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Colleen is best known for her multi-season arc as Inara on the ABC/Shondaland series STATION 19. Her nuanced performance as a survivor of domestic violence, a fiery protector of her Deaf son, and her heartwarming romance with firefighter Jack Gibson made her a fan favorite. Her body of work includes dozens of prime time guest starring performances, most recently on CHICAGO MED, THE ROOKIE, and a recurring role on QUANTUM LEAP.
In 2007, she made her feature film debut in the Academy Award winning film THERE WILL BE BLOOD, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Colleen originated the role of Lindsay in QUID PRO QUO at the Kennedy Center and understudied the role of Laura in THE GLASS MENAGERIE at the Mark Taper Forum. She spent a year touring the country as Alice in ALICE IN WONDERLAND with the National Theatre of the Deaf, as the only hearing member of the Company. Colleen has been fluent in American Sign Language for 25 years and is a strong ally to the Deaf community.- Actress
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Vanessa Marano started acting in the theater when she was seven years old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills, California. She began her professional career with several national commercials.
Marano is most recognized for her roles as "April Nardini", the daughter of "Luke", in the highly popular show, Gilmore Girls (2000) and for the role of "Francesca", the daughter of the Emmy Award-winning Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO original series, The Comeback (2005). Recently, she starred in Scoundrels (2010), playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring roles in shows including Dexter (2006), Without a Trace (2002), Trust Me (2009) and The Young and the Restless (1973). Her guest-starring credits include Parenthood (2010), Medium (2005), Ghost Whisperer (2005), Past Life (2010), Six Feet Under (2001), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) and Grounded for Life (2001).
She starred as a young girl who becomes a quadriplegic in the critically acclaimed television movie, The Brooke Ellison Story (2004), directed by Christopher Reeve.
Marano's first film was the animated hit, Finding Nemo (2003), followed by the independent films, Easy (2003), The Clique (2008), Stopping Power (2000), Dear Lemon Lima (2009) and, most recently, The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013).
Vanessa is working with Lucy Liu on a miniseries, playing the troubled foster teenager, "Imogene 'Immy' Hicks" in Marry Me (2010).
Vanessa speaks Italian and is enrolled in her sophomore year in college.- Natalie Ganzhorn is known for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), Make It Pop (2015) and The Stanley Dynamic (2014).
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Amy Jo Johnson is an American/Canadian actress and filmmaker. Amy grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. As a child she competed as a gymnast, learning skills that would later be of great use to her in her breakthrough role as Kimberly Hart the Pink Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). She gave up competing when she was 17, and concentrated more on her acting interests, appearing in various community theatre projects. Once she graduated from high school she went to New York to study at the American Musical Dramatic Academy. After two years there she moved to California where she landed the aforementioned part as the Pink Ranger also in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995). After her stint there she went back to the theatre as well as doing several television movies. Amy's own talents as a musician came into play in her role as Julie Emrick on Felicity (1998). After several more years of acting in Los Angeles Amy then moved her life to Toronto, Ontario and has become a Canadian citizen. She mainly focuses now on writing/directing and hanging with her daughter Francesca.- Raphael Alejandro was born on August 22, 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He started his acting career at the age of 4. He is known for Once Upon a Time, Kindergarten Cop 2, Olympus, Badge of Honor, among others. He is the youngest child of three. Dalila Bela is his sister and Bruce Salomon is his brother, both also actors.
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Sofía Daccarett Char was born on April 10, 1993 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The daughter of José F. Daccarett and Colombian-American Laura Char Carson. Through her mother, Sofia is related to the Char family of Colombian politicians. She attended St. Hugh School and graduated from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami. After graduation, Sofia went on to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she majored in communications with a minor in French. A career in entertainment took root as early as teenage years when Sofia attended the In Motion Dance Studio, where she was part of the IMPAC Youth Ensemble program. She became a singer-songwriter in 2012 after signing with Broadcast Music, Inc. Her television career began 2 years later in 2014, appearing in an episode of Austin & Ally (2011), followed by work on the series Faking It (2014). She made her feature length debut as 'Evie' in the comedic fantasy television film Descendants (2015). It would be a role she would reprise in the animated spin-off Descendants: Wicked World (2015) from 2015-2016 as the voice of her live-action character. She appeared in following sequels including Descendants 2: It's Going Down (2017) and Descendants 2 (2017). She lent her voice as 'Keemia' AKA 'Sand Girl' in the 2017 incarnation of the Marvel Comic superhero series Spider-Man (2017). In 2018, Sofia made her debut in her first film drama Asbury Park, starring with Ron Perlman and Dominique Swain.
