Maile Flanagan

Maile Flanagan
Flanagan at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon
Born	(1965-05-19) May 19, 1965 (age 56) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Boston College
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Lesa Hammett ​ (m. 2008)​

Maile Flanagan (born May 19, 1965) is an American television, film and voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Naruto Uzumaki in the English dub of Naruto who she has voiced in all properties since 2005 and Terry Perry on Lab Rats. She has also had recurring roles on Shameless, Bad Teacher, The Class, Grey's Anatomy and many cartoons. She also made cameos in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Biography[]

Flanagan was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father worked for the U.S. military intelligence. In 1969, her family was stationed in Bangkok, Thailand, and when she was ten, they moved to Germany.

She graduated from a Department of Defense (DOD) school Munich America High School (MAHS) in 1983. In 1987, Flanagan graduated from Boston College with a degree in political science concentrating in history and mathematics.^[1]

Career[]

After a brief stint in Washington, D.C., Flanagan moved to Minneapolis and was in the comedy troupe Every Mother's Nightmare with Wayne Wilderson, Tom McCarthy, Andrea Beutner, Peter Civetta, and Nancy Walls. Minneapolis is where she performed stand-up comedy and theater. In 1996, she moved to Los Angeles, California, with the stage production of The Bad Seed, which won an LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Comedy Ensemble. She does television, commercials, animation, and film and was nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Program at the 32nd Annual Annie Awards in 2005. In the same year, she was cast as Naruto Uzumaki in the long running Naruto series, a role that she has consistently voiced for over 15 years, totaling more than 700 episodes worth of voice work.^[2]

Flanagan earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in 2006.^[3]

She has numerous LA theater credits including working with writer/director Justin Tanner at Third Stage in Burbank in his shows Oklahomo!, Wife Swappers, Pot Mom, and Zombie Attack! In 2012, Flanagan made her debut on Disney XD on a series called Lab Rats, she had a recurring role where she played Leo's principal, Terry Perry.^[4]

Personal life[]

Flanagan is openly lesbian. In 2008, she married Lesa Hammett.^[5][6]

Filmography[]

Live-action roles[]

Television[]

Film[]

Voice roles[]

Television[]

Film[]

Video games[]

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Category:Maile Flanagan at Wikimedia Commons

• Maile Flanagan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Maile Flanagan at IMDb
• Interview with Leafninja.com
• Interview with AfterEllen.com
• 3Way Web Series