Nancy Cartwright Biography

Fast Facts

• Created a scholarship at Fairmount High School for Ohio University in the hopes of helping students who wish to study speech, debate, drama or music
• Presented with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition by the Congress of the United States for "outstanding and invaluable service to the community․"
• Won an Annie Award for Voice Acting in the Field of Animation for "The Simpsons" in 1995
• Received an Honorary Doctorate of Communications from Ohio University
• Began her voice acting career on the TV series "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show" in 1980
• After doing voice work for a local Dayton, Ohio, station, she was taken under the wing of legendary voice actor Daws Butler, whose characters included Yogi Bear and Snagglepus
• Made her screen acting debut in the TV Movie "Skokie" in 1981
• Best known as the voice of Bart Simpson in "The Simpsons," Chuckie Finster in "Rugrats," and Rufus in "Kim Possible․"
• November 2nd was officially proclaimed "Nancy Cartwright Day" in her home town of Kettering, Ohio
• Published an autobiography about her life as a voice actress called "My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy" in 2000