Emily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red's 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
Personal life
Zeller attended UC Berkeley majoring in dance, theater, and performance studies. In her fifth year, she was awarded one of the school's Eisner Awards for creative talent in 2006.[1] After school, she spent some time living on Lamma Island in Hong Kong.[2][3]
Awards and honors
In 2020, AudioFile Magazine selected Zeller as a Golden Voice narrator.[4][5][6]
Awards
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013) by Mary Roach | Earphones Award | Winner | [7] |
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (1999) by Lensey Namioka | Earphones Award | Winner | [8] | |
2014 | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2014) by Marie Kondo | Earphones Award | Winner | [9] |
2015 | Under a Painted Sky (2015) by Stacey Lee | Earphones Award | Winner | [10] |
2017 | Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself (2010) by Ann Mah | Earphones Award | Winner | [11] |
2018 | After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search (2017) by Sarah Perry | Earphones Award | Winner | [12] |
Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace (2017) by Kim Phuc Phan Thi and Ashley Wiersma | Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Winner | [13] | |
Earphones Award | Winner | [14] | ||
For a Muse of Fire (2018) by Heidi Heilig | Earphones Award | Winner | [15] | |
A Girl Divided (2018) by Ellen Lindseth | Earphones Award | Winner | [16] | |
The Poppy War (2018) by R. F. Kuang | Earphones Award | Winner | [17] | |
2019 | An Affair of Poisons (2019) by Addie Thorley | Earphones Award | Winner | [18] |
The Bride Test (2019) by Helen Hoang | Earphones Award | Winner | [19] | |
My Detective (2019) by Jeffrey Fleishman | Earphones Award | Winner | [20] | |
The Dragon Republic (2019) by R. F. Kuang | Earphones Award | Winner | [21] | |
Paper Son (2019) by S. J. Rozan | Earphones Award | Winner | [22] | |
2020 | The Bride Test (2019) by Helen Hoang | Audie Award for Romance | Finalist | [23][24] |
Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection by Celine Santini | Independent Audiobook Award for Best Female Narrator | Winner | [25] | |
Independent Audiobook Award for Nonfiction | Winner | [25] | ||
Pink Mountain on Locust Island (2018) by Jamie Marina Lau | Earphones Award | Winner | [26] | |
White Ivy (2020) by Susie Yang | Earphones Award | Winner | [27] | |
Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City (2020) by Fang Fang, with Michael Berry [Trans.] | Earphones Award | Winner | [28] | |
2021 | The Burning God (2020) by R. F. Kuang | Earphones Award | Winner | [29] |
Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim | Earphones Award | Winner | [30] | |
2022 | The Cartographers (2022) by Peng Shepherd | Earphones Award | Winner | [31] |
Family Business (2021) by S. J. Rozan | Earphones Award | Winner | [32] | |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) by Malinda Lo | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 | [33] |
"Best of" lists
Year | Title | Award | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013) by Mary Roach | AudioFile Best of Contemporary Culture | [34] |
2015 | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2014) by Marie Kondo | AudioFile Best of Personal Growth | [34] |
2018 | The Poppy War (2018) by R. F. Kuang | AudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror | [34] |
2019 | The Bride Test (2019) by Helen Hoang | AudioFile Best of Romance | [34] |
2020 | The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo | ALSC Notable Children's Recordings | [35] |
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [36] | |
2021 | Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim | AudioFile Best of Young Adult | [34] |
2022 | Rent a Boyfriend (2020) by Gloria Chao | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [37] |
Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [37] |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2015 | Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | Meray | English dub | |
2016 | Pokémon the Series: XYZ | Bryony | English dub | |
2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Panam Palmer | English dub | |
2021 | Yasuke | Additional Voices | English dub |
References
- ↑ Powell, Bonnie Azab (April 20, 2006). "27 students win Eisner Awards celebrating creative talent on campus". UC Berkeley NewsCenter.
- ↑ Lai, Yvonne (April 29, 2007). "Emily Woo Zeller". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Lamma-zine Blog - May 2007 - by Lamma-Gung". Lamma-zine. May 31, 2007.
- ↑ "AudioFile's Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Awards". Book Marks. June 17, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Golden Voices". AudioFile. June–July 2020. p. 27.
- ↑ Levy, Candace (June 3, 2020). "5 Questions with Golden Voice Narrator Emily Woo Zeller". AudioFile.
- ↑ "GULP by Mary Roach Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "TIES THAT BIND TIES THAT BREAK by Lensey Namioka Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "UNDER A PAINTED SKY by Stacey Lee Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "KITCHEN CHINESE by Ann Mah Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "AFTER THE ECLIPSE by Sarah Perry Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "FIRE ROAD by Kim Phuc Phan Thi Ashley Wiersma Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "FOR A MUSE OF FIRE by Heidi Heilig Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "A GIRL DIVIDED by Ellen Lindseth Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE POPPY WAR by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "AN AFFAIR OF POISONS by Addie Thorley Read by Emily Woo Zeller Tim Campbell | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE BRIDE TEST by Helen Hoang Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "MY DETECTIVE by Jeffrey Fleishman Read by Emily Woo Zeller Richard Ferrone | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE DRAGON REPUBLIC by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "PAPER SON by SJ Rozan Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named". PublishersWeekly.com. February 3, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- 1 2 "PAST AWARDS". IndieAudiobookAwards. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "PINK MOUNTAIN ON LOCUST ISLAND by Jamie Marina Lau Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "WHITE IVY by Susie Yang Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "WUHAN DIARY by Fang Fang Michael Berry Trans Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE BURNING GOD by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "SIX CRIMSON CRANES by Elizabeth Lim Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "THE CARTOGRAPHERS by Peng Shepherd Read by Emily Woo Zeller Nancy Wu Karen Chilton Ron Butler Neil Hellegers Jason Culp Brittany Pressley | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "FAMILY BUSINESS by SJ Rozan Read by Emily Woo Zeller | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ Serbekian, Michael (February 3, 2022). "YALSA names 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Emily Woo Zeller". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Notable Children's Recordings". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). January 23, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). January 6, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- 1 2 "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). February 3, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Emily Woo Zeller at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Emily Woo Zeller at IMDb
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