Cathleen McCarron

Cathleen McCarron is a film, television, theater and audiobook actor and professional voice coach. She has appeared in a number of movies including Made of Honor and had a recurring part as Molly Anderson on the British television series The Bill.[1] McCarron has developed a devoted following for her audiobook acting. McCarron is “one of Audible’s highest-rated narrators.”[2] And she is widely known for her narration of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine which is one of the best selling audiobooks of all time.[3] McCarron is included in The Times: Isolation Special: The Best Audiobooks[4] and 31 Unmissable Audiobooks Narrated by Your Favourite Celebrities[5] in Stylist magazine.

Cathleen McCarron
Born
Edinburgh
EducationRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationActor of Stage, Screen and Audiobook
Notable work
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

McCarron is known for her clarity, range of accents and ability to portray a range of characters in a single book. As Fionnuala Barrett, senior audio editor at HarperColllins explained in Bookseller Stories Behind the Books of the Year,

The story is told in the first person by Eleanor. She is tremendously particular when it comes to her use of language, and so I knew we required a reader with great precision to reflect that. At the same time, the narrator had to be versatile to do justice to the wide cast of characters in the story. Cathleen, with her training as an accent and vocal coach, fit the bill perfectly, and with her background as an actor she was able to balance the humour and the darkness of the story beautifully.[6]

McCarron was born in Edinburgh and now resides in Stratford-on-Avon.[7]

Awards
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References
  1. "Cathleen McCarron". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. Dowling, Tim (2019-11-16). "'Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts': the secret life of the audiobook star". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. Holstrom, Ashley (2020-05-08). "The Bestselling Audiobooks of All Time". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  4. Nicol, Patricia. "The best audiobooks". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. Brown, Rachel (2020-03-26). "Best Audiobooks Narrated by the Author, Actors, Celebrities". Stylist. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  6. "The stories behind the books of the year | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  7. "How audio is changing the way we use books – and the way they are being written". The Independent. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  8. "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  9. "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  10. "2018 Audie Awards® - APA". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  11. "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  12. "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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