Maile Flanagan

Maile Flanagan is an American actress and comedian. She is best known as the voice of Naruto Uzumaki in the English dub of the Naruto franchise. Other prominent roles include voicing Piggley Winks in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (for which she received two nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and won once), and portraying Principal Terry Perry in Lab Rats.

Flanagan's live-action film work include appearances in Phone Booth (2002), The Number 23 (2007), Evan Almighty (2007), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). She has also made guest appearances in several television series such as ER, Shameless, Bad Teacher, The Office and Grey's Anatomy. She appeared on the ABC sitcom Not Dead Yet in a recurring capacity. As of 2023, she is the voice of Matthew "Matt" Hornsby on the Adult Swim animated sitcom Royal Crackers.

Flanagan has numerous theater credits including working with writer/director Justin Tanner in his plays Oklahomo!, Wife Swappers, Pot Mom, and Zombie Attack!

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

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

Career After a brief stint in Washington, D.C., Flanagan moved to Minneapolis and worked in theater roles and did stand-up comedy. She was in the comedy troupe Every Mother's Nightmare with Wayne Wilderson, Tom McCarthy and Nancy Walls. In 1996, she moved to Los Angeles with the stage production of The Bad Seed, which won an LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Comedy Ensemble.

Flanagan's first major voice role in animation was Piggley Winks in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, for which she was nominated for an Annie Award in 2005. She was then cast as the title character, Naruto Uzumaki, in the English dub of Naruto, and has consistently voiced the kid, teen and adult incarnations of Naruto in all of its properties including numerous spin-offs and video game adaptations. She also earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her performance in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in 2006.

In 2009, Flanagan provided the voice of Mother Aardvark in the third installment of Ice Age film series. Also in 2009, she appeared in Marc Webb's romantic comedy drama 500 Days of Summer and Justin Tanner's play Voice Lessons. The following year, she lent her voice to Orangu-Tammy in the animated film Kung-Fu Magoo.

From 2012, Flanagan starred as Terry Perry, principal of the Mission Creek High School in the Disney XD live-action comedy series Lab Rats; she was in the show for four seasons until it ended in 2016. She reprised the role again in the 2016 spinoff of the series called Lab Rats: Elite Force. She also had a recurring role as Connie in the third and fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama TV series Shameless (2013–14).

In February 2023, Flanagan appeared as Tina in the ABC sitcom Not Dead Yet, based on Alexandra Potter's 2020 novel Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. She also provided the voice of Matt Hornsby in Royal Crackers, which ran on Adult Swim in April of that same year.

Personal life Flanagan is openly a lesbian. She married Lesa Hammett in 2008.

Filmography

Live-action roles

Television + List of live-action acting performances on television and related media Year Title Role Notes Source 1998 MADtv Chaz Bono Uncredited role; Episode #4.1 2001 Gideon's Crossing Nurse Daley 2 episodes: "The Crash" & "Freakshow" 2001 Citizen Baines Carmen Episode: "The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump" 2001 61* Housewife TV movie 2005 Hot Properties Woman Episode: "Killer Bodies" 2006 Lovespring International Ruth Hardwood Episode: "The Loser Club" 2006 Desperate Housewives Cashier Episode: "Bang" 2006 ER Elaine Martinelli Episode: "Tell Me No Secrets" 2006 Big Day Linda Episode: "Boobzilla" 2005–07 Grey's Anatomy Lab Tech 4 Episodes 2006–07 The Class Penny 2 episodes: "The Class Gives Thanks" & "The Class Goes Back to the Hospital" 2007 The Office Phyllis' sister Episode: "Phyllis' Wedding" 2008 Reno 911! Madam Carla 2 episodes: "Strong Sister" & "The Tanning Both Incident" 2008 Rules of Engagement Audrey's Co-worker 1 episode 2009 iCarly Security guard at Dingo Studios Episode: “iTake on Dingo” 2009 In the Motherhood Linda Episode: "In Sickness and in Health" 2010 Svetlana Client (Maile) Episode: "Gumption" 2011 Weeds Lady in Sauna Episode: "Bags" 2012–16 Lab Rats Terry Perry Recurring role; 44 episodes 2013 Last Man Standing Dr. Kathy Pullman Episode: "Attractive Architect" 2013–14 Shameless Connie Recurring role; 6 episodes 2014 Bad Teacher Linda 2 episodes 2015 Mike & Molly Darlene Episode: "Mudlick or Bust" 2015 Modern Family Immigration Officer Episode: "Patriot Games" 2016 Lab Rats: Elite Force Terry Perry Recurring role; 4 episodes 2023-24 Not Dead Yet Tina Recurring role; 14 episodes

Film + List of live-action acting performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source 1998 Overnight Delivery Gas jockey 2002 Phone Booth Lana 2002 Now You Know Shelly 2003 The Station Agent Pappy's Waitress 2007 The Number 23 Charades friend 2007 Evan Almighty Mail Person 2008 Yes Man Janet, the Cake baker 2008 500 Days of Summer Co-worker Rhoda 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Acuretta Worker 2012 Wrong Pharmacist 2013 Teacher of the Year Hannah Manning

Voice roles

Television + List of voice performances in television Year Title Role Notes Source Men in Black: The Series Old crone / Bully Episode: "The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome" 1999 Oh Yeah! Cartoons Boy Episode: "Herb" 2000 Jackie Chan Adventures Maynard Episode: "Bullies" 2003 Astro Boy Matthew English dub 2003–06 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Young Piggley Winks / Fergal O'Hopper 52 episodes 2005–09 Naruto Naruto Uzumaki English dub 2007–09 Back at the Barnyard Macy the Lamb 3 episodes 2009–19 Naruto: Shippuden Naruto Uzumaki English dub 2010 Fish Hooks Sunny Episode "Happy Birthfish, Jocktopus" 2015 Shimmer and Shine Grunts Episode "Underground Bound" 2015–17 Pig Goat Banana Cricket JR Barton 14 episodes 2016 Bunsen Is a Beast Mikey Munroe Pilot 2018-21 The Loud House Byron 4 Episodes 2018–23 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Naruto Uzumaki English dub 2020 Curious George Bus Driver Episode "George's Little Library" 2022 Tiger & Bunny Carlotta Lindell English Dub 2022Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in SpaceTempBotEpisode: "Did You Remember"2023–24 Royal Crackers Matt Hornsby 16 episodes

Film

Video games

Awards and nominations