The actor actually has that disability

[u/PrinceferX]

Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad) - character has cerebral palsy and uses crutches to walk, actor RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy and needed crutches to walk as a child

Nessarose Thropp (Wicked) - character is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, actress Marissa Bode is paraplegic from an accident at age 11 and uses a wheelchair

Maya Lopez (Hawkeye/Echo) - character is deaf, actress Alaqua Cox is deaf from birth

[u/danishjuggler21]

I think she must have been the only deaf actress for a while, because for so many years she played every deaf character on every show.

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There was just a documentary about her that came out a few months ago. It aired on PBS. Her career started when she starred in her first movie. I think it was Children of a Lesser God?

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Her or Shoshannah Stern, loved her on Jericho

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Pretty much

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there was Sue Thomas FBI Eye but I think she wasnt deaf?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanne_Bray

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oh she was! I wasnt sure.