Nancy Jean Cartwright born October 25, is an American actress. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. She moved to Hollywood in and trained under voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich , which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie In , Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show.
Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson , the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of BartβLisa's brotherβto be more interesting. Series creator Matt Groening allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot.
She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show , and in , the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. In , she published her autobiography, My Life as a Year-Old Boy , and four years later, adapted it into a one-woman play.
In , she wrote and produced the film In Search of Fellini. While in the fourth grade at the school of St. She regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the "Humorous Interpretation" category at the National District Tournament two years running.
The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices. Cartwright graduated from high school in and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University. Cartwright called him and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.