In 2015, Sofia cut her first album with Walt Disney Records for Descendants. The following year in 2016, she released her next second album with WaterTower Music. In 2017, she released her third album with Walt Disney Records.- Actress
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Sharon Pierre-Louis is a multilingual actress fluent in Haitian-Kreyol, American Sign Language, English & conversational French. She is a classical/Opera singer who co-founded Project Elev8, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that supports elevating the standards of education in Haiti. Pierre-Louis has appeared on the fourth and fifth seasons of Freeform's hit series Switched at Birth in the recurring guest star role of Iris which can also be viewed on Netflix. Credits Include ABC's Speechless, the role of Little Jody in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained & a guest star recurring role on ABC Family's (now known as Freeform) Lincoln Heights. She has guest starred on CBS's CSI: Miami, ABC's Suburgatory, and after having shot a couple of pilots, Sharon worked as a series regular on ABC Family's The Lying Game. She played Sophie in the indie film Electric Love & worked as a series regular on the New Media series, Grown, through Adaptive Studios (an LA-based company best known for producing HBO's 2015 reboot of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's docuseries, Project Greenlight.) She is also the voice of several characters in the Playstation's video game Crime Boss: Rockay City. She has commercial credits with Toyota, McDonald's & Tomorrow Mattress. Theatre credits include the voice of Emily Webb with Sandra Mae Frank in Deaf West's production of Our Town at the Pasadena Playhouse. The following season she returned to the Pasadena Playhouse stage in the French-Senegalese Muslim role of Amina, a four person play, Belleville, with Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, The Help) & Thomas Sadoski (Life in Pieces, The Newsroom). Sharon graduated from an award winning middle/high school theatre program at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts as a musical theatre major. She has her BFA degree in acting (Cum Laude) from Florida State University as well as a degree in American Sign Language Interpreting and Transliterating (inspired by her Deaf older sibling.) Pierre-Louis believes in everyone having equal access to education, including the arts. She is a polyglot currently learning Italian & Spanish while being actively involved within the Deaf and Haitian community.- Make-Up Department
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- Karlie Locke is known for John Tucker Must Die (2006) and You, Me and the Kids (1998).
- Stephanie A. Locke is known for John Tucker Must Die (2006).
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Emilia Jones was recently named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch.
She is best known for playing the lead role of Ruby Rossi in CODA which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2022. Her performance garnered her 13 wins and 25 nominations including a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
For her role, Emilia spent nine months learning American Sign Language. She also had intensive singing lessons as all of her musical performances were recorded live on set. Her CODA duet video reached over 5 billion views on TikTok.
In addition to her television and film work, Emilia has also performed in three highly acclaimed West End theatre productions at The Almeida, The Young Vic and The Theatre Royal Drury Lane.- Actress
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Rachel Joy Shenton is a British actress and writer born in the Midlands. Shenton started her career at Edinburgh fringe festival, where her play received critical acclaim. In 2018 Shenton won the Academy Award® for Best Live Action short film, for The Silent Child that she both wrote, produced and starred in.- Actress
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B.K. Cannon was born on 27 August 1990 in Kailua, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Road House (2024), Why Women Kill (2019) and Switched at Birth (2011).- Actress
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Sophie Stone was born on 11 August 1981. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (2005), The Chelsea Detective (2022) and Marchlands (2011).- Amanda Hancox was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, the baby of three children. She has two brothers, Richard and Michael. In 1959 the family moved to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada where her father held the position of editor of the Guardian Newspaper. As early as she can remember she had a dream of becoming a ballerina. After excelling at ballet lessons in Charlottetown she won a scholarship to the prestigious Tring Park private school in England, which she attended from 1966 until 1972. She was in the original cast of the still running musical production of "Anne of Green Gables" which opened in 1964 in Charlottetown. In 1972 she was selected to be a dancer with Le Feux Follets and also was cast as Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables. She later played the deaf character Belinda in "Johnny Belinda" on stage as well as in the CBC TV production with Don McManus and Scot Denton.
Along with numerous commercials she has appeared in movies and television in Canada and the US. She has had a successful stage career in Canada and when she hung up her dancing shoes "to let someone else have a turn", she continued to use her talent to teach others. She is active in theater in Toronto, encouraging youth to develop their talent.
She has been married to actor Scot Denton (The Gate) since February 1974. They reside in Canada with their two children, Allegra and Lucas. - Actress
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"I don't use the word 'can't' because I don't believe in limiting myself. I am able. I am capable. I am strong. Never think less of yourself because society expects you to behave a certain way. We decide our own limits. I have chosen to have none." -Amanda McDonough
Amanda McDonough is an experienced SAG/AFTRA actress, published author, and inspirational speaker who communicates fluently in English and American Sign Language. Amanda began acting professionally at the age of 4. As a child, she performed in an extensive list of commercials, plays, and had a guest starring role on the show "Unsolved Mysteries." Ms. McDonough then took a break from Hollywood to focus on her education and graduated from Cal Polly Pomona University with a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration, double majoring in International Business and Marketing Management (with an emphasis on Entertainment Marketing). After college she rediscovered her love of acting and storytelling.
