Quincy Tyler Bernstine

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Short description|American actress and audiobook narrator}}

{{infobox person

|name=Quincy Tyler Bernstine

|nationality=American

|education=Brown University (BA)
University of California, San Diego (MFA)

|occupation={{flatlist|

  • Actress
  • audiobook narrator

}}

|awards=Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress (2019)

}}

Quincy Tyler Bernstine is an American actress and audiobook narrator. In 2019, she won the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance.{{Cite web |title=19 |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/2010s/year-19/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Obie Awards |language=en-US}}

Education

Bernstine has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.{{Cite web |title=Quincy Tyler Bernstine |url=https://playingonair.org/quincy-tyler-bernstine |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Playing on Air |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Quincy Tyler Bernstine |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists-archive/creative-partners/actors/quincy-tyler-bernstine/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Goodman Theatre}}

Filmography

=Film=

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Note

rowspan="2" |2008

|Rachel Getting Married

|12Step Receptionist

|

Life in Flight

|Cali

|

2012

|Red Hook Summer

|Hazel

|

rowspan="5" |2014

|Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

|Usherette / Sister Hazel

|

Hungry Hearts

|Nurse

|

While We're Young

|Pepper

|

Ned Rifle

|Mary

|

Still Alice

|Nursing Home Administrator

|

2016

|Manchester by the Sea

|Marianne (3rd Tenant)

|

2017

|Easy Living

|Liz

|

rowspan=2|2021

|Marys Seacole

|Mary

|Filmed production

{{Sortname|first=The|last=Tender Bar|link=The Tender Bar (film)}}

|Sidney's Mom

|

rowspan="2" |2022

|Allswell in New York

|Sandra

|

White Noise

|Evacuee with Theory

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Note

2004

|Chappelle's Show

|Brenda Johnson / Rounds

|Episode: "I Know Black People & When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong"

2005

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Pam Gaffney

|Episode: "Sex Club"

rowspan="2" |2007

|HBO Voyeur Project

|

|Miniseries

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Sheri Simkins

|Episode: "Alternate"

2009

|Great Performances

|Josephine Baker

|Episode: "Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story"

rowspan=3|2014

|{{Sortname|first=The|last=Leftovers|link=The Leftovers (TV series)}}

|Dr. Singley

|Episode: "The Garveys at Their Best"

Madam Secretary

|Pam Foster

|Episode: "Just Another Normal Day"

{{Sortname|first=The|last=Strain|link=The Strain (TV series)}}

|Brea

|Episode: "Loved Ones"

rowspan="4" |2015

|Blue Bloods

|Faith Turner

|2 episodes: "The Art of War" and "New Rules"

Cooperation

|Barta

|Episode #1.1

Elementary

|Tamara

|Episode: "All My Exes Live in Essex"

{{Sortname|first=The|last=Good Wife|link=}}

|Dr. Callie Fisher

|Episode: "Restraint"

2016

|{{Sortname|first=The|last=Blacklist|link=}}

|Adoption Agent

|2 episodes: "Lady Ambrosia (No. 77)" and "Alistair Pitt (No. 103)"

2017–2020

|Power

|Tameika Robinson / Tameika Washington

|17 episodes

rowspan="3" |2019

|{{Sortname|first=The|last=Code|link=The Code (American TV series)}}

|Lt. Col. Skylar Maddox

|2 episodes: "Secret Squirrel" and "1st Civ Div"

High Maintenance

|Wheeler

|Episode: "Fingerbutt"

Modern Love

|Sylvia

|2 episodes

2019–2020

|Ray Donovan

|Detective Perry

|10 episodes

2020–2023

|Power Book II: Ghost

|Tameika Washington

|13 episodes

rowspan="2" |2022

|{{Sortname|first=The|last=Equalizer|link=The Equalizer (2021 TV series)}}

|Rolanda

|Episode: "Legacy"

Evil

|Sheila Gibson

|Episode: "The Demon of the End"

2022–2023

|Julia

|Madeline Anderson / Documentarian

|2 episodes

2023

|Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

|Mrs. Robertson

|2 episodes

=Podcasts=

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Note

2021

|Marvel's Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord

|The Collector / Taneleer Tivan

|3 episodes

= Theatre =

  • Matt & Ben (2004) as Ben
  • A Small, Melodramatic Story (2006) as O
  • (I am) Nobody’s Lunch (2006) as Performer
  • The Misanthrope (2007) as Éliante
  • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (2009) as Elizabeth
  • Ruined (2010) as Salima
  • Family Week (2010) as Rickey
  • born bad (2011) as Sister #1
  • Red-Handed Otter (2012) as Estelle
  • We Are Proud to Present a Presentation… (2012) as Black Woman
  • Mr. Burns (2013) as Quincy
  • Neva (2013) as Masha
  • Grand Concourse (2014) as Shelly
  • 10 out of 12 (2015) as Stage Manager
  • The Nether (2015) as Detective Morris
  • Peer Gynt (2016) as Solveig
  • Small Mouth Sounds (2016) as Judy
  • As You Like It (2017) as Celia
  • Our Lady of 121st Street (2018) as Inez
  • The Amateurs (2018) as Hollis
  • Marys Seacole (2019) as Mary
  • Doubt: A Parable (2024) as Mrs. Muller

