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Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/nancy-cartwright# )〕 is an American voice actress, film and television actress, and comedienne. She is known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, and Database. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside 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'' (1982) and her first feature film, ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983). After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 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 Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, 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 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called ''The Simpsons''. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995. Cartwright has voiced numerous animated characters, including Chuckie Finster in ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up!'' (the former of which was previously held by Christine Cavanaugh), Rufus in ''Kim Possible'', Mindy in ''Animaniacs'', Margo Sherman in ''The Critic'' and Chip in ''The Kellys''. In 2000, she published her autobiography, ''My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy'', and four years later adapted it into a one-woman play. ==Early life== Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio,〔 on October 25, 1957, the fourth of Frank and Miriam Cartwright's six children. She grew up in Kettering, Ohio,〔 and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in the fourth grade, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance of Rudyard Kipling's ''How the Camel Got His Hump''. Cartwright attended Fairmont West High School, and participated in the school's theater and marching band. 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 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University.〔Cartwright, pp. 9–10.〕 She 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".〔Cartwright, pp. 15–16.〕 In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton. A representative from Warner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry.〔Cartwright, pp. 12–13.〕 One of these was Daws Butler, known for voicing characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson and Yogi Bear. Cartwright called him, and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.〔 Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes. For the next year they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite".〔Cartwright, p. 14.〕 Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.〔 Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978. Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17, 1978, "joylessly" left for Westwood, Los Angeles.〔Cartwright, pp. 16–18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nancy Cartwright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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