Nancy Cartwright (actress)

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Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor. She is best known and most famous for providing the voice of Bart Simpson; she also provides the voices of Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders, Ralph Wiggum and Kearney, as well as Maggie Simpson's squeaks and giggles, on the animated television show The Simpsons. A graduate of Fairmont High School, Cartwright attended Ohio University before transferring to UCLA where she earned a degree in theatre.

Nancy Cartwright has also lent her voice for Margo Sherman on The Critic, Bright Eyes on Pound Puppies and the second season All New Pound Puppies, Daffney Gillfin on The Snorks, Gilda Gossip on Galaxy High, Mindy from Animaniacs, Chuckie Finster on Rugrats (replacing Christine Cavanaugh in 2001) and All Grown Up!, Mrs. Fathead/Philbert's mother in Nickelodeon/NickToons' Rocko's Modern Life, and Rufus the Naked Mole Rat in Kim Possible. She also provided the voice for Lu in the Kino Films TV show Mike, Lu & Og. She is also the voice of Todd Daring on the Disney Channel animated series The Replacements.

Cartwright published her first book, My Life as a Ten Year-Old Boy, in 2000. This book was converted into a stage show, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004. It was not particularly well-received by many reviewers.[1], [2] or [3].

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.[4]

Recently, Cartwright has become a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.

She is a member of the church of Scientology. Her devoutness was shown when, after the writers put a joke about the religion in the script, she asked that it be removed. [5]

A twist of trivia regarding her work on The Simpsons was that she auditioned for the role of Lisa Simpson, while Yeardley Smith auditioned for the part of Bart. However the producers felt that Cartwright would be better suited for Bart's voice, while Smith was given the role of Lisa.^{[citation needed]}

Nancy is also the voice of Putt-Putt in the Putt-Putt computer game Putt-Putt Enters The Race.