About Me: 
A Short Overview

Deanna Anthony is a classically trained award-winning Actress and Singer (IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Best Theatrical Production in AGVA role of Mwongozo for “Tale of the Lion King”; SFCF Follow Your Dream Award in role of Mama Bear / Mama Bear / Dragon for “Shrek the Musical”; Valley Theatre Award for Best Musical as Assistant Director / Stage Manager for “Dreamgirls”), a PANA Narrator of Distinction Inaugural Winner (solo nonfiction narration “Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Drowning on Dry Land”), an Earphones Award-winning (solo Literary Fiction narration "Lauren Harper Falls Apart"; multicast Mystery Thriller narration "A True Verdict"), and Audie Finalist Audiobook Narrator (multicast nonfiction narration ("The Sex Lives of African Women”), a Best Black Narrator Nominee, an Earphones Award-winning Director (duet Fiction narration "Where the Wildflowers Grow"), Producer, Host, and Voiceover Artist that has worked in the Entertainment industry for over 35 years. A former model and beauty queen turned casting director and booking agent, she has also personally performed in over sixty-two regional and international theaters in 77 different stage productions and live performances. 

She is currently well-known for professional stage, commercial, indie film, audiobook narration and podcast performances and direction / producing, music / podcast / audiobook production coordination and management work, with 120 fiction and nonfiction audiobook titles released on Audible, between herself and her alter egos.​

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Industry people have long said, “She’s the real deal,” “You want someone with an impeccable work ethic and spirit for what she does...this is your girl” and many have simply said, “hire her.”