Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman (born October 25, 1969) is an American voice and television actress, who is known for performing multiple voice-over characters, including Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars[2] and Luna Loud in The Loud House.

Nika Futterman
Born (1969-10-25) October 25, 1969
OccupationActress
Years active1985–present
Spouse(s)Teddy Xentaras
Children1[1]

Personal life

Futterman was born on October 25, 1969, in New York City.[3] She is Jewish,[4] and has one child.[1]

Career

Among her first professional acting roles were single episode appearances on Chicago Hope and Murphy Brown.[5]

Voice acting

Futterman has provided her voice in many cartoons, including Hey Arnold!, CatDog, Mike, Lu & Og, Xyber 9, The Zula Patrol, ChalkZone, Kim Possible, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Handy Manny, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Bubble Guppies, Teen Titans Go!, Sanjay and Craig, Tenkai Knights, The Loud House, Lost In Oz (TV series), and Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh.[5] She has performed 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.[5] 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[6] and its associated video games, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.[7]

Futterman has voiced 'PAD' in the animated adult comedy YouTube Red series, Paranormal Action Squad, alongside YouTube stars Evan Fong, Adam Montoya, and Scott Robinson.

Singing career

Futterman performed the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" 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

Animated television

Animated films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared SillyFry Kid #3[3]
2003Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great AdventureBaby Rats[3]
2005The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the TinysaurusesRocky[3]
2006The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the FlyersPetrie's Brothers and Sisters, Tricia[3]
2008Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn TwilightTakhisis, Slave #3[3]
2008Dead Space: DownfallAlissa Vincent[8][3]
2013Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue FalconJennifer Severin[3]
2016DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero HighHawkgirl
2016DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the YearHawkgirl[3]
2016 Only Yesterday Granny
2017DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic GamesHawkgirl[3]
2017Hey Arnold!: The Jungle MovieOlga Pataki[9][3]
2018Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the BoldCatwoman[3]
2021The Loud House MovieLuna Loud[10]

Theatrical animated films

Live-action television

Video games

References

  1. Nika Futterman [@nfutterman] (May 11, 2016). ""..."" (Tweet). Retrieved February 4, 2018 via Twitter. |date= mismatches calculated date from |number= by two or more days (help)
  2. Horwitz, Jane (August 15, 2008). "Watching With Kids in Mind". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. "Behind The Voice Actors - Nika Futterman". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 9, 2016. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
  4. Nika Futterman acting credits at the Internet Movie Database
  5. "Sonic Boom". Sonicthehedgehog.com. 2014-11-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  6. Perlman, Jake (2014-05-29). "Meet Sonic the Hedgehog's new pal, Sticks the Jungle Badger | PopWatch | EW.com". Popwatch.ew.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  7. "Dead Space:Downfall". Hulu. Closing Credits. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  8. Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! movie gets title; 19 original voice actors returning Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved June 13, 2016
  9. http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2021/01/netflix-reveals-loud-house-movie-plot.html
  10. Destiny - End Credits - IGN Video. IGN Video. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  11. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
  12. "Nika Futterman". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. "Halo Wars 2". IMDb. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  14. Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  15. Chalk, Andy (February 17, 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  16. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
  17. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
  18. Krome Studios (October 6, 2009). Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LucasArts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent.
  19. "The Characters of Tribes: Vengeance". Gamespot. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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