Francesca Marie Smith

Francesca Marie Smith is an American former actress who is best known for providing the voice of Helga Pataki on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!. She has also provided the voice for "Ashley B", "Upside-Down Girl", "Swinger Girl" on Disney Channel's Recess and made a cameo appearance on the 33rd episode of Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show, as one of Amanda Bynes' friends. She also stared as Penny in Fillmore (TV series) for one episode.

Francesca graduated in Linguistics at California's Stanford University (see link below). Francesca also studied at Pepperdine University, graduating in 2008, she still works there as a salsa instructor. In 2017, Francesca came out of retirement to reprise her role of Helga Pataki for ''Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie''.