1. Nancy Jean Cartwright was born on October 25,1957 and is an American actress, best known as the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation.
Nancy Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained under voice actor Daws Butler.
In 1987, Nancy Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show.
Nancy Cartwright voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons.
Besides The Simpsons, Nancy Cartwright has voiced numerous other animated characters, including Daffney Gillfin in Snorks, Mellissa Screetch in Toonsylvania, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Pistol in Goof Troop, the Robots in Crashbox, Margo Sherman in The Critic and Todd Daring in The Replacements.
Nancy Jean Cartwright was born on October 25,1957, in Dayton, Ohio.
Nancy Cartwright was the fourth of six children born to Frank and Miriam Cartwright.
Nancy Cartwright grew up in Kettering, Ohio, and discovered her talent for voices at an early age.
Nancy Cartwright regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the "Humorous Interpretation" category at the National District Tournament two years running.
Nancy Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University.
Nancy Cartwright continued to compete in public speaking competitions; during her sophomore year, she placed fifth in the National Speech Tournament's exposition category with her speech "The Art of Animation".
In 1976, Nancy Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton.
Nancy Cartwright called him and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.
Nancy Cartwright mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it.
Nancy Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite".
Nancy Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.
Nancy Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17,1978, "joylessly" left for Westwood, Los Angeles.
Nancy Cartwright received the part, and later worked with Hunt on several other projects.
Nancy Cartwright described the show as "forgettable, but it jump-started my on-camera career".
Nancy Cartwright graduated from UCLA in 1981 with a degree in theater.
Nancy Cartwright replied by sending Maslin a letter insisting she was not cross-eyed, and included a photograph.
Later, Nancy Cartwright auditioned for the role of Ethel, a girl who becomes trapped in a cartoon world in the third segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Nancy Cartwright continued to do voice work for projects including Pound Puppies, Popeye and Son, Snorks, My Little Pony and Saturday Supercade.
Nancy Cartwright joined a "loop group", and recorded vocals for characters in the background of films, although in most cases the sound was turned down so that very little of her voice was heard.
Nancy Cartwright did minor voice-over work for several films, including The Clan of the Cave Bear, Silverado, Sixteen Candles, Back to the Future Part II, and The Color Purple.
Nancy Cartwright voiced a shoe that was "dipped" in acid in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, describing it as her first "off-screen death scene", and worked to correctly convey the emotion involved.
Nancy Cartwright decided to take a chance on being different and continued walking, leaving the building and returning home.
In search of more training as an actress, Nancy Cartwright joined a class taught by Hollywood coach Milton Katselas.
Nancy Cartwright recommended that Cartwright study La Strada, a 1956 Italian film starring Giulietta Masina and directed by Federico Fellini.
Nancy Cartwright began performing "every imaginable scene" from La Strada in her class and spent several months trying to secure the rights to produce a stage adaptation.
Nancy Cartwright visited Italy with the intention of meeting Fellini and requesting his permission in person.
The play was co-written by Peter Kjenaas, and Nancy Cartwright won a Drama-Logue Award after performing it in Los Angeles in 1995.
Nancy Cartwright had intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the elder daughter.
Nancy Cartwright became more interested in the role of Bart, described as "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever".
Nancy Cartwright describes Bart's voice as easy to perform compared with other characters.
Nancy Cartwright's normal speaking voice is said to have "no obvious traces of Bart", and she believes her role is "the best acting job in the world" since she is rarely recognized in public.
When she is recognized and asked to perform Bart's voice in front of children, Nancy Cartwright refuses because it "freaks [them] out".
Nancy Cartwright first voiced Nelson in the episode "Bart the General".
The character was to be voiced by Dana Hill, but Hill missed the recording session and Nancy Cartwright was given the role.
Nancy Cartwright developed Nelson's voice on the spot and describes him as "a throat-ripper".
Ralph Wiggum had originally been voiced by Jo Ann Harris, but Nancy Cartwright was assigned to voice the character in "Bart the Murderer".
Todd Flanders, the only voice for which Nancy Cartwright used another source, is based on Sherman, the boy from Peabody's Improbable History, a series of shorts aired on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
Nancy Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 for her performance as Bart in the episode "Separate Vocations" and an Annie Award in 1995 for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation.
The dispute was resolved and Nancy Cartwright received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded $360,000 an episode.
Nancy Cartwright was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in 2004 for her work on the show.
In 2001, Nancy Cartwright took over the Rugrats role of Chuckie Finster when Christine Cavanaugh retired.
Nancy Cartwright has appeared on camera in numerous television shows and films, including Fame, Empty Nest, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Flesh and Blood, Godzilla, and 24.
In 2000, Nancy Cartwright published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy.
Nancy Cartwright adapted My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy into a one-woman play in 2004.
Nancy Cartwright has performed it at a variety of venues, including the August 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.
Nancy Cartwright has shown an interest in stock car racing and as of 2007 was seeking a NASCAR license.
In 2016, Nancy Cartwright launched Spotted Cow Entertainment, her own film and television production company, with Peter Kjenaas, Monica Gil and Kevin Burke.
Nancy Cartwright met real-estate agent Warren Murphy, 24 years her senior, on her birthday in 1988 and married him two months later.
Nancy Cartwright was raised a Roman Catholic but joined the Church of Scientology in 1991.
In 2007, Nancy Cartwright, then making about $400,000 per episode, was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after donating $10,000,000 to the Church.
In 2005, Nancy Cartwright was given the title of Honorary Mayor of Northridge, California by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.
In 2007, Nancy Cartwright was in a romantic relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett, a fellow member of Scientology.
In 2012, Nancy Cartwright received an honorary doctorate degree in communication from Ohio University, where she was a student from 1976 to 1977 before transferring to UCLA.