Monica Ward

Italian voice actress

Aleardo Ward (father)
Maresa Ward (mother)

RelativesLuca Ward (brother)
Andrea Ward (brother)
Jone Romano (grandmother)
Carlo Romano (step-grandfather)

Monica Ward (born 5 August 1965) is an Italian actress, voice actress and dubbing director.^[1]

Biography

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

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

Animation

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 [it]^[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 [it]^[1]
Bronto in I Saurini e i viaggi del meteorite nero [it]^[1]
Lampadino in Lampadino e Caramella nel MagiRegno degli Zampa [it]^[1]
Alena in Star Key

Italian-dubbed animated roles

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