Bahni Turpin

Bahni Turpin (born June 4, 1962) 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; and in 2016, she was named Audible's Narrator of the Year. In 2018, Audible inducted her into the Narrator Hall of Fame.

Early life Turpin was born in Pontiac, Michigan.

Career Turpin began her acting career in 1991 with her debut role in the film Daughters of the Dust, the first feature film directed by an African-American woman distributed theatrically in the United States. She has since appeared on television shows such as Criminal Minds.

Turpin is also a member of the Cornerstone Theater Company. Of The Hate U Give, the same website wrote "Turpin's remarkable sensitivity carries this performance to the ranks of greatness."

Awards and honors Awards

Best of the Year lists

Selected narrations

Filmography

Resolutions

The Ex-Files If Words Could If Words Could Kill #2 The Ex-Files #2

Dead Wives' Club

Frank's Best Family

Abduction

I Insist Where We Are From