Nancy Cartwright: podcast appearances and interviews

Nancy Jean Cartwright, born on October 25, 1957, is an American actress known primarily for her work as a voice actress. She has been the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the television series The Simpsons, a role that has earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. In addition to voicing Bart, she also provides voices for other characters on the show, including Maggie Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Nelson Muntz. Cartwright has also voiced Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up! succeeding Christine Cavanaugh. Born in Dayton, Ohio, she relocated to Hollywood in 1978 and trained under voice actor Daws Butler. Her early career included voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, appearing in Marian Rose White, and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie. In 1987, she auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family on The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally aiming for Lisa Simpson, she was cast as Bart Simpson after finding the role more interesting. She voiced Bart for three seasons before the series was expanded into The Simpsons in 1989. Besides her work on The Simpsons, Cartwright has voiced numerous other animated characters, such as Daffney Gillfin, Mellissa Screetch, Rufus, Mindy, Pistol, the Robots in Crashbox, Margo Sherman, and Todd Daring. She published her autobiography in 2000, later adapting it into a one-woman play, and in 2017, she wrote and produced the film In Search of Fellini.