How Nancy Cartwright Is Related to Sabrina Carpenter — and Helped Launch Her Career

Nancy Cartwright is yet clearing up 1 of popular culture’s astir astonishing family connections — and yes, it does impact Sabrina Carpenter.

The legendary sound actress, champion known for bringing Bart Simpson to life connected The Simpsons, has agelong been rumored to beryllium nan aunt of nan “Espresso” vocalist for years. Now, Nancy is mounting nan grounds consecutive and explaining really she played a mini domiciled successful Sabrina’s emergence to fame.

While appearing connected the “Toon’d In! pinch Jim Cummings” podcast, Nancy was asked point-blank if Sabrina is really her niece. Her answer? “Yes and no.”

“Well, she’s not a humor relative,” Nancy explained successful nan episode, which was posted Friday, January 9. “My grandma was joined to my dada truthful her dada was my measurement brother.”

Still, nan family enslaved runs heavy — and Nancy says she’s known Sabrina since she was conscionable a small kid.

“I met her erstwhile she was 8. [Her] folks brought nan 3 girls retired to my location and they stayed pinch us,” she recalled, referring to Sabrina and her older sisters, Sarah and Shannon. From nan very beginning, Nancy says Sabrina knew precisely what she wanted.

“Her dream was to do everything Disney,” she continued. “She wanted a Disney statement and she said ‘I want to do that’ since she was 6 years old.”

According to Nancy, Sabrina’s dada was already helping nurture her talent early on. “Her dada produced her successful videos,” she said. “Her sound — this small gal could really do it.”

Nancy revealed that Sabrina and her family would enactment pinch her regularly during aviator play successful Hollywood. “They would travel retired each twelvemonth and enactment pinch maine and they lived pinch maine for 4 months astatine a clip during aviator season,” she explained. During that time, Nancy helped her get connected successful nan industry.

“I helped her get management, supplier — but you know, not to return nan in installments for it,” Nancy added. “But thing I had nary problem doing. But she needed to clasp her own. She needed to clasp her own, obviously.”

And clasp her ain she did.

“And this small gal — she sings, she dances, she writes,” Nancy said proudly. “She will beryllium an EGOT 1 day, she tin do it all.”

Though Nancy gave Sabrina what she calls “a small boost,” she made it clear that her occurrence is wholly her own. “She surely doesn’t request my help,” she said. “I gave her a small boost and she ran pinch it and I’m very proud of her.”

This isn’t nan first clip Nancy has spoken publically astir their connection. In July 2024, fans were stunned erstwhile she confirmed nan narration connected TikTok aft being asked if she and Sabrina were related.

“Yeah! Absolutely!” Nancy said astatine nan time. “Isn’t that amazing?”

She added, “Maybe you’ve known maine for a small while, doing this small 10-year-old boy for 35 immoderate years … and find retired that I’m related to this superstar.”

As Nancy summed it up perfectly: “She’s beautiful amazing.”