Lauren Ridloff

Lauren Ridloff is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals. She gained prominence in 2018 with a lead role in the Broadway revival of Children of a Lesser God, earning her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Ridloff was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended California State University, Northridge and later earned a master's degree in education from Hunter College.

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ACCUSED · S1, E2

Ava

After a married couple discovers their newborn is deaf, they elect to have cochlear implant surgery to correct the baby’s handicap. When the surrogate who carried the child, who also happens to be deaf, learns the news, she kidnaps the baby for protection.
NEW AMSTERDAM · S1, E19

Happy Place

When a NYPD officer is hit by a car in the line of duty, the hospital is turn upside down trying to save her. Meanwhile, Kapoor (Anupam Kher) and Iggy (Tyler Labine) work with a patient struggling with a previous surgery.