Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright
Birth name	Nancy Campbell Cartwright
Born	October 25 1957 (1957-10-25) (age 50) Dayton, Ohio

Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American voice actress. She is best known for providing the voices of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and Ralph Wiggum on the animated television show The Simpsons. A graduate of Kettering Fairmont High School, Cartwright attended Ohio University before transferring to UCLA where she earned a degree in theatre. ^[1] She was a student of Daws Butler (voice of Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Yogi Bear and many others), and in her autobiography cites Butler as being both her mentor and her friend.^[2]

Career work

Nancy has over two decades experience at the mic. In addition to her work on The Simpsons, she has lent her voice to characters on various other animated series, including Kim Possible, The Replacements, Richie Rich, "Goof Troop", Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, My Little Pony, The Critic, God, The Devil and Bob, Mike, Lu & Og, Pound Puppies, The Snorks, Galaxy High as well as Chuck Jones' final work, Timberwolf.

Cartwright has also appeared on camera in numerous television series and movies, playing roles in Fame, Empty Nest, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Flesh + Blood, and Godzilla as well as the lead in the TV movie Marian Rose White. Cartwright also appeared in a Season 6 episode of 24 as Jeannie Tyler, the woman Chloe O'Brian thinks is Morris O'Brian's current AA sponsor (filmed during the same season, Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub reprised their roles as Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian on the Simpsons episode "24 Minutes"). Cartwright is also the voice of Putt-Putt in the Putt-Putt computer game Putt-Putt Enters The Race. She was invited to perform the female voices for South Park, but declined, claiming the show was too offensive even for her standards. The role then went to Mary Kay Bergman. Her best-selling autobiography, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old Boy (Hyperion/Bloomsbury, 2001), offers a behind-the-scenes look at the phenomenon of The Simpsons. This book was converted into a stage show, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004. She recorded an updated version of the autobiography, which was released as an audio book in 2004.

Awards

Cartwright received an Emmy Award and an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Voice-Over Performance as Bart Simpson, and Nelson Muntz. She has also received Emmys for Animaniacs and Elmyra, Pinky and The Brain; a People's Choice Award; and the Drama Logue Award for her one-woman play, "In Search of Fellini." Cartwright’s production company, SportsBlast, and partners Turner Sports Interactive hosting Nascar.com were recognized with the Silver Award by the Houston Film Festival for their original series The Kellys. The Kellys also received an Aurora Gold Award and Cartwright Entertainment received an Aurora Gold for her “Day in the Life” documentary.

Other work

Cartwright actively supports many nonprofit organizations that help children, including Famous Fone Friends, Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Way To Happiness Foundation and World Literacy Crusade. She is co-founder of "Happy House", a non-profit organization dedicated to building better families. She is a member of Women in Film, ASIFA , Women in Animation and The Chouinard Foundation. Recently, Cartwright has become a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project. In 2005 , an incorrect news story circulated that Cartwright had entered politics and been elected mayor of Northridge, California. In fact, Cartwright had been honored with the ceremonial title of "Honorary Mayor" by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce. Northridge is a neighborhood of Los Angeles and has no office of mayor.[1] She is a member of the Church of Scientology,^[3] joining in 1989,^[4] becoming a Clear on October 1, 1991.^[5] Two of the organizations she supports, the Way to Happiness Foundation and the World Literary Crusade, are themselves linked to the Church of Scientology. Cartwright married writer Warren Murphy in 1988. The couple had two children before divorcing in 2005. Nancy is a known stock car driver, and is actively seeking a NASCAR license. ^[6]

References

1. ^ Terry Gross Interview on "Fresh Air" (Interview confirms transfer to UCLA) (2007-07-26). Cartwright: It's Bearable Being Bart's Likeness. National Public Radio. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
2. ^ Cartwright, Nancy (2000). My Life as a 10-year-old Boy. Hyperion, Page 116. ISBN 0786886005. 
3. ^ Emma Brockes (2004-08-02). That's my boy. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
4. ^ NPR transcript from All things Considered: Scientology. Solitary Trees (1997-03-12). Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
5. ^ Nancy Cartwright in Scientology's Published Service Completion Lists. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
6. ^ Bart Simpson Does NASCAR.

External links

Scientology Portal

• Nancy Cartwright Official site
• Nancy Cartwright at the Voice Chasers Database
• Nancy Cartwright at the Internet Movie Database