Michelle banks deaf autobiography
Michelle banks actress...
Michelle banks
Banks, Michelle
1968(?)–
Actress
As one of a very few deaf actors working in the United States, still fewer of whom are African American, Michelle Banks has been a true pioneer. For some years, Banks has created roles for herself as founder and artistic director of Onyx Theater Company, the first deaf theater in the United States oriented toward people of color.
In the early 2000s, Banks expanded beyond audiences for deaf theater productions with several key film and television roles. Banks has taken a condition that would form a serious obstacle for most performers and turned it into an opportunity.
Michelle banks deaf autobiography
"I never felt I missed out on things. If anything," she told Essence, her deafness "has made me more resilient against the dual discrimination deaf people of color face."
A native of Washington, D.C., Michelle Banks was born around 1968.
She had one older brother. Born with normal hearing, Banks went deaf at age one after a bout with spinal meningitis. Her parents quickly rea