About...
Award-winning Narrator, Actor, Singer, Director
Multi-Earphones Award Winner
and Audie Finalist Audiobook Narrator
Producer, Voice Artist, and Host
Deanna Anthony is a Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists aka SAG AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association aka AEA, and American Guild of Variety Artists aka AGVA professional and dynamic talent who delivers high quality storytelling in a versatile voice with specific intention and is also a member of the Audio Publishers Association (APA), the Professional Audiobook Narrator Association (PANA) and the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS).
She was a Principal Cast Member of the team at Disneyland Resort that was awarded the prestigious IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Best Theatrical Production, and 2022 also brought a nomination in the category of Best Black Narrator from the author collective know as Black Girls Who Write for their It’s Lit Literary Awards.
In 2023, Deanna was named an Audie Award Finalist for her performance in the multicast audiobook nonfiction title, THE SEX LIVES OF AFRICAN WOMEN, written by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and published with Blackstone Publishing. She also was a presenter for the Romance, Erotica and Fantasy categories, and provided Voiceover Performance for the 2023 Audie Awards ceremony.
In 2024, the audiobook for HOOD WELLNESS: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land, written by Tamela J. Gordon and published by Row House by Spotify Audiobooks, received a Booklist Starred Review. Deanna was awarded the coveted Earphones Award for her participation in a multicast performance of A TRUE VERDICT, written by Robert Rotstein and published by Blackstone Publishing, and for her solo performance of LAUREN HARPER FALLS APART, written by Shauna Robinson and published by Sourcebooks with Spotify Audiobooks.
A TRUE VERDICT was also named as one of AudioFile Magazine’s Best Audiobooks of 2025, and Deanna was an Inaugural Winner of PANA’s Narrator of Distinction Award for her solo narration of HOOD WELLNESS: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land.
2026 came in with a nod for TONI AT RANDOM, written by Dana A. Williams and published by Amistad, with as a NAACP Image Award Nominee in Literature.
With a background as a professional stage and on camera actor, live vocalist, animation voice artist, and audiobook narrator, Deanna seamlessly provides a strong work ethic with a warm, focused, and collaborative demeanor. Whether delivering a performance in tones that are Vibrant, Conversational, Humorous, or Inspirational, her love of performance shines through, tapping into emotional understanding of and connectivity to the message of the writer. Deanna’s engaging storytelling avidly holds the attention of each listener and viewer from the bright beginning to the inevitable end of each storyline.
All audiobook, on camera, stage, commercial print and voiceover work engagements fall under union jurisdiction. Please contact the appropriate agent for any stage or on camera bookings, commercial, or otherwise.
Deanna has direct relationships with multiple publishers, producers, and directors in a variety of genres throughout the publishing world. Audiobook specific partnerships that allow direct booking include, but are not limited to:
Afterglow, Amistad, Ascent Audio, Audible, AudioBee, The Audio Flow, Audioworks, BeeAudio, Blackstone Publishing, Brilliance, Common Mode, Curated Audio, Deyan Audio, Dreamscape Media, Dreamscape Lore, East House Productions, Fireside Audio, Hachette Books, Harlequin, HarperAudio, HarperCollins, HarperOne, Highbridge, John Marshall Media, Lantern Audio, Little Brown & Company, Little Brown Young Readers, Orange Sky Audio, RB Media, Recorded Books, Seal Press, Simon and Schuster Audio, Spotify, Talkbox Productions, Tantor Media, The Invisible Studios, Tydef Studios, Workman Publishing, Zondervan, and the audio production division of Audiobook Empire, Deyan Audio, East House Productions, Eljin Productions, Enchantress Bookish Brilliance, High Gravity Productions, Lepton Films LLC, Listening Library, Macmillian Audio, Mosaic Audio, North Atlantic Books, One Audiobooks, One Night Stand Productions, Oxford University Press, Penguin Audio, Podium Entertainment, Random House Audio, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Scribd, Scribe Media, Spoken Realms, Spotify Audiobooks, The President and Fellows of Harvard College, University of Pennsylvania Press, and Verity Productions.
To date audiobook narration performances include:
Non-Fiction (Biography & Memoir, Business, Educational, Environmental, Finance, Historical, Justice, Juvenile, Political, Pop Culture, Psychology, Self Help, Social Sciences, Sports); Mystery (Cozy, Psychological, Thriller); Romance (Contemporary, Closed Door & Open Door, Rom Com, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romantica, Romantasy, Sci Fi, Southern, Sweet, Urban, Western); Literary Fiction; Humor; Women’s Fiction; Children’s Literature; Teen and Young Adult; New Adult; Fantasy; Science Fiction; Horror; Multi-Cultural; Multi-Racial; Motivational; Inspirational; Poetry; Religion & Spirituality; Graphic Novel, Apocalyptic, Gothic Horror and Southern Gothic Horror genres and sub genres.
Independent authors may request Deanna, by name, at any of the publishers and production companies mentioned above.
It is Deanna’s absolute honor to be a 2025 Inaugural Winner of the PANA Narrator of Distinction Award for the solo narration performance of the audiobook for the moving Nonfiction title HOOD WELLNESS: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land, written by Tamela J, Gordon and produced by Row House by Spotify Audiobooks with team support from Rinn Kraus, Leah Kleynhans, Kim Rutherford and Nate Walker.
Deanna is elated to be a recepient of a 2025 Earphones Award Winner for solo narration performance of the audiobook for the Literary Fiction novel LAUREN HARPER FALLS APART, written by Shauna Robinson and produced by Spotify Audiobooks with team support from Rinn Kraus, Nate Walker, Leah Kleynhans and Kim Rutherford.
Deanna is thrilled to be a member of the cast that is a 2025 Earphones Award Winner for the Mystery Suspense title A TRUE VERDICT, written by Robert Rotstein and produced by Blackstone Publishing under the guidance of Bryan Barney and Jesse Bickford.
Full cast includes:
Sean Pratt, Phil Thron, Kelli Tager, Sophie Amoss, Natalie Naudus, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Robin Miles, Alex Boyles, Roxanne Hernandez, Eunice Wong and Deanna Anthony.
Deanna had the honor to be part of the cast of the 2023 Audie Finalist Nonfiction title THE SEX LIVES OF AFRICAN WOMEN Self-Discovery, Freedom and Healing, written by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and produced by Blackstone Publishing under the guidance of Jesse Bickford, Senior Producer.
Full cast includes:
Iesha Nyree, Adenrele Ojo, Deanna Anthony, Stephanie Weeks, Joy Hooper, Lisa Renee Pitts, Karen Murray, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Janina Edwards, M.J. Brown and Karla Mosley.
Anthony, a 2023 Audie Award Finalist on the mic, reads each essay with versatility, passion and distinction, as if she were a contributing author.
Full of humor and heart, Deanna Anthony animates the people in these essays...Anthony's interjections of expressions and dialect increase the authenticity of this audio...Anthony's conversational tone evokes the feeling of catching up with a close girlfriend.
Anthony's performance is lively and full of spunk. She maximizes Sahara's wit and captures her sarcastic outlook on life...Anthony is an experienced narrator who shows off her depth in this title.
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