Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston has added another voice performance to her extensive career, joining the audiobook adaptation of Amy Ephron’s mystery novel Unseasonably Cold. Huston voices Thessaly Edwards in the production, which also features Kerry O’Malley as the principal narrator. Released on October 4, 2026, alongside a new paperback edition, the audiobook brings Ephron’s atmospheric mystery to listeners through a combination of narration and character performance.
Best known for memorable screen roles in The Addams Family, The Witches, and Prizzi’s Honor, Huston has also developed an impressive collection of voice acting credits across animation and television. Her involvement in Unseasonably Cold offers another opportunity to explore that side of her career, this time through an audio adaptation directed by the novel’s author. With an experienced recording team and a story rooted in the intrigue of 1930s New York, the production places particular emphasis on the voices bringing Ephron’s characters to life.
Anjelica Huston Brings Thessaly Edwards to Life
Unseasonably Cold takes listeners into the world of New York society in 1939, where the disappearance of columnist Jane Henry sets a mystery in motion. The historical setting provides a backdrop of social connections, secrets, and uncertainty, creating an environment where the personalities of the characters are central to the unfolding story. For an audiobook adaptation, that atmosphere depends not only on the writing but also on how the performers communicate the tension and relationships through their voices.
Huston joins the production as Thessaly Edwards, contributing a character performance alongside O’Malley’s principal narration. Her participation adds a recognizable Hollywood voice to the adaptation without changing the fundamental storytelling format of the audiobook. Rather than serving as the narrator of the entire novel, Huston lends her voice to a specific character, allowing her performance to become part of the larger narrative.
The casting is a natural fit for an actress whose career has frequently involved distinctive, commanding characters. Huston’s measured delivery and recognizable vocal presence have long been part of her screen performances, whether portraying Morticia Addams or lending her voice to animated characters. In Unseasonably Cold, those qualities provide an opportunity to establish a character through dialogue and vocal expression alone, without the visual elements that traditionally accompany her performances.
Amy Ephron Directs a Special Audiobook Collaboration
One of the more interesting aspects of the production is the involvement of Amy Ephron as director. Rather than leaving the audio adaptation entirely in the hands of a separate creative team, Ephron took an active role in shaping how her novel would be performed. Her participation connects the written work directly to its spoken interpretation, giving the performers access to the perspective of the person who created the characters and their world.
The audiobook was produced at Berkeley Street Studios in Santa Monica, with Betty Bennett and two-time Grammy Award winner Bob Clearmountain serving as executive producers. Kerry O’Malley provides the principal narration, while Huston’s appearance introduces an additional performance element to the recording. Together, the creative team brings experience from acting, audio production, and storytelling to the adaptation.
For an author, directing an audiobook offers a different creative challenge from writing the original novel. Details that readers might interpret silently must be communicated through pacing, emphasis, and vocal delivery. Character relationships, subtle changes in mood, and moments of uncertainty all take on new dimensions when translated into spoken performance. Ephron’s involvement therefore makes the adaptation more than a straightforward reading of the book, allowing the author to participate in how its characters are presented to listeners.
Huston’s collaboration with Ephron is also notable because it brings together two established creative figures in a format that places the spoken word at the center of the experience. Although Huston’s contribution is a specific character role rather than full-length narration, her participation gives the production an additional connection to the world of dramatic performance.
Huston’s Voice Acting Career Extends Beyond Hollywood
While Huston is primarily associated with live-action film and television, voice acting has been a recurring part of her career. One of her most recognizable animated roles is Queen Clarion in Disney’s Tinker Bell franchise, where she portrayed the ruler of Pixie Hollow. The character required a gentle but authoritative delivery, demonstrating how Huston could establish a commanding presence without appearing on screen.
She also voiced Angela Diaz in the acclaimed animated series BoJack Horseman, bringing her distinctive delivery to a production known for combining comedy with emotionally complicated character relationships. Another notable credit came through DreamWorks’ Trollhunters, where she voiced Queen Usurna. Across these projects, Huston has worked in different styles of animation, from family-oriented fantasy to adult comedy and serialized adventure.
Those performances demonstrate the range of her work beyond traditional acting, particularly her ability to convey personality through subtle vocal choices. In animation, a performer must often communicate emotions and intentions without relying on physical expressions captured by a camera. Audiobook performances present a related challenge, placing even greater emphasis on the spoken word and the listener’s imagination.
Her appearance in Unseasonably Cold continues that aspect of her career while introducing her voice to a different storytelling format. With Ephron directing and O’Malley guiding listeners through the central narrative, Huston’s performance as Thessaly Edwards becomes part of a production built around the relationship between literature and spoken performance. For listeners familiar with her work in film and animation, the audiobook offers another opportunity to experience her distinctive voice in a character-driven story.