Emmy Award-winning actress Nancy Cartwright is best known as the voice of spike-headed underachiever Bart Simpson, but also gives voice to Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and various others in the town of Springfield. Nancy is one of the reasons the show is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, making it the longest running show on television in any genre.  

In addition to her work on THE SIMPSONS, Cartwright has portrayed Chuckie in the cable series Rugrats, as well as Rufus the Naked Mole Rat in Kim Possible and Todd on Disney’s The Replacements. With over two decades at the mic, Cartwright has lent her voice to characters on various other animated series, including Richie Rich, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Timberwolf, to name a few.

Cartwright, while best known for her work at the microphone, is not camera shy.  She has portrayed memorable roles in numerous television series and movies including Fame, Empty Nest, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Twilight Zone-The Movie and Godzilla, as well as a lead in the TV movie Marian Rose White.

Cartwright received an Emmy Award and an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Voice-Over Performances as Bart Simpson.  They are displayed alongside the multiple SIMPSONS Emmys, her Emmys for Animaniacs and Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, a People’s Choice Award, and the DramaLogue Award she received for her one-woman play, In Search of Fellini.  Another extremely well received one-woman show, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old-Boy based on her book of the same name, world-premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2004. The best selling autobiography, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old-Boy (Hyperion/Bloomsbury), takes a behind-the-scenes look at her unique life as it relates to the phenomenon of THE SIMPSONS with an updated version released as an audio book.

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 Award for her Day in the Life documentary. 

Cartwright actively supports many non-profit organizations that help children, including PALS (Police Activities League Supporters) for which she holds an annual Monte Carlo Night which has helped to raise funds for a center for at risk youth, The Way to Happiness Foundation, Famous Fone Friends, and Make-A-Wish Foundation, for which she received their highest honor, the Wish Icon Award in 2007.  She is in her fourth term as Honorary Mayor of the North San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, on the board of the Chamber of Commerce and actively participates in her local community in numerous other ways as well.  She is the co-founder of Happy House, a non-profit organization dedicated to Building Better Families and is a member of ASIFA and The Chouinard Foundation.  She is equally committed to helping those in her home state of Ohio, where she has established a perpetual scholarship for students at her high school alma mater in Kettering to attend Ohio University.

When not creating and producing news projects, bringing life to animated characters or organizing fundraisers or working on other philanthropic and awareness building efforts, Nancy is an avid golfer, race car driver (she is licensed by NASCAR) and has just learned to play poker so she can participate in yet more celebrity fundraisers for various charities.

To find out more about Nancy and her career go to www.nancycartwright.com