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.

She later returned to the US, and worked at the Library of Congress narrating books for the blind for four years.

Awards and honors AudioFile has named Rosenblat a Golden Voice narrator. 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

Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female Finalist by Lisa Scottoline Audie Award for Mystery, Fiction Finalist Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood by Kate Simon Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female Finalist Jackdaws by Ken Follett Audie Award for Fiction (Abridged) Finalist by Michael Dorris Listen Up Award for Fiction Finalist

Audie Award for Biography or Memoir Winner Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female Winner (2005) by Elizabeth Peters Earphones Award Winner

Audie Award for Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction Finalist One Dangerous Lady by Jane Stanton Hitchcock Audie Award for Mystery (Fiction) Finalist (2005) by Elizabeth Peters Audie Award for Mystery (Fiction) Winner Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline Listen Up Award for Mystery Finalist

Audie Award for Literary Fiction Finalist Lady Killer (2008) by Lisa Scottoline Earphones Award Winner (2008) by Elizabeth Peters Earphones Award Winner

(2006) by Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Trans.) Listen Up Award for Fiction Finalist Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister Audie Award for Romance Finalist Lethal Legacy (2009) by Linda Fairstein Earphones Award Winner

Audie Award for Biography or Memoir Winner Audie Award for Nonfiction Finalist Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson Audie Award for Solo Narration - Female Finalist (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) by Carol O'Connell Earphones Award Winner (1980) by Eudora Welty Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist

Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production Finalist Death Angel (2013) by Linda Fairstein Earphones Award Winner

(1951) by Carson McCullers Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald Audie Award for Children's Titles Up To Age 8 Finalist Unveiled by Francine Rivers Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Finalist 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

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 Haunted Honeymoon Reporter Little Shop of Horrors Fifth Customer 1990 The Care of Time Barbara TV movie 1997 Malcolm and Melvin Mother (voice) Short film Babe, He Calls Me 2009 Love Is Deaf Subway Lady 2016 Stranded at the Altar Joan the Shopkeeper Short film For I Must Hold My Tongue Diane 2017 Lost Cat Corona Connie's Mom 2018 Run Maria 2019 Anya Dr. Rosalind Pfenning MAD? Judy Weathering with You Mrs. Mamiya, Fortune Teller (voices) 2023 The Boy and the Heron Utako (voice) 2027 Hidden Dragon Madame Golden Claw (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1976–1981 The Dick Emery Show Mrs. Goldberg 2 episodes 1982 Play for Today Rosie Episode: "Under the Skin" Never the Twain Mrs. Hardy Episode: "A Woman's Place..." 1983 Luna 2B2B Episode: "All the World's a Teletalk Linkup" 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 episodesMini TV series 1997 The Cartoon Cartoon Show Mother (voice) 2 episodes 2000 Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way Narrator 4 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 episodesScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2014 Girls Nurse Episode: "Flo" Veep Diane Appleby Episode: "New Hampshire" 2015 Gotham Lidia Bicchieri 2 episodes Benders Helga Episode: "Secrets and Lies" 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 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 Forger Episode: "The Friendly Type" 2022 Better Call Saul Judge Samantha Small Episode: "Saul Gone" 2023–2024 Synduality: Noir Mam (voice) 24 episodes 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