Lindsay Lohan to voice Maggie on The Simpsons
The Simpsons’ baby Maggie is finally speaking, and she’s being voiced by a major celebrity.
It’s time to get a clue about who is voicing Maggie Simpson as the show gives its infant character some lines for the first time in decades.
On the upcoming episode of The Simpsons, titled Parahormonal Activity, Lindsay Lohan is playing the youngest daughter.
The sneak peek, posted to Instagram, showed a flash-forward scene of the family talking in the kitchen.
Maggie is about to speak up when Marge stated: “Maggie, Maggie, rest your voice! You’re still getting over that laryngitis!”
“Please don’t let Bart drive!” Marge’s daughter yelled anyway. “It’s too scary! He drives so wiggly, and everybody honks at us and yells bad words and shows us fingers!”
Against his wishes, Bart handed over the keys.
“Catch me on #TheSimpsons this Sunday on Fox!” Lohan, 39, gushed on her own Instagram post. “What a dream come true to be part of this iconic family.”
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Maggie typically doesn’t talk, except for sucking on her pacifier and occasionally grunting.
Whenever the youngest animated family member needs to speak, she is voiced by Nancy Cartwright, who is also Bart Simpson.
Over the years, the writers have had Maggie communicate in alternate reality episodes, dream sequences, or flashforward moments.
Other iconic stars who have voiced Maggie over the years include: Elizabeth Taylor, Viola Davis, Jodie Foster, James Earl Jones and Kevin Michael Richardson.
Meanwhile, Cartwright, 68, has voiced the eldest child of Homer and Marge since the show’s premiere on Fox in 1989.
In November 2024, the actor revealed she hopes the beloved sitcom continues for another 37 seasons.
“I think I would just like to actually make that target that we’ve done 40,” Cartwright told The Post at the time. “That would be incredible. And that we’re all still alive. Wouldn’t that be amazing?”
Having been on the air for 36 years, the Hollywood vet has seen the show reach a whole new generation.
“I’m constantly amazed,” mused Cartwright. “We’ve got this new energy that’s behind ‘The Simpsons’ right now and we’ve got these eight year olds and they marathon watch. 10 year olds marathon watched it when they were seven, eight, nine years old. So we’ve got a huge new public. So, that’s exciting.”
She added that “to just watch it and be a fan of the show” is a “thrill.”
Cartwright also confirmed that the writers listen to the fandom.
“I think any writer is kind of looking for stuff like that,” she confessed about online theories. “A writer is somebody that observes life. They see what’s out there and again, with the internet there are so many ideas that are available. Somebody will hook onto something and next thing you know, they hook it into a show!”
Throughout the years, viewers have also watched countless episodes that eerily predicted the future.
“I think those predictions are a numbers game,” Cartwright confessed. “This is just my opinion. I think it’s a numbers game. You have twenty plus writers, and they just think of these ideas that you go, ‘That would never happen.’ It’s like blackjack or it’s like poker. It’s just a numbers game.”
She cheekily noted, “Who knew Trump would be President, again! It’s like, wow!”
Yeardley Smith, who voices Marge, also chimed in that she was amazed at how that prediction came true — twice!
“Trump as President,” Smith concurred to the Post. “I do know the story was that they were — as The Simpsons do — like who would be the most ridiculous President ever? Whether or not you voted for him, that was the thinking.”
The actor added, “We predicted it long before it happened so I don’t even think he was thinking about politics. He was doing The Apprentice. That’s the one that stands out the most.”
This article was originally published on New York Post and is reproduced here with permission
Originally published as Lindsay Lohan to voice Maggie on The Simpsons
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