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

Jul 18 , 2024

Nancy Cartwright, voice actress of Bart Simpson, is related to Sabrina Carpenter. Photo: sabrinacarpenter/Instagram

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

We don’t know about you, but Nancy Cartwright, the Emmy award-winning voice actress behind Bart Simpson, being revealed as Sabrina Carpenter’s aunt was not on our 2024 bingo card.

“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.

“Me and my boys wishing you a fantastic holiday!” wrote Nancy Cartwright in this Instagram caption. Photo: @nancy_cartwright/Instagram

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?

“I watched @topgunmovie over the weekend, and look what I found in the parking lot!? Shoutout to my forever friend @tomcruise – this movie was so incredible!!!” wrote Nancy Cartwright. Photo: @nancy_cartwright/Instagram

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

“Exec producer, Zanne Devine, guiding me during the recording session of Kim Possible! How cool, right!?” wrote the ever-enthusiastic Nancy Cartwright. Photo: @nancy_cartwright/Instagram

According to her website bio, Cartwright’s professional voice acting journey began with a cold call to the legendary Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and many more iconic characters. After months of mentorship, Butler brought Cartwright along to a recording of The All-New Popeye Hour, in which he played Wimpy, and introduced her to the director and cast as his protégée. The meeting culminated in Cartwright’s first-ever voice acting job – and the rest is history. On her website, Cartwright calls Butler her “coach, mentor, surrogate dad and inspiration”.