Joniece Abbott-Pratt
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Iowa |
Notable awards | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections (2022) |
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Joniece Abbott-Pratt is an American actor and audiobook narrator. Her narrations have won her 14
Education and career
Abbott-Pratt was raised in Philadelphia.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree at Clark Atlanta University,[4] and a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Iowa.[5][6] While at Iowa she appeared in a 2004 hip-hop adaptation of the Greek tragedy Seven Against Thebes,[7] and in a 2005 production of Suzan-Lori Parks' In the Blood, directed by Tisch Jones.[8]
Abbott-Pratt has performed in numerous regional theater productions,[9][10] as well as on television shows.[5] In 2002, she was a teen actress in Kia Corthron's Breath, Boom in Atlanta.[11] In 2009, she co-starred in Tracey Scott Wilson's The Good Negro in Hartford and New York.[12] In 2013 she co-starred in a production of Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly in Philadelphia.[13] In 2014 she appeared in Marcus Gardley's The House that Will Not Stand in New Haven.[14] She has appeared in several plays by August Wilson, including Gem of the Ocean with Novella Nelson and Stephen Tyrone Williams in Hartford in 2011,[15] and Seven Guitars in Louisville in 2015.[16] Also in 2015, she co-starred with Keith Randolph Smith in Dominique Morisseau's Sunset Baby,[17] and with Royce Johnson in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop.[18] In 2019 she starred in Too Heavy for Your Pocket, a drama about the Freedom Riders by Jireh Breon Holder, at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey.[19]
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Awards and honors
Abbott-Pratt was named "Best Emerging Actress" in 2003, by the Atlanta Constitution.[21] In 2020, AudioFile included Abbott-Pratt's narration of Jordan Ifueko's Raybearer on their list of the best young adult audiobooks of the year,[22] and in 2021, they included her narration of Ifueko's Redemptor on their list of the best young adult audiobooks of the year.[23]
In 2022, AudioFile and Literary Hub named Abbott-Pratt's narration of Nightcrawling among the best fiction audiobooks of the year.[24][25]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | The Beginning of Everything | Earphones Award
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Winner | [26] |
2020 | Grown | Earphones Award
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Winner | [27] |
The Ministry for the Future | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [28][29] | |
Raybearer | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [30] | |
2021 | For All Time | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [31] |
Legendborn | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 | [32] | |
Raybearer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 | [32] | |
Audie Award for Fantasy | Finalist | [33][34] | ||
Earphones Award
|
Winner | [35] | ||
Revival Season | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [36] | |
Together We Will Go | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [37] | |
2022 | Blackout | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Winner | [1][2] |
Bloodmarked | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [38] | |
Four Hundred Souls | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Finalist | [1][39] | |
How It Ends | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist | [1][39] | |
ITW Award for Best Audiobook | Finalist | [40] | ||
Nightcrawling | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [41] | |
Off The Record | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Selection | [42] | |
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [43] | |
Whiteout | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [44] | |
2023 | Love Radio | Audie Award for Young Adult Title | Finalist | [45][46] |
Nightcrawling | Audie Award for Best Female Narrator | Finalist | [45][46] | |
The Sex Lives of African Women | Audie Award for Nonfiction | Finalist | [45][46] | |
The New Earth | Earphones Award
|
Winner | [47] | |
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophesy | Earphones Award
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Winner | [48] | |
2024 | One Blood | Audie Award for Fiction | Finalist | [49] |
Narrations
Filmography
Year | Title | Media | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Why Did I Get Married? | Film | College Student #3 | |
2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Video game | Local Population (voice) | |
2015 | American Odyssey | TV | Margaret | 1 episode |
2015 | Orange Is the New Black | TV | Ultrasound technician | 1 episode |
2015 | Show Me A Hero | TV | Woman | 2 episodes |
2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | TV |
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2 episodes |
2017 | Blindspot | TV | Charly Evon | 1 episode |
2018 | Instinct | TV | Ashley | 1 episode |
2016-2018 | Luke Cage | TV | Etta Lucas | 2 episodes |
2019 | The Good Fight | TV | Monique Cromley | 1 episode |
2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | TV | Michelle Carter | 1 episode |
2020 | The Annex | TV | Joniece | |
2021 | Evil | TV | Ashley | 1 episode |
2022 | Dynasty | TV | Nurse Julia | 1 episode |
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- ^ "ONE NIGHT IN GEORGIA by Celeste O Norfleet Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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- ^ "THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS by Danielle Evans Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Nicole Lewis Brittany Pressley Shayna Small January LaVoy Adenrele Ojo Janina Edwards | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "THE WRONG MR DARCY by Evelyn Lozada Holly Lorincz Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "CAUL BABY by Morgan Jerkins Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris Read by Aja Naomi King Joniece Abbott-Pratt Heather Alicia Simms Bahni Turpin | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "BECAUSE CLAUDETTE by Tracey Baptiste Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "BLOOD LIKE FATE by Liselle Sambury Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "QUANTUM GIRL THEORY by Erin Kate Ryan Read by Saskia Maarleveld Joniece Abbott-Pratt PJ Ochlan | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "YONDER by Jabari Asim Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Lamarr Gulley JD Jackson Adam Lazarre-White Imani Jade Powers Janina Edwards | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "BLOOD DEBTS by Terry J Benton-Walker Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Zeno Robinson Bahni Turpin Torian Brackett | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "THE DAVENPORTS by Krystal Marquis Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE by Rachel Beanland Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Andi Arndt Michael Crouch Ruffin Prentiss III Rachel Beanland Note | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "LIKE LITERALLY DUDE by Valerie Fridland Read by Valerie Fridland Joniece Abbott-Pratt Keylor Leigh Andrew Eiden Christopher Ryan Grant Ellen Archer Eileen Stevens Nicky Endres | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "LONE WOMEN by Victor LaValle Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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External links
- Official website
- Joniece Abbott-Pratt at IMDb