Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, poker player, and voice artist who is best known for voicing Asajj Ventress in the Star Wars franchise, Olga Pataki in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!, Luna Loud in The Loud House, and Sticks the Badger in Sonic Boom. She has provided voices for many Disney characters in films, TV shows, and video games.
Personal life[]
Futterman was born in New York City.[1]
Career[]
Among her first professional acting roles were single episode appearances on Chicago Hope and Murphy Brown.
Voice acting[]
Futterman has provided her voice in many cartoons, including recurring roles on animated adventure and superhero series such as G.I. Joe: Renegades, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
Futterman is the voice of Asajj Ventress in the 2008 animated film The Clone Wars and its subsequent TV series as well as several related video games. She has provided the voice for Sy Snootles among other characters. She attended her first Star Wars Weekend on the last weekend of June 2012. She was on the show Behind the Force along with her cast members Ashley Eckstein and James Arnold Taylor with Supervising Director Dave Filoni. Futterman also voices Sticks the Jungle Badger in the Sonic Boom TV series[2] and its associated video games, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.[3]
Singing career[]
Futterman performed the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly"[4] and cameo backup vocals for a performance of Wham!'s "Careless Whisper" on an episode of Kids Incorporated. Some of Futterman's animated characters sing songs within the soundtrack of a show, as well. She sings the theme song of My Gym Partner's A Monkey in-character as Adam Lyon, Sandy of Bubble Guppies sang a song about coconut water several times in the episode she was featured in, Kip Ling of Histeria! usually only shows up in the songs on the show, the second title character of Fanboy & Chum Chum sings many times (Futterman is also often accompanied on lead vocals during the FB&CC songs by David Hornsby, who voices Fanboy), Stretch and Squeeze of Handy Manny sing two songs called "We Work Together" and "Hop Up, Jump In" alongside the other tools, and Luna Loud of The Loud House is a musician, and frequently sings. Futterman also performed the vocals as Catwoman for the song, "Birds of Prey" in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode, "The Mask of Matches Malone," along with Grey DeLisle and Tara Strong, who voiced Black Canary and Huntress respectively.
Filmography[]
Animation[]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender – Smellerbee
- Back at the Barnyard – Stamps[1]
- Blaze and the Monster Machines - Paulina, Crab 3
- Bubble Guppies– Sandy
- The Casagrandes – Alexis Flores (Season 1), Luna Loud
- CatDog – Lola Caricola
- ChalkZone – Veronica Sanchez
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera – Additional voices
- Fanboy & Chum Chum – Chum Chum,[1] additional voices
- Hey Arnold! – Olga Pataki
- It's Pony - Candle Lady, Woman, Old Woman
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Additional voices
- The Legend of Korra – Ahnah[1]
- The Loud House – Luna Loud, Boris, Mrs. Salter, Additional voices[1]
- The Mighty B! – Additional voices
- NFL Rush Zone – Ash Reynolds (Seasons 2–3)[5]
- The Penguins of Madagascar – Automated Female Voice, Female Ad Executive, additional voices
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket – Junior Ranger, Fan on Bus[1]
- Random! Cartoons – Lulu, Cathy
- Rugrats – Additional voices
- Rugrats Pre-School Daze – Matthew[1]
- Sanjay and Craig – Belle Pepper, additional voices[1]
- Shimmer and Shine - Dalia
- Winx Club (Nickelodeon version) – Omnia
Animated films[]
- Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure - Baby Rats[1]
- Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie - Olga Pataki
- The Loud House Movie - Luna Loud[6]
Theatrical animated films[]
Live-action films[]
- Diagnosis: Murder – Ragna Clark
Videogames[]
- Nicktoons MLB – Chum Chum
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbtva - ↑ "Sonic Boom". Sonicthehedgehog.com (2014-11-18).
- ↑ Perlman, Jake (2014-05-29). "Meet Sonic the Hedgehog's new pal, Sticks the Jungle Badger | PopWatch | EW.com". Popwatch.ew.com.
- ↑ "A Deep Dive Into The Music Video For Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) By…" (en). Kerrang!.
- ↑ "NFL Rush Zone: Guardians Unleashed - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide.
- ↑ "Netflix Reveals 'The Loud House Movie' Plot, First Look". NickALive! (March 11, 2021).
External Links[]
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