DHH Diverse Leaders and Various Careers: Performing Arts

African American dancer and performer.

American actress and educator, one of the founding members of the National Theatre of the Deaf

He was a Deaf performer, writer, director, poet, and artist. He was a founder of The National Theater of the Deaf and is “regarded by many as the leading professional deaf actor in the country”.

A very intelligent and talented African-American deaf actor and comedian. He has performed in many plays, TV shows, and films.

Chella is known for playing mute superhero Jericho in the DC Universe series Titans – a character who uses sign language to communicate.

Italian actor and director of Sign Gene.

Deaf performance group

Was a figure of the American deafblind community, a performer, actress, pianist, then instructor at the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired. At 67 years old, she became the first deafblind African American to earn a college degree in the United States of America

The deaf actress who played “Linda the Librarian” on Sesame Street, as well as many other roles.

A famous deaf African-American performer.

She she earned a breakout role in Wonderstruck in 2017. Simmonds followed up with her role in horror film A Quiet Place alongside Emily Blunt and John Krasinski.

She was a masterful storyteller, artistic performer, and teacher

Signed music video works. Also known as a visual artist.

Known for work as an ASL poet, a stage and a television actress

First Deaf black actor to win the NYC Best Actor award from the Off Off Broadway Showcase Committee in 2007 for his role as Brutus Jones in Emperoro Jones at the IRT Theater in NYC. He has also starred in Othello, Raisin in the Sun, Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls, and is a founding member of the ASL Poetry performance group called “Dangerous Signs”.

Deaf American actor who won the best supporting actor award for his role in CODA.

Deaf entertainer and rapper who performed at the Super Bowl

Storyteller and author.

Acted in the movie, CODA and other works.

Award winning Canadian-Finnish actress.

Actress who played the lead role on Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.

Mime artist.

Signed music studies.

First known Black deaf actor & first to join the National Theatre of the Deaf

Deaf visual performer.

An American actress, played the role of Connie (a deaf character) in the ninth season of The Walking Dead. In Eternals, released in 2021, she played the deaf superhero Makkari.

The famous deaf actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut role in Children of a Lesser God at the age of twenty-one.

Set up a non-profit organization, ImaginASL Performing Arts

Is an actor and producer of films. Was in Dancing with the Stars and America's Next Top Model and won recognition for his talents. In 2016, he launched the ‘Nyle DiMarco Foundation’ a non-profit organization that provides access to resources for deaf children and their families.

A very well respected deaf actress who won the Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Sara in the Broadway version of Children of a Lesser God and acted on shows such as E.R. and Diagnosis Murder as well as Love is Never Silent, the made-for-tv movie.

The Rosa Lee Show is an unique Deaf one-woman multimedia performance featuring the live Deaf performance, music, and video (visual artist).

He made his major film debut alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the critically-acclaimed There Will Be Blood. In Harvard’s many notable performances, he won the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance for his performance as Billy, the deaf son in an intellectual, though dysfunctional, hearing British family in the 2012 Off Broadway play Tribes by Nina Raine.

Hip-hop artist

Actress in Jericho and Weeds.