# Barbara Rosenblat

Barbara Rosenblat (born 17 July 1950) is a British actress. She is best known as a prolific narrator of audiobooks, for which AudioFile named her a Golden Voice. She has also appeared on screen such as in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black as the character Miss Rosa.

## Early life

Rosenblat was born in London, England and was raised in New York City in a Jewish family. She attended a Hebrew school as a child.

## Career

After returning to London for a family wedding, Rosenblat decided to stay in England. Soon afterwards, she landed a part in a production of Godspell. She continued to work in theatre, as well as various fields of entertainment in the UK such as radio, film and television.
She later returned to the US, and worked at the Library of Congress narrating books for the blind for four years.
On Broadway, she appeared in the musical The Secret Garden and the play Talk Radio.

## Awards and honors

AudioFile has named Rosenblat a Golden Voice narrator.

### Awards

| Year | Title | Award | Result |
| 1996 | Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Winner |
| 2000 | Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Winner |
| 2001 | Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline | Audie Award for Mystery, Fiction | Finalist |
| 2002 | Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2002 | The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline | Audie Award for Mystery, Fiction | Finalist |
| 2003 | The Bone Vault (2003) by Linda Fairstein | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2003 | Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood by Kate Simon | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2003 | Jackdaws by Ken Follett | Audie Award for Fiction (Abridged) | Finalist |
| 2003 | The Nazi Officer's Wife (1999) by Edith Hahn Beer | Listen Up Award for Narration (Female) | Finalist |
| 2003 | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris | Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2004 | Guardian of the Horizon (2004) by Elizabeth Peters | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2004 | The Nazi Officer's Wife (1999) by Edith Hahn Beer | Audie Award for Biography or Memoir | Winner |
| 2004 | The Nazi Officer's Wife (1999) by Edith Hahn Beer | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Winner |
| 2004 | Stuffed by Patricia Volk | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2005 | A Fugue in Hell's Kitchen by Hal Glazer | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2005 | The Serpent on the Crown (2005) by Elizabeth Peters | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2005 | The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta Jackson | Audie Award for Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction | Finalist |
| 2005 | The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta Jackson | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2006 | Just Above a Whisper by Lori Wick | Audie Award for Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction | Finalist |
| 2006 | One Dangerous Lady by Jane Stanton Hitchcock | Audie Award for Mystery (Fiction) | Finalist |
| 2006 | Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline | Listen Up Award for Mystery | Finalist |
| 2006 | The Serpent on the Crown (2005) by Elizabeth Peters | Audie Award for Mystery (Fiction) | Winner |
| 2006 | Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky | Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2007 | Away by Amy Bloom | Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2007 | Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline | Listen Up Award for Mystery | Finalist |
| 2007 | Leave a Candle Burning by Lori Wick | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2007 | Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky | Audie Award for Literary Fiction | Finalist |
| 2007 | Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Finalist |
| 2008 | Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline | Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense | Finalist |
| 2008 | Lady Killer (2008) by Lisa Scottoline | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2008 | The Laughter of Dead Kings(2008) by Elizabeth Peters | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2009 | The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2006) by Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Trans.) | Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2009 | Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister | Audie Award for Romance | Finalist |
| 2009 | Lethal Legacy (2009) by Linda Fairstein | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2010 | Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Audie Award for Biography or Memoir | Winner |
| 2010 | Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Audie Award for Nonfiction | Finalist |
| 2010 | The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2006) by Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Trans.) | Audie Award for Literary Fiction | Finalist |
| 2010 | Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female | Finalist |
| 2010 | Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Harry Bliss | Audie Award for Children's Titles Up To Age 8 | Winner |
| 2010 | Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Harry Bliss | Odyssey Award | Winner |
| 2010 | A River in the Sky (2010) by Elizabeth Peters | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2011 | Judy Moody & Stink by Megan McDonald | Audie Award for Children's Titles Up To Age 8 | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Chalk Girl (2012) by Carol O'Connell | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2012 | The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (1980) by Eudora Welty | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Witches of Lublin by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Yale Strom | Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Witches of Lublin by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Yale Strom | Audie Award for Original Work | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Witches of Lublin by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Yale Strom | Audie Award for Package Design | Finalist |
| 2013 | The Chalk Girl (2012) by Carol O'Connell | Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense | Finalist |
| 2013 | Death Angel (2013) by Linda Fairstein | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2014 | The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) by Carson McCullers | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist |
| 2014 | Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald | Audie Award for Children's Titles Up To Age 8 | Finalist |
| 2014 | Unveiled by Francine Rivers | Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Finalist |
| 2015 | Act of God (2015) by Jill Ciment | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2015 | The Swords of Riverside by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman | Audie Award for Audio Drama | Finalist |
| 2016 | Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Finalist |
| 2022 | Bourdain by Laurie Woolever | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Finalist |

