Thérèse Plummer

Thérèse Plummer (born circa 1976) is an American voiceover actress and has narrated over 450 audiobooks.[1]

Personal life

Plummer is the fifth-born of eight kids. Her father was a professional actor,[2] and her mother was a librarian.

On June 11, 2021, Plummer was involved in a car crash with a drunk driver, through which she sustained multiple injuries and required surgeries.[1]

Plummer presently works in New York City and lives with her dog Butterfinger on the East Coast of the United States.[3]

Education and career

Plummer studied psychology and theatre at King's College, then worked with kids in crisis and mental health disorders.[3] In this position, she began to see acting a form of therapy.

Later, Plummer worked a day job at a financial firm in New York City and landed some acting jobs off-Broadway.[citation needed] During this time, she took a course in audiobook recordings with Robin Miles, who told Plummer she should record books professionally.[3] With Miles's help, Plummer gained new skills and began auditioning for roles circa 2005.[3]

Awards and honors

Awards

Year Title Author Award Result Ref.
2011 Faith (2011) Jennifer Haigh Earphone Award Winner [4]
Sing You Home (2011) Jodi Picoult Earphone Award Winner [5]
2013 The Junkie Quatrain Peter Clines Audie Award for Original Work Finalist [6]
We Are Water (2013) Wally Lamb Earphone Award Winner [7]
2014 The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) Carson McCullers Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist [8][9]
The Meaning of Maggie (2014) Megan Jean Sovern Earphone Award Winner [10]
The Wanderer Robyn Carr Audie Award for Romance Finalist [8][9]
2015 Bread, Wine, Chocolate (2015) Simran Sethi Earphone Award Winner [11]
A New Hope (2015) Robyn Carr Earphone Award Winner [12]
2016 Welcome to Night Vale Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Audie Award for Excellence in Marketing Finalist [13][14]
2017 I Liked My Life (2016) Abby Fabiaschi Earphone Award Winner [15]
Perfect Little World (2017) Kevin Wilson Earphone Award Winner [16]
The Wolf Hour (2017) Sara Lewis Holmes Earphone Award Winner [17]
2018 The Agony House (2018) Cherie Priest Earphone Award Winner [18]
Any Day Now Robyn Carr Audie Award for Romance Finalist [19][20]
Any Man Amber Tamblyn Earphone Award Winner [21]
Brass (2018) Xhenet Aliu Earphone Award Winner [22]
I Liked My Life (2016) Abby Fabiaschi Audie Award for Fiction Finalist [19][20]
A Perfect Universe (2018) Scott O'Connor Earphone Award Winner [23]
Sandpiper Cove Irene Hannon Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Finalist [19][20]
See You in the Cosmos (2017) Jack Cheng Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Winner [19]
2019 Any Man Amber Tamblyn Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [24]
The Rogue: Planets Shaken Lee W. Brainard Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Finalist [24][1]
Sadie Courtney Summers Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [24][1][3]
Sadie Courtney Summers Audie Award for Young Adult Title Winner [24][1][3]
There's a Word for That (2019) Sloane Tanen Earphone Award Winner [25]
2020 The Age of Light Whitney Scharer Audie Award for Fiction Finalist [26][27]
The Jetsetters (2020) Amanda Eyre Ward Earphone Award Winner [28]
The Only Plane In The Sky Garrett M. Graff Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year Winner [26][1][3]
The Only Plane In The Sky Garrett M. Graff Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Winner [26][1][3]
Tools of Titans (2016) Tim Ferriss Earphone Award Winner [29]
2021 Come Find Me Erin Mallon Audie Award for Audio Drama Finalist [30]
Tools of Titans (2016) Tim Ferriss Audie Award for Business and Personal Development Finalist [30]
It's Better This Way (2021) Debbie Macomber Earphone Award Winner [31]
2022 The Project Courtney Summers Audie Award for Young Adult Title Finalist [32]
Youngbloods (2022) Scott Westerfeld Earphone Award Winner [33]

