Bart Simpson has been elected mayor of Northridge in Los Angeles – well his voice has, anyway. But before you hang your head at the latest bizarre American electoral decision, it is perhaps worth pointing out that it is actually a 47-year-old mother-of-two who has been elected. She just happens to voice the tearaway cartoon character. Nancy Cartwright provides the unmistakeable voice of Bart in the iconic The Simpsons animated series and admits her day job could help her as mayor. “Everyone finds it funny that Bart is the new mayor. I can influence people because I’m Bart Simpson,” she said. “I live in a nice neighbourhood. But down the road there’s drugs and gangs, stealing and illiteracy.” Before turning her hand to politics Nancy tried out as an actor but found that voicing cartoon characters was more her thing. Read More >>>
