--- title: Kristen Bell: 'Frozen' Actress Will Voice Lisa's Friend on 'The Simpsons' description: 'The Simpsons' is getting a new voice in an upcoming episode: Kristen Bell, who already proved her voice acting chops as Anna in 'Frozen.' canonical: https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-07T19:06:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:01:55.692Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kristen Bell to Voice Lisa's Friend on 'The Simpsons' og:description: The voice behind Anna from 'Frozen' is coming to Springfield og:url: https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted2a7078f4c4d390/6987eedc55a85969d5a89ffa/kristen-bell.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kristen Bell arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristen Bell to Voice Lisa's Friend on 'The Simpsons' twitter:description: The voice behind Anna from 'Frozen' is coming to Springfield twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted2a7078f4c4d390/6987eedc55a85969d5a89ffa/kristen-bell.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kristen Bell To Voice Lisa's Friend On _The Simpsons_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 7, 2015 7:06 PM UTC  Kristen Bell arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kristen Bell arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif.Evan Agostini—Invision/AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 7, 2015 7:06 PM UTC _The Simpsons_ is getting a familiar voice in an upcoming episode: Kristen Bell, who also lent her mellifluous tones to Anna in Disney’s _Frozen._ Bell will voice a new friend of Lisa Simpson’s, [reports _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/13/simpsons-kristen-bell?xid=IFT-Trending). Harper, her character, is wealthy and entitled to the point that it threatens the friendship. The episode is called “Friend With Benefit” and is scheduled to air early next season. [Read more at _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/13/simpsons-kristen-bell?xid=IFT-Trending). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/"},"headline":"Kristen Bell To Voice Lisa's Friend On The Simpsons","datePublished":"2015-05-07T19:06:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:01:55.692Z","description":"The voice behind Frozen's Anna is coming to Springfield","url":"https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","The Simpsons","Kristen Bell"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted2a7078f4c4d390/6987eedc55a85969d5a89ffa/kristen-bell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted2a7078f4c4d390/6987eedc55a85969d5a89ffa/kristen-bell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kristen Bell arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif.","caption":"Kristen Bell arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif.","creditText":"Evan Agostini—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3850814/kristen-bell-the-simpsons/","name":"Kristen Bell To Voice Lisa's Friend On The Simpsons"}}]}] ```