Awards and honors

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!Year

!Award

!Title

!Result

!Ref.

rowspan="3" |2009

|Audelco Awards for Supporting Actress

|rowspan=3|Ruined

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Jessica |title=2009 Robinson/Audelco Award Nominees Announced, RUINED Sweeps |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2009-RobinsonAudelco-Award-Nominees-Announced-RUINED-Sweeps-20091009 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}

Clarence Derwent Award

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2009 |title=Aaron Tveit and Quincy Tyler Bernstine Win 2009 Clarence Derwent Awards |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/98517/aaron-tveit-and-quincy-tyler-bernstine-win-2009-clarence-derwent-awards/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}}

Obie Award for Performance

|{{won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2011

|Earphones Award

|Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=PICK-UP GAME by Marc Aronson Charles R Smith Jr Eds Walter Dean Myers Bruce Brooks Willie Perdomo Robert Burleigh Rita Williams-Garcia Joseph Bruchac Adam Rapp Read by Dion Graham Quincy Tyler Bernstine {{!}} Audiobook Review |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/63070/pick-up-game-by-marc-aronson-charles-r-smith-jr-eds-walter-dean-myers-bruce-brooks-willie-perdomo-robert-burleigh-rita-williams-garcia-joseph-bruchac-adam-rapp-read-by-dion-graham-quincy-tyler-bernstine/ |access-date=August 26, 2022 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}

Earphones Award

|rowspan=2|Looking Like Me

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=LOOKING LIKE ME by Walter Dean Myers Read by Dion Graham Quincy Tyler Bernstine {{!}} Audiobook Review |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/60583/looking-like-me-by-walter-dean-myers-read-by-dion-graham-quincy-tyler-bernstine/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |2012

|Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title

|{{CFinalist}}

|{{Cite web |title=2012 Audie Awards® |url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2012 |access-date=August 26, 2022 |website=Audio Publishers Association}}

Audie Award for Young Adult Title

|Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court

|{{CFinalist}}

|

2013

|Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

|Neva

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=2013 Nominees |url=https://www.lortelaward.com/2013-nominees |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Lucille Lortel Awards |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=May 5, 2013 |title=Dogfight, The Whale and The Piano Lesson Are Lortel Award Winners |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/dogfight-the-whale-and-the-piano-lesson-are-lortel-award-winners-com-205088 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Playbill}}

rowspan="2" |2015

|Lilly Award in Acting

|

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=2015 Lilly Awards |url=https://the-lillys.org/lilly-awards-2015 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Lillys |language=en-US}}

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

|Grand Concourse

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |last=Smart |first=Jack |date=May 11, 2015 |title='Hamilton,' Tonya Pinkins Honored at 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/hamilton-tonya-pinkins-honored-th-annual-lucille-lortel-awards-9166/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Backstage}}{{Cite web |title=2015 Nominees |url=https://www.lortelaward.com/2015-nominees |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Lucille Lortel Awards |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |2018

|Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

|The Amateurs

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Robert |title=2018 Lucille Lortel Award Winners – Full List! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2018-Lucille-Lortel-Award-Winners-Updating-Live-20180506 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2018 Lucille Lortel Awards |url=https://www.lortelaward.com/2018 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Lucille Lortel Awards |language=en-US}}

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

|As You Like It

|{{nom}}

|

rowspan="5" |2019

|Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

|Marys Seacole

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last=Rosky |first=Nicole |title=The 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards – Full List of Winners! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-2019-Lucille-Lortel-Awards--Winners-Updating-Live-20190505 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2019 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominees & Recipients |url=https://www.lortelaward.com/2019 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Lucille Lortel Awards |language=en-US}}

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

|Our Lady of 121st Street

|{{nom}}

|

Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance

|

|{{won}}

|

AudioFile Best of Fiction, Poetry & Drama

|rowspan=4|Red at the Bone

|{{CFinalist}}

|{{Cite web |title=AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators// |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 4, 2019 |title=Audiobooks: AudioFile's Best Audio Titles of 2019 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3633 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

Earphones Award

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson Read by Jacqueline Woodson Quincy Tyler Bernstine Peter Francis James Shayna Small Bahni Turpin {{!}} Audiobook Review |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/161009/red-at-the-bone-by-jacqueline-woodson-read-by-jacqueline-woodson-quincy-tyler-bernstine/ |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |2020

|Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=2020 Audie Awards® – APA (en-US) |url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies |access-date=August 23, 2022 |website=Audio Publishers Association}}

Listen List

|{{CFinalist}}

|{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2020 |title=2020 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners revealed |url=https://rusaupdate.org/2020/01/2020-listen-list-outstanding-audiobook-narration-for-adult-listeners-revealed/ |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=RUSA Update |language=en-US}}

2024

|Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

|Doubt: A Parable

|{{Nominated}}

|

References

{{Reflist}}