Yes, The Simpsons’ Nancy Cartwright is Sabrina Carpenter’s aunt: Bart Simpson’s long-time voice actress recently revealed her connection to the ‘Espresso’ singer in a TikTok
- Was this on your 2024 bingo card? The Emmy award-winning voice actress is pop princess Carpenter’s aunt – but they’ve actually hyped each other up for years
- Multi-hyphenate Cartwright was mentored by well-known voice actor Daws Butler, worked on Rugrats and Kim Possible, and has donated millions to the Church of Scientology
“The rumours are true! Sabrina Carpenter is my niece!” Cartwright wrote in a TikTok caption. She called her newly revealed “superstar” niece “pretty amazing” in the accompanying video.
And did you know that, on top of being the pop princess behind this summer’s anthem, “Espresso”, Carpenter was also a voice actress when she was younger? Suddenly her link to Cartwright makes so much more sense.
The “Please Please Please” singer has a new album called Short n’ Sweet coming out on August 23 – but what about her award-winning aunt?
Here’s everything we know about the voice actress who, besides having voiced a whopping nine characters on The Simpsons, has also played other memorable characters like Chuckie Finster from Rugrats and Rufus from Kim Possible.
What is Nancy Cartwright’s background?
Cartwright, 66, was reportedly born in Dayton, Ohio, to Frank and Miriam Cartwright and was raised in nearby Kettering with her five siblings – one of whom is Carpenter’s dad.
She attended Ohio University, where she was on the speech and debate team and later moved to Los Angeles, where she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, she became interested in its theatre programme and started taking on voice acting jobs as well as work on stage and in front of the camera, per the university website.
Her mentor was well-known voice actor, Daws Butler
