Smith, Francesca

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Smith, Francesca

(Francesca Marie Smith, Franchesca Smith)

PERSONAL

Career: Actress and voice artist.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist Award nomination, best youth actress in a television or movie voice role, 1994, for The Itsy Bitsy Spider; Young Artist Award nomination, best guest-starring young actress in a drama series, 1997, for The Secret World of Alex Mack; Young Artist Award, best voice performance by a young actress in television or film, 1998, YoungStar Award nomination, best young voice talent, Hollywood Reporter, 2000, and Young Artist Award nomination, best voice performance by a young actress in television, film, or video, 2001, all for Hey Arnold!

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Voices of Emily and others, Beethoven (animated), CBS, 1994.

(As Francesca Marie Smith) Voices of Helga Geraldine Pataki, Sheena, campfire lass, and Gloria, Hey Arnold! (animated), Nickelodeon, 1996.

Voices of Ashley Boulet, upside-down girl, and swinger girl, Recess (animated; also known as Disney's "Recess": Created by Paul and Joe), ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Meg MacKenzie, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, CBS, 1997.

Television Appearances; Movies:

First kid, In Sickness and in Health (also known as Hearts on Fire), CBS, 1992.

Monique, Here Come the Munsters, Fox, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Francesca Marie Smith) Elaine Leffler, "Boy Meets Girl," Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), Fox, 1991.

Lizzy Martin, "The Wedding," Blossom, NBC, 1994.

Monica, "Lewis' Sister," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1995.

Ursula, "Hot for Teacher," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996.

Pipe victim's sister, "Local Hero," The Secret World of Alex Mack (also known as Alex Mack), Nickelodeon, 1996.

Jenny, "Paradise Lost," The Secret World of Alex Mack (also known as Alex Mack), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Also voice for The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Film Appearances:

Voice of Helga Geraldine Pataki, Hey Arnold! 24 Hours to Live (animated short film), Paramount, 1996.

Voice of sister, The Prince of Egypt (animated), Dream-Works, 1998.

(As Francesca Marie Smith) Voices of Ashley Boulet, upside-down girl, and swinger girl, Recess: School's Out (animated), Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 2001.

(As Francesca Marie Smith) Voice of Helga Geraldine Pataki and deep voice, Hey Arnold! The Movie (animated), Paramount, 2002.

Film Work:

(As Franchesca Smith) Additional Voices, A Bug's Life (animated), Buena Vista, 1998.

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