Monica Ward
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| Born | August 5, 1965 Rome, Italy |
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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 actress, voice actress and dubbing director.[1]
Biography
[edit]The youngest child and only daughter of actors Aleardo and Maresa Ward and the younger sister of Luca and Andrea Ward, she has American ancestry on her father's side: her paternal grandfather was a U.S Marine during World War I.
Monica 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.
Filmography
[edit]- Seven Kilometers from Jerusalem (2007) - Irene Castelli[2]
- Carabinieri - TV series, episode 7. 22 (2008) - Piazza's wife[1]
- Nauta (2011) - Saura[3]
- CentoVetrine (2013) - Daniela Clementi[1]
- Fuori onda - TV miniseries (2015) - Miranda
- Un posto al sole - TV series (2015/16) - Simona Borrelli[1]
Voice work
[edit]Animation
[edit]- Esmeralda in Quasimodo - Il gobbo di Notre Dame[1]
- Jolly and Nova in Winx Club[4]
- Ruoti in Gli Animotosi nella terra di Nondove[1]
- Pato in I Lampaclima e l'isola misteriosa[1]
- Elena Patata and Ezechiele Zick in Monster Allergy
- Marianna in Sandokan - Le due tigri[5]
- Nanna in Gli Smile and Go e il braciere di fuoco[6]
- Rubina, Lady Kraft and La Gatta in Rat-Man[7]
- Olly in Pet Pals: Marco Polo's Code, Pet Pals in Windland, Mini cuccioli[1]
- Bronto in I Saurini e i viaggi del meteorite nero[1]
- Lampadino in Lampadino e Caramella nel MagiRegno degli Zampa[1]
- Alena in Star Key
Italian-dubbed animated roles
[edit]- Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons,[8] The Simpsons Movie[9]
- Shock in The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Nakoma in Disney's Pocahontas and its 1998 direct-to-video sequel
- Ranma Saotome (female) in Ranma ½ (episodes 1-161) (1st dub)[10]
- Kyoko Otonashi, Kentaro Ichinose and Ritsuko Chigusa in Maison Ikkoku (episodes 1-52)[11]
- Herbie, Sniffle and Nerdluck Pound in Space Jam[12]
- Steff in Freakazoid!
- Blossom in The Powerpuff Girls, Powerpuff Girls Z, The Powerpuff Girls Movie
- Blair in Soul Eater
- Angelica Pickles in Rugrats (2nd dub)
- Marina in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (2nd dub)
- Skunk in Skunk Fu!
- Heather in Total Drama
- 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[13]
- Filmore in South Park
- Marshall, Farmer Yumi, and various characters in PAW Patrol
- Lola Bunny in Baby Looney Tunes[14]
- 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
- 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
- Mimi in Baby Felix
- Sophie McNally in ChalkZone
- Sandra Babcox in ParaNorman
Italian-dubbed live action roles
[edit]- Cheerleader in Scream
- Samantha Spade in Without a Trace (played by Poppy Montgomery)
- Summer Van Horn in Make It or Break It (played by Candace Cameron Bure)
Dubbing director
[edit]- Total Drama
- Chuck (season 2-present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Monica Ward's voice acting/dubbing contributions
- ^ "7 km da Gerusalemme". filmitalia.org (in Italian).
- ^ "Nauta". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Winx Club". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
- ^ "Sandokan". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
- ^ "Gli Smile and Go e il braciere di fuoco". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
- ^ Italian end credits of episodes 20 and 28
- ^ The Simpsons Italian voice cast
- ^ The Simpsons Movie Italian voice cast
- ^ Ranma ½ Italian cast
- ^ Maison Ikkoku Italian cast
- ^ "Space Jam". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
- ^ Martin Mystery Italian voice cast
- ^ Baby Looney Tunes Italian voice cast
External links
[edit]- Monica Ward at IMDb
- Monica Ward at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Monica Ward at Behind The Voice Actors
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