### "Best of" lists

| Year | Title | Award |
| 2003 | The Bone Vault (2003) by Linda Fairstein | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2004 | Guardian of the Horizon (2004) by Elizabeth Peters | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2004 | Guardian of the Horizon (2004) by Elizabeth Peters | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2004 | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris | Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults |
| 2005 | Let Me Go by Helga Schneider | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2006 | Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2008 | Lady Killer (2008) by Lisa Scottoline | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2008 | Lady Killer (2008) by Lisa Scottoline | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2008 | The Laughter of Dead Kings(2008) by Elizabeth Peters | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2008 | Winter Study (2008) by Nevada Barr | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2009 | Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2009 | Dear America: My Secret War (2000) by Mary Pope Osborne | AudioFile Best of Children |
| 2009 | The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2008) by Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Trans.) | AudioFile Best of Fiction |
| 2009 | Lethal Legacy (2009) by Linda Fairstein | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2010 | 206 Bones (2009) by Kathy Reichs | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2010 | Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Harry Bliss | Notable Children's Recordings |
| 2010 | A River in the Sky (2010) by Elizabeth Peters | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2011 | Silent Mercy (2011) by Linda Fairstein | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2011 | Crunch Time (2011) by Diane Mott Davidson | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2012 | The Chalk Girl (2012) by Carol O'Connell | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2013 | The Chalk Girl (2012) by Carol O'Connell | RUSA Listen List |
| 2013 | Death Angel (2013) by Linda Fairstein | AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense |
| 2014 | A Full Moon Is Rising (2013) by Marilyn Singer | Notable Children's Recordings |
| 2015 | Act of God (2015) by Jill Ciment | AudioFile Best of Fiction |

## Audiography

Rosenblat has narrated more than 400 audiobooks and has been praised for her range of performance in both British and American English accents. She has also narrated a vast range of books across various genres, from classics such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to the literary fiction of T. C. Boyle or short stories of Kurt Vonnegut to paranormal romance novels by Katie McAllister.
Rosenblat is known for her narrations of well-loved mystery series such as Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax series, Elizabeth Peters‘s Amelia Peabody series, and continues to carry many long-running contemporary crime fiction series including:
* Kathy Reich’s Temperance Brennen series
* Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon series
* Diane Mott Davidson’s Goldy Schultz series
* Linda Fairstein’s Alexandra Cooper series
* Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series
* Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series
* Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan series
* Carol O’Connell’s Kathleen Mallory series
* Jessica Ellicott’s Beryl and Edwina Mystery series

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Carry on England | A.T.S. | |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | American Woman | |
| 1986 | The American Way | Betsey Blankett | |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon | Reporter | |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Fifth Customer | |
| 1990 | The Care of Time | Barbara | TV movie |
| 1997 | Malcolm and Melvin | Mother (voice) | Short film |
| 1997 | Babe, He Calls Me | Mother (voice) | Short film |
| 2009 | Love Is Deaf | Subway Lady | Short film |
| 2016 | Stranded at the Altar | Joan the Shopkeeper | Short film |
| 2016 | For I Must Hold My Tongue | Diane | Short film |
| 2017 | Lost Cat Corona | Connie's Mom | |
| 2018 | Run | Maria | |
| 2019 | Anya | Dr. Rosalind Pfenning | |
| 2019 | MAD? | Judy | |
| 2019 | Weathering with You | Mrs. Mamiya, Fortune Teller (voices) | |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Utako (voice) | |
| 2023 | Hidden Dragon | Madame Golden Claw (voice) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976–1981 | The Dick Emery Show | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | Play for Today | Rosie | Episode: "Under the Skin" |
| 1982 | Never the Twain | Mrs. Hardy | Episode: "A Woman's Place..." |
| 1983 | Luna | 2B2B | Episode: "All the World's a Teletalk Linkup" |
| 1983 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Lady Columnist | Episode: "Smart Alek Kill" |
| 1984 | Tales of the Unexpected | TV Interviewer | Episode: "Have a Nice Death" |
| 1989 | Anything More Would Be Greedy | Fran Dehring | 3 episodes Mini TV series |
| 1997 | The Cartoon Cartoon Show | Mother (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Nurse | Episode: "Rage" |
| 2008 | Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns | Sal (voice) | Episode: "Campaign" |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Selma Peters | Episode: "Transitions" |
| 2013–2015 | Orange Is the New Black | Miss Rosa | 14 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
| 2014 | Girls | Nurse | Episode: "Flo" |
| 2014 | Veep | Diane Appleby | Episode: "New Hampshire" |
| 2015 | Gotham | Lidia Bicchieri | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Benders | Helga | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
| 2015 | Limitless | Loretta | Episode: "When Pirates Pirates Pirates" |
| 2016 | The Venture Bros. | Battleaxe (voice) | Episode: "Tanks for Nuthin" |
| 2017 | House of Cards | Louise Talbert | Episode: "Chapter 57" |
| 2018 | Homeland | Attorney General Hoberman | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Elaine Kaufman | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Social Distance | Connie | Episode: “You Gotta Ding-Dong Fling-Flong the Whole Narrative” |
| 2019–2020 | The Bug Diaries | Spider Mom, Bumblebee, Mrs. Water Bug (voices) | 7 episodes |
| 2022 | Moon Knight | Lagaro | Episode: "The Friendly Type" |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | Judge Samantha Small | Episode: "Saul Gone" |
| 2024 | Lego Monkie Kid | Tortoise Guardian (voice) | Episode: “The Storm Within” |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2005 | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | DJ Reni Wassulmaier |
| 2006 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | Reni Wassulmaier |
| 2015 | Just Cause 3 | Rosa Manuela |
| 2018 | Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire | Hazanui Karu |