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Nika Futterman
Futterman in an interview for VO Voice Weekly in April 2021
Born (1969-10-25) October 25, 1969 (age 55)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1995–present
SpouseTeddy Xentaras
Children1
Websitenika-futterman.com

Nika Futterman (born October 25, 1969)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is known for her voices in various animated series, including Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Adam Lyon in My Gym Partner's a Monkey.[2] She has voiced many characters for Nickelodeon, including Chum Chum in Fanboy & Chum Chum, Omnia in the Nickelodeon version of Winx Club, and Luna Loud in The Loud House.

Personal life

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Futterman was born in New York City.[3]

Career

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

Voice acting

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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[4] and its associated video games, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.[5]

Futterman also voiced Shaeeah Lawquane and Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.[6]

Singing career

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Futterman performed the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"[7] 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

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Animated television

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Animated films

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List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly Fry Kid #3 [3]
2003 Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Baby Rats [3]
2005 The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses Rocky [3]
2006 The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers Petrie's Brothers and Sisters, Tricia [3]
2008 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Takhisis, Slave #3 [3]
Dead Space: Downfall Alissa Vincent [11][3]
2011 LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace Jempa, Asajj Ventress [3]
2013 Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon Jennifer Severin [3]
2016 DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High Hawkgirl
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year [3]
Only Yesterday Granny
2017 DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games Hawkgirl [3]
Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Olga Pataki [12][3]
2018 Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold Catwoman [3]
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis Hawkgirl [3]
2021 The Loud House Movie Luna Loud [13]
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches Cuckoo-Loca, Spooky-Loca [14]
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas Cuckoo-Loca
2022 Marmaduke Juan Pedro
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie News Anchor Tanya, Incidental Girl, Café Woman #1, and Café Woman #2
2024 No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie Luna Loud

Theatrical animated films

Live-action television

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Video games

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References

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  1. ^ "Daily Kickoff". Jewish Insider. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ^ Horwitz, Jane (15 August 2008). "Watching With Kids in Mind". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca "Nika Futterman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 May 2016. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ a b "Sonic Boom". Sonicthehedgehog.com. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ Perlman, Jake (29 May 2014). "Meet Sonic the Hedgehog's new pal, Sticks the Jungle Badger". EW.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Shaeeah Voice". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ^ "A Deep Dive Into The Music Video For Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) By…". Kerrang!. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Handy Manny. Manny's pet roundup". Salina Public Library. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Kim Possible - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ^ "NFL Rush Zone: Guardians Unleashed - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Dead Space:Downfall". Hulu. Closing Credits. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  12. ^ Snierson, Dan (13 June 2016). "Nickelodeon's 'Hey Arnold!' movie gets title; 19 original voice actors returning". EW.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Netflix Reveals 'The Loud House Movie' Plot, First Look". NickALive!. 11 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Mickey's Tale of Two Witches". DisneyNow. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  15. ^ Destiny - End Credits - IGN Video. IGN Video. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  16. ^ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
  17. ^ "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Nika Futterman". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  19. ^ Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  20. ^ Chalk, Andy (17 February 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  21. ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
  22. ^ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
  23. ^ Krome Studios (6 October 2009). Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LucasArts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent.
  24. ^ "The Characters of Tribes: Vengeance". Gamespot. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  25. ^ Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:22 in, Voice Over Actors.
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