Biography
Bahni Turpin (born June 4, 1962 in Pontiac, Michigan) is an American audiobook narrator and stage and screen actor based out of Los Angeles. Her audiobook career includes some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed books in recent years, including The Help and The Hate U Give. She has won 9 Audie Awards, including Audiobook of the Year for Children of Blood and Bone; 14 Earphone Awards; and 2 Odyssey Awards. Turpin has also earned a place on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voice Narrators, and in 2016, she was named Audible's Narrator of the Year. In 2018, Audible inducted her into the Narrator Hall of Fame.
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Filmography
all 26
TV Shows 15
Movies 11
Voice 1
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space (2023)
Movie
Vet
Showing Up (2022)
Movie
Cornelia
Sapelo (2020)
Movie
Judy
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
TV
6.11
Ludlow
O.G. (2018)
Movie
Camille West
NCIS (2003)
TV
6.18
Shannon
Without a Trace (2002)
TV
7.14
Ms. Jenson
Crossroads (2002)
Movie
Bahni / Bonny
Crossing Jordan (2001)
TV
5.95
The Parkers (1999)
TV
Jamaican Prisoner
Brokedown Palace (1999)
Movie
'Angel' Actress
Women: Stories of Passion (1996)
TV
The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995)
TV
Ensign Swinn
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
TV
6.25
Valerie Bookbinder
Getting In (1994)
Movie
Mrs. Lattimer
ER (1994)
TV
5.44
Chicago Hope (1994)
TV
6
Melba
Girls in Prison (1994)
Movie
Gloria
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Movie
Louise Dunne
NYPD Blue (1993)
TV
5.8
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
TV
6.7
Follower at Temple #7
Malcolm X (1992)
Movie
4.5
Iona Peazant
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Movie
Theresa Jones
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Waitress #1
Seinfeld (1989)
TV
5.99
Zora Neale Hurston (voice)
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Ratings
Average 6.45
Based on 1 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1988
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1995
1995
2023
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1962-06-04 (61 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAudie Award for Best Female Narrator
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