Creator / Stephanie Nogueras

Stephanie Nogueras (November 18, 1989) is a deaf American actress of Puerto Rican descent, best known for Switched at Birth. Aside from her acting career, Nogueras also teaches ASL to deaf children in LA county, along with mentoring them. In June 2022 she married Christopher Masheck. She announced in July 2022 that she was pregnant and gave birth to their daughter Luna in November of that year.

Filmography

• Grimm as Elly Mahario (1 episode)
• Switched at Birth as Natalie Pierce (recurring)
• Love Daily as Deaf Student (1 episode)
• The Magicians as Young Harriet (1 episode)
• Unfriended: Dark Web as Amaya DeSoto
• Criminal Minds as Alma Hernandez (1 episode)
• Things That Fall as Carly (short film)
• The Myth Of Control as Victoria (2 episodes)
• The Good Fight as Isabel Rivi (3 episodes)
• Killing It as Camille (main role)
• Accused (2023) as Ava (1 episode)

Examples from her career:

• Actor-Shared Background: She has played Latina women like her in three of her roles so far, to judge by their names.
• Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: All of her film roles have been playing deaf women like herself. Indeed, she only speaks in two roles onscreen thus far and communicates entirely with ASL or by writing otherwise.
• Hand Signals: The characters she plays entirely communicate with ASL (or near enough).
• Twofer Token Minority: As a Puerto Rican deaf women, she automatically qualifies in all of her roles thus far.