Honors

Year Title Author Honor Ref.
2018 Sourdough Robin Sloan American Library Association Listen List [34]
2022 The Electric Kingdom David Arnold Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [35]

Filmography

Year Title Role Note
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Andrea Patwin 1 episode: Lunacy
2009 The Good Wife Rose Nerrick 1 episode: Crash
2009 Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber Young Ruth
2010 Iron Man: Extremis Maya Hansen 6 episodes
2010-2011 Pokémon Fennel 2 episodes:
  • Fossil Revival! Ancient Mysterious Bird Archeos!!
  • Site of Dreams! Munna and Musharna!
2012 Lapse Woman
Real Actors Read Yelp Self / Reader
2019 The Inconceivable Mountain Müzzi
Virgin River Caroline 1 episode: A Wounded Heart
2020 Home Shopped Holiday

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Narrator Spotlight: Thérèse Plummer". Podium Audio. 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  2. ^ "Spotlight on Therese Plummer, Actress and Audiobook Narrator!". Library of Clean Reads. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thérèse Plummer – Actor, Storyteller, and Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator". Seek The Joy Podcast. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  4. ^ "Faith". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Jennifer Haigh; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  5. ^ "Sing You Home". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Jodi Picoult; Read by Thérèse Plummer, Brian Hutchinson | Audiobook Review
  6. ^ "2013 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  7. ^ "We Are Water". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Wally Lamb; Read by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Thérèse Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin | Audiobook Review
  8. ^ a b "2014 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  9. ^ a b "2014 Audie Finalists Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  10. ^ "The Meaning of Maggie". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Megan Jean Sovern; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  11. ^ "Bread Wine Chocolate". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Simran Sethi; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  12. ^ "A New Hope". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Robyn Carr; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  13. ^ "2016 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  14. ^ Klose, Stephanie (2016-03-18). "2016 Audie Award Finalists for Audiobook of the Year and Excellence Awards". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  15. ^ "I Liked My Life". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Abby Fabiaschi; Read by Thérèse Plummer, Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner | Audiobook Review
  16. ^ "Perfect Little World". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Kevin Wilson; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  17. ^ "The Wolf Hour". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Sara Lewis Holmes; Read by David de Vries, Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  18. ^ "The Agony House". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Cherie Priest; Read by Haven Burton, Thérèse Plummer, Jesse Vilinsky, Tristan Morris, Adam Grupper | Audiobook Review
  19. ^ a b c d "2018 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  20. ^ a b c Klose, Stephanie (2018-03-20). "2018 Audie Award Finalists". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  21. ^ "Any Man". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Amber Tamblyn; Read by John Roberts, Russ Tamblyn, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, January LaVoy, Therese Plummer, Glenn Davis, Phoebe Strole, Robin Miles, Dan Bittner, Michael Crouch, James Fouhey, Jason Ritter | Audiobook Review
  22. ^ "Brass". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Xhenet Aliu; Read by Lauren Fortgang, Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  23. ^ "A Perfect Universe". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Scott OConnor; Read by Bronson Pinchot, Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  24. ^ a b c d "2019 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  25. ^ "Theres a Word For That". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Sloane Tanen; Read by Therese Plummer | Audiobook Review
  26. ^ a b c "2020 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  27. ^ "2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named". PublishersWeekly.com. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  28. ^ "The Jetsetters". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Amanda Eyre Ward; Read by Therese Plummer | Audiobook Review
  29. ^ "Tools of the Titans". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Tim Ferriss; Read by Ray Porter, Kaleo Griffith, Tim Ferriss, Therese Plummer, Ryan Holiday, Kevin Rose, Jocko Willink, Tim Kreider, Mike Del Ponte | Audiobook Review
  30. ^ a b "2021 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  31. ^ "Its Better This Way". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Debbie Macomber; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  32. ^ "2022 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  33. ^ "Youngbloods". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03. By Scott Westerfeld; Read by Thérèse Plummer | Audiobook Review
  34. ^ Wood, Leighann (2018-01-29). "2018 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners revealed". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  35. ^ "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-02.