Editing Nancy Cartwright (section)

==Personal life==
Cartwright met real-estate agent Warren Murphy, 24 years her senior, on her birthday in 1988 and married him two months later.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bart's voice is claim to fame&nbsp;— Kettering woman home to give thanks |work=Dayton Daily News |author=Hopkins, Tom |date=November 24, 1990}}</ref> In her book, she describes Murphy as her "personal laugh track".<ref>Cartwright, pp. 76–77.</ref> The couple had two children, before divorcing in 2002.<ref name="Eat my shorts" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-hm-cartwright13-story.html |title=Country charm? Ay caramba! |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 13, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2009 |author=Keeps, David A.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/frank-cartwright-obituary?pid=196169158 |title=Frank Cartwright Sr. Obituary on Legacy.com|website=[[Legacy.com]]|date=May 9, 2020 }}</ref>

Cartwright was raised a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]<ref name="Broadway">{{Cite news |title=The Pain is gone&nbsp;— Bart Simpson's 'voice' talks about her discovery of Scientology |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Broadway, Bill |date=December 10, 1994}}</ref> but joined the [[Church of Scientology]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ay caramba! Bart Simpson is spruiking Scientology |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5609115.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509082155/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5609115.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |author=Sweeney, Claire |date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |work=The Sunday Times |location=London}}{{registration required}}</ref><!-- becoming a [[Clear (Scientology)|Clear]] on October 1, 1991.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Celebrity |publisher=Church of Scientology |date=October 1991 |issue=248}}</ref> -->  In 2007, Cartwright, then making about $400,000 per episode, was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after donating $10,000,000 to the Church.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/simpsons-producers-have-a-cow-as-bart-lends-his-voice-to-scientologists-pzq3qfp78pl |title=Simpsons producers 'have a cow' as Bart lends his voice to Scientologists |author=Ayres, Chris |work=The Times |date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |location=London}}</ref>

Cartwright is a contributor to [[ASIFA-Hollywood]]'s Animation Archive Project.<ref name="Flash">{{cite news|title=Nancy Cartwright |publisher=FoxFlash |url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z4&bioid=1673 |access-date=February 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112075330/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z4&bioid=1673 |archive-date=January 12, 2009 }}</ref> In September 2007, Cartwright received the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]]'s ''Wish Icon'' Award "for her tremendous dedication to the Foundation's fundraising and wish-fulfillment efforts."<ref>{{cite news |title=$2 Million Gift Announced at Wish Night |publisher=Make-a-Wish Foundation |url=http://www.wishla.org/news/2-million-bequest-announced-wish-night-awards-gala |date=November 2, 2007 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918071626/http://www.wishla.org/news/2-million-bequest-announced-wish-night-awards-gala |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref> In 2005, Cartwright created a [[scholarship]] at Fairmont High School "designed to aid Fairmont [graduates] who dream of following in her footsteps and studying speech, debate, drama or music" at [[Ohio University]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bart Gives Back&nbsp;– 'Simpsons' voice Nancy Cartwright returning to Fairmont with scholarship and one-woman show |work=Dayton Daily News |date=April 30, 2005 |author=Moss, Meredith}}</ref> In 2005, Cartwright was given the title of Honorary Mayor of [[Northridge, Los Angeles, California|Northridge, California]] (a neighborhood of Los Angeles) by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-17-me-only17-story.html |title=Mayor Bart Simpson of Northridge? Don't Have a Cow, Man |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=February 5, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Harvey, Steve}}</ref>

In 2007, Cartwright was in a romantic relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett,<ref name="rozen">{{cite journal |last=Rozen |first=Leah |author2=Michelle Tauber |title=D'oh! They're Hitting the Big Screen Catching Up with the Simpson Family |journal=[[People magazine]] |volume=68 |issue=6 |publisher=www.people.com |date=August 6, 2007 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061497,00.html |access-date=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> a fellow member of Scientology.<ref name="rusoff">{{cite news |last=Rusoff |first=Jane Wollman (''[[The New York Times]]'' Syndicate) |title=Nancy Cartwright, an American TV icon |work=Reading Eagle |page=E4 |date=July 29, 2007 }}</ref> In early 2008, the couple had made plans to marry,<ref name="bartisagoodgirl" /><ref name="rusoff" /> but Brackett died by suicide in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Karina |title='Simpsons' Star Sued Over Late Fiance's Debt |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/simpsons-star-suedover-late-fiances-debt/ |access-date=February 18, 2025 |date=September 22, 2010}}</ref>

In 2012, Cartwright received an honorary doctorate degree in communication from [[Ohio University]], where she was a student from 1976 to 1977 before transferring to UCLA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nancy Cartwright's Commencement Address at Ohio University|website = [[YouTube]]| date=July 29, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upBa5Wh4RBc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/upBa5Wh4RBc| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Cartwright is also a painter, sculptor and philanthropist. She co-founded the Know More About Drugs alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/nancy-cartwright-reflects-simpsons-audition-bart-s-catchphrases-t169983|title=Voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy Cartwright, shares stories behind his catchphrases|website=TODAY.com|date=December 17, 2019 |language=en|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>

Singer and actress [[Sabrina Carpenter]] is her niece through Cartwright's stepbrother David Carpenter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parkel |first1=Inga |title=Sabrina Carpenter fans can't believe who her famous voice actor aunt is |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sabrina-carpenter-bart-simpson-nancy-cartwright-related-b2577450.html |access-date=July 11, 2024 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Yes, Bart Simpson Voice Actress Nancy Cartwright Really Is Sabrina Carpenter's Aunt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sabrina-carpenter-nancy-cartwright-simpsons-family-connection-1235056938/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 10, 2024 |access-date=November 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/frank-cartwright-obituary?pid=196169158 |title=Frank Cartwright Sr. Obituary on Legacy.com|website=[[Legacy.com]]|date=February 8, 2025 }}</ref>