again to June 11 of 2022. It was summertime and I thought, Let these guys have time with their families since they all have children. And right away, the two hit it off. Thats the podcast that we have today. In a lot of what we see on true-crime television, the police prevail and justice is served. Grice, a Springfield police officer, agreed to provide security for Smith when she was in town for the event, which was the unexpected start to their romance, as revealed byThe Hollywood Reporter. Yeardley Smith has voiced the character of Lisa Simpson ever since The Simpsons first aired in 1989. Because I'm a person who leaps and then looks, I said, 'Hey, why don't you come down to Los Angeles?' According to The Hollywood Reporter, they tied the knot at their Los. But she was completely oblivious. As mentioned earlier, Dan Grice was a detective who worked with the Springfield Police Department. SMITH Meanwhile, Dan asked Dave if he should text me to ask if I wanted to eat with them and Dave said, No, you shouldnt do that. We wanted to honor the victims and be respectful of their families. She said: "I loved it. I dont know There was just something about Dans quiet confidence,' she gushed. They came back and said, Oh, please? Small Town Dicks is a podcast about the big-time crime that's happening in Small Town, USA. Writing is my happy space, it has been a great way of putting all my thoughts out and feel liberated. Thats impressive. He admired the way she dealt with fans, and she took to his quiet confidence.. I didnt even stop at the restroom and I really had to pee, but I was so thrown and flummoxed being out of my element. The actress, who has served as the longtime voice of Lisa Simpson, married Dan Grice on June 11, her rep confirmed to ET.
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