Jennifer Mendenhall

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Jennifer Mendenhall (born February 7, 1960), commonly known by the alias Kate Reading, is an American actress and audiobook narrator. She has won 6 Audie Awards and 46 Earphone Awards.

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Personal life

Mendenhall was born on February 7, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved to England when she was a baby. [1] In 1978, she returned to the United States to attend the University of Virginia. [1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Drama in 1983. [2]

Mendenhall married Michael Kramer on October 24, 1992.[ citation needed ] They currently live in the Washington, D.C., area with their two children. [3]

Awards and honors

Awards

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1999 Summer Sisters (1998) by Judy Blume Audie Award for Fiction Finalist [4]
2004 Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [5]
2006Fairy Tales (1835) by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Tina Nunnally Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist [6]
2007 The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset Maugham Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [7]
2010 Bellwether (1996) by Connie Willis Audie Award for Science Fiction Winner [8]
2010 The Gathering Storm (2009) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist [8]
2011Among the Missing (2011) by Morag Joss Earphone Award Winner [9]
2011The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense Finalist [10]
20121222 (2011) by Anne Holt Earphone Award Winner [11]
2012The Boy in the Snow (2012) by M.J. McGrath Earphone Award Winner [12]
2012 The Thirteen Hallows (2011) by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman Earphone Award Winner [13]
2012 Trapeze (2012) by Simon Mawer Earphone Award Winner [14]
2013Breasts by Florence Williams Audie Award for Nonfiction Winner [15] [16]
2013The Last Runaway (2013) by Tracy Chevalier Earphone Award Winner [17]
2013 A Memory of Light (2013) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Earphone Award Winner [18]
2014 Words of Radiance (2014) by Brandon Sanderson Earphone Award Winner [19]
2015My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir Winner [20]
2015The Siege Winter (2015) by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman Earphone Award Winner [21]
2015 Words of Radiance (2014) Audie Award for Fantasy Winner [15] [22]
2016The Story of Egypt: The Civilization That Shaped the World (2016) by Joann Fletcher Earphone Award Winner [23]
2016 A Study in Scarlet Women (2016) by Sherry Thomas Earphone Award Winner [24]
2016The Velvet Hours (2016) by Alyson Richman Earphone Award Winner [25]
2017A Conspiracy in Belgravia (2017) by Sherry Thomas Earphone Award Winner [26]
2017A Duke in Shining Armor: Difficult Dukes (2017) by Loretta Chase Earphone Award Winner [27]
2017The Glass Town Game (2017) by Catherynne M. Valente Earphone Award Winner [28]
2018 The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017) by Theodora Goss Audie Award for Fantasy Winner [29]
2018The Tangled Lands (2010) by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell Earphone Award Winner [30]
2018When a Duke Loves a Woman (2018) by Lorraine Heath Earphone Award Winner [31]
2019The Art of Theft (2019) by Sherry Thomas Earphone Award Winner [32]
2019At the End of the Century (2019) by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Earphone Award Winner [33]
2020Death and the Maiden (2020) by Samantha Norman and Ariana Franklin Earphone Award Winner [34]
2019European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss Audie Award for Fantasy Finalist [35]
2020Midnight Train to Prague (2020) by Carol Windley Earphone Award Winner [36]
2020 The Prophet (1923) by Kahlil Gibran Earphone Award Winner [37]
2020 Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Earphone Award Winner [38]
2020Ten Things I Hate About the Duke (2020) by Loretta Chase Earphone Award Winner [39]
2022 Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Audie Award for Fantasy Winner [15] [40]
2021The Souvenir Museum (2021) by Elizabeth McCracken Earphone Award Winner [41]

"Best of" lists

YearTitleAwardRef.
2008Captain's FuryAudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year [15]
2009Cursor's FuryAudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year [15]
2010Bright-Sided  AudioFile Best Contemporary Culture of the Year [15]
2012Bling GoddessAudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year [15]
2012Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig RUSA Listen List [42]
2013The Garden Intrigue (2013) by Lauren Willig RUSA Listen List [43] [44]
2015Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year [15]
2015 Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase RUSA Listen List [45] [46]
2016And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander RUSA Listen List [47]
2017A Conspiracy in Belgravia AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year [15]

Stage performances

Performances listed alphabetically by show [48]
ShowRoleCompany
After the Fall Holga Theater J
Andy and the ShadowsRaya Theater J
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Ethel Rosenberg, Rabbi Chemelwitz, Hannah Pitt Forum Theatre
Angels in America: Perestroika Ethel Rosenberg, Hannah Pitt Forum Theatre
Apples from the DesertVictoria Theater J
A Beautiful ViewLaneStudio Theatre
CherokeeJanine Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Circle Mirror Transformation MartyStudio Theatre
Clybourne Park Bev/Kathy Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Cripple of Inishmaan Kate OsbourneSCENA Theatre
Dead Man's Cell Phone Other Woman Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Grace Sara Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Homebody/Kabul Mahala Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Imagining Madoff Secretary Theater J
Legacy of Light Wet Nurse, Olivia Arena Stage
Lenny & LouJulie Riggio Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Measure for Measure Lady Vanity Lustforth Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
The New Electric BallroomAdaStudio Theatre
PlutoElizabeth Miller Forum Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show Magenta Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991The ArcSally
1992Literary VisionsActor1 episode: Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry
1994 Homicide: Life on the Street Kerry Weston1 episode: See No Evil
1994 Serial Mom Reporter
1997 Frontline Self / Narration1 episode: The Lost American
2013My Synthesized LifePhone operator1 episode: Freak

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