Maile Flanagan

Maile Flanagan
Maile in May 2012
Born	Miley Maile Flanagan (1965-05-19) May 19, 1965 Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation	Film, television, stage, voice actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Lesa Hammett
Website	http://www.maileflanagan.com

Maile Flanagan (born May 19, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her roles as the protagonist ninja Naruto Uzumaki (English version) in Naruto, as Terry Perry on Lab Rats, and as Janet in Yes Man.

Personal life

Flanagan's forename is a Hawaiian word for the green laurel commonly used in leis. She 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. While in Germany, Flanagan and her family lived in Nuremberg, and Munich.

She graduated from a Department of Defense (DOD) school Munich America High School (MAHS) in 1983. About her arrival at Boston College (BC), she has stated: "It took me three years to acclimate because I hadn't lived in the States since I was four-and-a-half! I have used some of this in my characters — the wide-eyed wonder." While attending BC, she was a member of the student comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag.

Flanagan is openly lesbian and is married to Lesa Hammett.

Career

After graduating in 1987 from "The Heights" (a common nickname for Boston College,) and 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 and others. Minneapolis is where she performed stand-up comedy and theater. In 1996, she moved to her current hometown, Los Angeles, California with the stage production of The Bad Seed, which won a 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.

Flanagan earned a Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in 2006. "I went to school with people from all around the world", she says. "That probably helps me with doing accents."

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 new series called Lab Rats, she was a special guest and played Leo's principal.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Overnight Delivery	Gas jockey
2001	61*	Housewife	TV movie
2002	Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring	Boy	Animated; voice actress
	Never Get Outta the Boat	Nurse Laura
	Phone Booth	Lana
	Now You Know	Shelly
2003	The Station Agent	Pappy's Waitress
2005	The Toy Warrior		Animated; voice actress
2007	The Number 23	Charades friend
	Evan Almighty	Mail Person
	Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English version
	Back at the Barnyard	Macy the Sheep	CGI-animated series; voice actress
2008	Yes Man	Janet	Cake baker
	(500) Days of Summer	Co-worker Rhoda
	Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English version
	Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
2009	Naruto: Shippūden the Movie
2010	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Mother Aardvark	Animated; voice actress
	Kung Fu Magoo	Orangu-Tammy
2011	Rango	Lucky
	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English version
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Acuretta Worker
2012	Wrong	Pharmacist
	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English version
	Janene from Des Moines	Amy
	Life Is No Joke	Peggy	Short film
2013	Teacher of the Year	Hannah Manning
	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English version
2014	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
	Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie	Naruto Uzumaki Menma Uzumaki
	Ava & Lala	Lala	CGI-animated; voice actress
2015	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Naruto Uzumaki Boruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress, English actress

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	MADtv	Chastity Bono	Uncredited role; Episode #4.1
	Men in Black: The Series	Old crone / Bully	Animated; voice actress; Episode: "The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome"
1999	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Boy	Animated; voice actress; Episode: "Herb"
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures	Maynard	Animated; voice actress; Episode: "Bullies"
2001	Gideon's Crossing	Nurse Daley	2 episodes: "The Crash" & "Freakshow"
	Citizen Baines	Carmen	Episode: "The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump"
2003	Astro Boy	Matthew	Animated; voice actress; English version
2003–2006	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	Young Piggley Winks	Animated; voice actress; 36 episodes
2005	Hot Properties	Woman	Episode: "Killer Bodies"
2006	Lovespring International	Ruth Hardwood	Episode: "The Loser Club"
	Desperate Housewives	Cashier	Episode: "Bang"
	ER	Elaine Martinelli	Episode: "Tell Me No Secrets"
	Big Day	Linda	Episode: "Boobzilla"
2005–2009	Naruto	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actor; title character; English version
2005–2007	Grey's Anatomy	Lab Tech	4 Episodes
2006–2007	The Class	Penny	2 episodes: "The Class Gives Thanks" & "The Class Goes Back to the Hospital"
2007	The Office	Phyllis' sister	Episode: "Phyllis' Wedding"
2007–2009	Back at the Barnyard	Macy the Lamb	CGI-animated; voice actress
2008	Reno 911	Madam Carla	2 episodes: "Strong Sister" & "The Tanning Both Incident"
	Rules of Engagement	Audrey's Co-worker	1 episode
2009	In the Motherhood	Linda	Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
	iCarly	Additional voice	Episode: "iTake on Dingo"
2009–present	Naruto Shippuden	Naruto Uzumaki	Animated; voice actress; title character; 312 dubbed episodes, more to come
2010	Svetlana	Client (Maile)	Episode: "Gumption"
2011	Weeds	Lady in Sauna	Episode: "Bags"
2012	Waffle Hut	Bulldog	Episode: "Pilot"
2012–present	Lab Rats	Terry Perry	Recurring role
2013	Last Man Standing	Dr. Kathy Pullman	Episode: "Attractive Architect"
2013–2014	Shameless	Connie	6 episodes
2014	Bad Teacher	Linda	2 episodes
2015	Mike & Molly	Darlene	Episode: "Mudlick or Bust"
	Modern Family	Immigration Officer	Episode: "Patriot Games"

Other work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–present	Naruto video games	Naruto Uzumaki	Video game; voice actress
2008	3Way	Geri O'Flanagan	Web series
2010	Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices	Video game; voice actress
	Valkyria Chronicles 2	Alexis Hilden, additional voices
2012	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Rhett
2013	Second Shot	Jodi Munson	Web series
2015	Magic Children Doing Things	Leander	Animated short

External links

Media related to Category:Maile Flanagan at Wikimedia Commons

• Official site
• Interview with Leafninja.com
• Interview with AfterEllen.com
• Maile Flanagan at the Internet Movie Database
• Maile Flanagan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• 3Way Web Series