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Lauren Ridloff

(1978) Actor

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Lauren Ridloff describes how a tough lead role turned her into a professional mother, relying on a strong support network. She notes that Hollywood has long had few places for deaf actors, so she works to increase representation. She also shares her background teaching hearing kids and her wish to write children’s books.

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Lauren Ridloff is an actor.

Quick Facts About Lauren Ridloff

Born: April 6, 1978
Profession: Actor

About Lauren Ridloff

American deaf actress and teacher (born 1978)... | 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

Quotes by Lauren Ridloff

I was very shy.

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I love my kettlebells.

Exercise

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I enjoyed writing speeches.

Communication

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I was very into books.

Books

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My boys, they love Legos.

Boys

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I want to give the audience what they deserve.

Audience

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I'm a mother, a wife, and a former teacher.

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I wasn't one of the cool kids.

Children

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Most of my students were not deaf.

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I've been running ever since I was in high school.

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I got to a point today as an adult where I'm wonderfully comfortable with my curls.

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I feel like acting is a study of humanity, and I am loving that.

Acting

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For the longest time people just assumed I would be in theatre.

Actor

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When my hair is natural and I have the freedom to play with it, I feel most comfortable.

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I never really dreamed of becoming an actor because I've seen how hard it is within the deaf community.

Actor

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It isn't wild or crazy or difficult - my hair is natural, and to be natural is revolutionary.

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What's timeless is our need to connect, to feel intimate, to feel that we are understood and heard by another person.

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I used to go through products quickly, because I was using too much as a curly hair person.

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I feel that just by showing the diversity of people within the Marvel world is so powerful because the MCU really is…

Comic

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Every day I feel different. I wake up some days feeling like, 'Okay, I need to put on makeup today. I need…

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When I was a teenager, I was first exposed to a saying: 'Deaf people can do anything except hear.' But that quote…

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I have learned from stylists that I work with that with gel specifically, less can be more. It's all about layering and…

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I don't know if I want to write about being deaf per se, but I do know that it'll color my story…

Being

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Growing up, books were my best friends, just because I didn't really have a lot of peers as deaf kids. So I…

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Hollywood is a small place, and historically there's only been room for one or two deaf people. That was the mindset for…

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In a very demanding starring role, you become a professional mother overnight. You just do it. I am able to do this…

Family

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When I got the Tony nomination, that meant I had a bigger platform. There were more people I could interact with and…

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I'm thrilled to be able to have the opportunity to shift the attention to subtitles and accessibility for deaf and hard of…

Cinema

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My relationship with PS 347 goes way back. I was the teacher there and I moved from California to New York City.…

Community

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Hollywood needs to take the lead on subtitling ads, trailers and those cute little interviews with clips that celebrities do promoting their…

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I think that deaf people that grow up, we meet so many people who don't sign well, and so we develop this…

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In the deaf community, we give people name signs based on their quirks or characteristics. So it means you can't really give…

Community

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I've been a runner for a long time, but just for recreational purposes. I started in high school and by the time…

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I tried several different Brooks and I just found that the Glycerin was the best match for me. I was pretty surprised…

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I think that subtitles benefit everyone: deaf, hard of hearing, hearing.

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I was really quiet. I was a shy kid. I preferred to stand behind things, behind people. I was really a wallflower.

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Growing up, I didn't know that there were other deaf people out there. I thought I was the only one.

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I know what deaf fans want is more stories that are authentic.

Authentic

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Deaf fans are not satisfied, they need more. We want to see more deaf people on the screen.

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My hair doesn't understand rules, doesn't understand rigidity.

Hair

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