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Born | Rome, Italy | August 5, 1965
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Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Luca Ward (brother) Andrea Ward (brother) Jone Romano (grandmother) Carlo Romano (step-grandfather) |
Monica Ward (born August 5, 1965) is an Italian voice actress and dubbing director.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ward contributes to dubbing characters in anime, cartoons, movies, and other content as well as voicing characters in Italian animation such as Nova in Winx Club. She is best known as the voice of Lisa Simpson in the Italian dub of the animated series The Simpsons. She also voiced Marina in the second Italian dub of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, Steff in the Italian dub of Freakazoid! and Blossom in the Italian dubs of The Powerpuff Girls and Powerpuff Girls Z.
Ward has American ancestry on her father's side. Her paternal grandfather was a U.S Marine during World War I.
She is the youngest child and only daughter of Aleardo and Maresa Ward and the younger sister of Luca and Andrea Ward.
Voice work
[edit]Animation
[edit]- Blair in Soul Eater
- Steff in Freakazoid!
- Blossom in The Powerpuff Girls
- Blossom in Powerpuff Girls Z
- Blossom in The Powerpuff Girls Movie
- Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons[2]
- Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons Movie[3]
- Angelica Pickles in Rugrats (2nd dub)
- Marina in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (2nd dub)
- Nakoma in Disney's Pocahontas and its 1998 direct-to-video sequel
- Skunk in Skunk Fu!
- Nova in Winx Club[4]
- Heather in Total Drama
- Elena Patata and Ezechiele Zick in Monster Allergy
- Caitlin Cooke in 6teen
- Nova in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
- Cathy Kawaye in Sarah Lee Jones
- Maggie Lee in Maya & Miguel
- Nicky Little in Pepper Ann
- Juniper Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Jelly in TeachTown
- Haruna Sakurada in Sailor Moon
- Leona Lion in Between the Lions
- Diana Lombard in Martin Mystery[5]
- Ranma Saotome (female) in Ranma ½ (episodes 1-161) (1st dub)[6]
- Kyoko Otonashi, Kentaro Ichinose and Ritsuko Chigusa in Maison Ikkoku (episodes 1-52)[7]
- Filmore in South Park
- Marshall, Farmer Yumi, and various characters in PAW Patrol
- Lola Bunny in Baby Looney Tunes[8]
- Lily in LeapFrog
- Marinette in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series
- Vince LaSalle in Recess
- Laura Carrot, Annie, Miss Achmetha and Grandma Gourd in VeggieTales
- Maria Hill in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- Shock in The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Boots in Dora the Explorer
- Todd in ToddWorld
- Athena, Josephine X, Spring Horae, Hera in Class of the Titans
- Sagwa in Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
- Olly in (mini cuccioli)
- Mimi in Baby Felix
- Sophie McNally in ChalkZone
Live action shows
[edit]- Samantha Spade in Without a Trace (played by Poppy Montgomery)
- Summer Van Horn in Make It or Break It (played by Candace Cameron Bure)
Cinema
[edit]- Cheerleader in Scream
- Sandra Babcox in ParaNorman
Dubbing director
[edit]- Total Drama
- Chuck (season 2-present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Monica Ward at IMDb
- Monica Ward at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Monica Ward at Behind The Voice Actors