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Kerry Washington has landed a permanent role on The Simpsons.The 45-year-old actress is set to voice the part of Rayshelle Peyton on the long-running animated sitcom, Bart Simpson's fourth-grade teacher.Kerry's alter ego is a replacement for Mrs. Krabappel, who was voiced by the late Marcia Wallace until her death in 2013.The Scandal star told Entertainment Weekly: 'She's a great teacher.

Kerry Washington is joining “The Simpsons”.

The Simpsons has found a permanent replacement for the character Edna Krabappel, with a new teacher set to be voiced by Kerry Washington.Following the October 2013 death of voice actor Marcia Wallace, who voiced Mrs. Krabappel from 1990, the show retired the character in season 25, and has used guest teachers for Bart since – ranging from Willem Dafoe’s Jack Lassen to Ned Flanders.In the upcoming episode ‘My Octopus And A Teacher’, airing on Sunday (April 24), Kerry Washington (Scandal) will join the show as the “thoughtful” and “highly capable” teacher Rayshelle Peyton on a permanent basis.You can check out a clip from the episode below.Bart has never had a teacher like her.Will @kerrywashington be able to get through to him this Sunday? pic.twitter.com/BDZSzzKnlT— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) April 21, 2022Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about her new character, Washington said: “She’s a great teacher.

The Simpsons have paid tribute to late Edna Krabappel actor Marcia Wallace by using her old lines.In yesterday’s (February 21) episode Diary Queen – the show’s 696th episode – producers repurposed two of Wallace’s lines spoken for her character, Springfield Elementary School teacher Mrs Krabappel. The move came seven years after Wallace’s unexpected death in 2013 and was a deliberate choice to pay tribute to the Emmy award-winning actor.“Sadly, it was very surprising passing.

“The Simpsons” paid tribute to Marcia Wallace on Sunday night, eight years after her death.

On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons titled “Dairy Queen”, the audience gets treated to a visit from a familiar face — and voice that became iconic in the long-running Fox animated series.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen Marcia Wallace died unexpectedly in 2013, “The Simpsons” producers were caught by surprise. It was decided that Wallace’s character, Bart’s teacher (and Ned Flanders’ second wife) Edna Krabappel, would also pass away.