Amanda's recent acting credits include: Netflix's "Sweet Magnolia's," ABC's "Speechless," NBC's "Bad Judge," Freeform's "Switched at Birth," Chris Lilly's Pilot series "Just Us Guys," Deaf West/ Pasadena Playhouse's "Our Town" and independent films such as "Keys," "Listen," and "Technicolor Aria." Several of her films have gone on to show in various festivals, like her short film "Lady Electric" which showed at Cannes Film Festival.
Amanda's life story is unique and inspiring and has even been the subject of documentaries such as USC's "Amanda" and radio broadcast stories such as KCRW's "Silence."
In 2018, Amanda McDonough became a published author. Her memoir, "Ready to be Heard: How I Lost My Hearing and Found My Voice," details the true story of how Amanda became Deaf, fought for her independence, and found her purpose. She now also imparts her story of resilience and perseverance on audiences as a motivational speaker. Ms. McDonough travels the world motivating and inspiring audiences to overcome obstacles in their lives and become the hero of their own stories.- Actress
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Betsy Rue is known for My Bloody Valentine (2009), Lucky Bastard (2014) and Miss March (2009). She has been married to Aron Reynolds since 2012. They have two children.- Actress
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Lindsay Price was born on 6 December 1976 in Arcadia, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Lipstick Jungle (2008), Eastwick (2009) and Splitting Up Together (2018). She has been married to Curtis Stone since 8 June 2013. They have two children. She was previously married to Shawn Piller.- Sarah Christine Pletcher started acting at the age of 9 and modeling at the age of 18. Her parents put her in acting classes at Northwest Studios in Seattle to help her with her self-esteem and she fell in love with the craft, reading books on acting far advanced for her age and begging to get and agent and go on auditions. She signed with a top union agency in Seattle and landed every role she auditioned for. Through high school she enjoyed working on several independent films, sometimes even traveling to Oregon and Canada to film. After high school she moved to Los Angeles and started modeling, working with celebrity photographers such as Robert Maxwell, and working on ad campaigns in New Zealand, England and America. She's since worked with the Jonas Brothers, on Nickelodeon and still more independent films. She never expected life to do anything special for her, yet she seems to accomplish far more than she had ever hoped.
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Treshelle M. Edmond is an actress, model, and ASL performer that has been described as "a stand-out performer whose words seem to spill directly from the core of her body in waves of grief, anger and vulnerability." Treshelle's passion and expressiveness are un-paralleled which make her a triple threat in this industry. Treshelle was born September 10, 1990 in San Bernardino, California. She is the oldest of 3 children (she has one younger brother and one younger sister). Treshelle was diagnosed with having a severe to profound hearing loss in both ears when she was around 18 months old. Her family moved out of state and she attended Epic Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama where she learned and became fluent in American Sign Language. It was at Epic Elementary where Treshelle first took the stage and found her love for performing. Treshelle and her family would ultimately move back to Southern California where she went on to graduate from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California. It was at Fairfax where the acting bug appeared. Treshelle auditioned for and landed a guest starring role on House, M.D. From there, she performed in the deaf choir on Glee. Treshelle did not have much acting experience but she had so much passion and natural ability she seemed to "wow" her audiences with every performance. In continuing her education, Treshelle attended California State University, Northridge where she majored in Child and Adolescent Development. It was at CSUN when she decided to audition for Deaf West Theater's production of Spring Awakening. The play launched at Inner City Arts Theater, a 99-seat theater in downtown Los Angeles in September 2014. By February 1, 2015, Treshelle was on the field at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, Arizona signing America the Beautiful with John Legend and the National Anthem with Idina Menzel. Treshelle quickly learned that Spring Awakening would re-launch in May 2015 at the Wallis Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA and she would reprise her role as Martha Bessel to a 500 seat theater crowd. Spring Awakening has since transferred and running on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. You can see Treshelle Edmond in the cast of Spring Awakening through January 24, 2016.- Emilee Wallace was born on 19 September 1989 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Rizzoli & Isles (2010), Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009) and Cold Case (2003).
- Kate Greenhouse was born on 17 April 1969 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress, known for He Never Died (2015), The Dark Hours (2005) and Flash of Genius (2008).
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Born mostly deaf from an unknown cause. Completely deaf in right ear, some residual hearing in left ear in which she uses a hearing aid. Enjoys reading, especially with deaf children. Also enjoys attending deaf community events. Role models include Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Freda Norman and Sue Thomas. In addition to acting, also teaches American Sign Language.