Emily Woo Zeller Explained

Emily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red's 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

Personal life

Zeller attended UC Berkeley majoring in dance, theater, and performance studies. In her fifth year, she was awarded one of the school's Eisner Awards for creative talent in 2006.^[1] After school, she spent some time living on Lamma Island in Hong Kong.^{[2] [3]}

Awards and honors

In 2020, AudioFile Magazine selected Zeller as a Golden Voice narrator.^[4]

Awards

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	(2013) by Mary Roach	Earphones Award	Winner	^[5]
		Earphones Award	Winner	^[6]
2014	(2014) by Marie Kondo	Earphones Award	Winner	^[7]
2015	Under a Painted Sky (2015) by Stacey Lee	Earphones Award	Winner	^[8]
2017	Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself (2010) by Ann Mah	Earphones Award	Winner	^[9]
2018		Earphones Award	Winner	^[10]
	Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace (2017) by Kim Phuc Phan Thi and Ashley Wiersma	Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction	Winner	^[11]
		Earphones Award	Winner	^[12]
	For a Muse of Fire (2018) by Heidi Heilig	Earphones Award	Winner	^[13]
	(2018) by Ellen Lindseth	Earphones Award	Winner	^[14]
	(2018) by R. F. Kuang	Earphones Award	Winner	^[15]
2019	(2019) by Addie Thorley	Earphones Award	Winner	^[16]
	(2019) by Helen Hoang	Earphones Award	Winner	^[17]
	My Detective (2019) by Jeffrey Fleishman	Earphones Award	Winner	^[18]
		Earphones Award	Winner	^[19]
		Earphones Award	Winner	^[20]
2020	(2019) by Helen Hoang	Audie Award for Romance	Finalist	^[21] ^[22]
	Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection by Celine Santini	Independent Audiobook Award for Best Female Narrator	Winner	^[23]
		Independent Audiobook Award for Nonfiction	Winner
	Pink Mountain on Locust Island (2018) by Jamie Marina Lau	Earphones Award	Winner	^[24]
	White Ivy (2020) by Susie Yang	Earphones Award	Winner	^[25]
	Wuhan Diary Dispatches from a Quarantined City (2020) by Fang Fang, with Michael Berry [Trans.]	Earphones Award	Winner	^[26]
2021		Earphones Award	Winner	^[27]
	Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim	Earphones Award	Winner	^[28]
2022	(2022) by Peng Shepherd	Earphones Award	Winner	^[29]
		Earphones Award	Winner	^[30]
	Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) by Malinda Lo	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[31]

"Best of" lists

Year	Title	Award	Ref.
2013	(2013) by Mary Roach	AudioFile Best of Contemporary Culture	^[32]
2015	(2014) by Marie Kondo	AudioFile Best of Personal Growth
2018	(2018) by R. F. Kuang	AudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror
2019	(2019) by Helen Hoang	AudioFile Best of Romance
2020	by Maurene Goo	ALSC Notable Children's Recordings	^[33]
	Wicked Fox by Kat Cho	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[34]
2021	Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim	AudioFile Best of Young Adult
2022	Rent a Boyfriend (2020) by Gloria Chao	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[35]
	Six Crimson Cranes (2021) by Elizabeth Lim	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2015		Meray	English dub
2016		Bryony	English dub
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Panam Palmer	English dub
2021	Yasuke	Additional Voices	English dub

Notes and References

1. Web site: Powell . Bonnie Azab . 27 students win Eisner Awards celebrating creative talent on campus . UC Berkeley NewsCenter . April 20, 2006.
2. News: Lai . Yvonne . April 29, 2007 . Emily Woo Zeller . en . . subscription . June 2, 2022.
3. Web site: Lamma-zine Blog - May 2007 - by Lamma-Gung . Lamma-zine . May 31, 2007.
4. Web site: June 17, 2020 . AudioFile's Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Awards . 2020-11-30 . . en-US.
5. Web site: GULP by Mary Roach Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
6. Web site: TIES THAT BIND TIES THAT BREAK by Lensey Namioka Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
7. Web site: THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
8. Web site: UNDER A PAINTED SKY by Stacey Lee Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
9. Web site: KITCHEN CHINESE by Ann Mah Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
10. Web site: AFTER THE ECLIPSE by Sarah Perry Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
11. Web site: 2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-10-05 . www.audiopub.org . January 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010842/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2018-audies . dead .
12. Web site: FIRE ROAD by Kim Phuc Phan Thi Ashley Wiersma Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
13. Web site: FOR A MUSE OF FIRE by Heidi Heilig Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
14. Web site: A GIRL DIVIDED by Ellen Lindseth Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
15. Web site: THE POPPY WAR by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
16. Web site: AN AFFAIR OF POISONS by Addie Thorley Read by Emily Woo Zeller Tim Campbell Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
17. Web site: THE BRIDE TEST by Helen Hoang Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
18. Web site: MY DETECTIVE by Jeffrey Fleishman Read by Emily Woo Zeller Richard Ferrone Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
19. Web site: THE DRAGON REPUBLIC by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
20. Web site: PAPER SON by SJ Rozan Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
21. Web site: 2020 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-10-05 . www.audiopub.org . February 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203150625/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies . dead .
22. Web site: February 3, 2020 . 2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named . 2022-10-05 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
23. Web site: PAST AWARDS . 2022-10-05 . IndieAudiobookAwards . en.
24. Web site: PINK MOUNTAIN ON LOCUST ISLAND by Jamie Marina Lau Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
25. Web site: WHITE IVY by Susie Yang Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
26. Web site: WUHAN DIARY by Fang Fang Michael Berry Trans Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
27. Web site: THE BURNING GOD by RF Kuang Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
28. Web site: SIX CRIMSON CRANES by Elizabeth Lim Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
29. Web site: THE CARTOGRAPHERS by Peng Shepherd Read by Emily Woo Zeller Nancy Wu Karen Chilton Ron Butler Neil Hellegers Jason Culp Brittany Pressley Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
30. Web site: FAMILY BUSINESS by SJ Rozan Read by Emily Woo Zeller Audiobook Review . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
31. Web site: Serbekian . Michael . 2022-02-03 . YALSA names 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-05 . . en.
32. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Emily Woo Zeller . 2022-10-05 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
33. Web site: 2021-01-23 . 2020 Notable Children's Recordings . 2022-10-05 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
34. Web site: 2020-01-06 . 2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-05 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
35. Web site: 2022-02-03 . 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-05 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.