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| Born | May 14, 1971 Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Troy Kotsur (2001-present) |
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Deanne Bray (born 14 May 1971)[1] is a deaf actress who is best known for her role as Sue Thomas in the show Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Canoga Park (formerly known as Owensmouth is a section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States about 25 miles (40 kilometers Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Troy Kotsur (born c1968 is a Deaf American Actor. Personal Kotsur was born and raised in the city of Mesa Arizona. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Sue Thomas is an American woman who became the first Deaf person to work as an undercover investigator doing lip-reading of suspects for the Federal Bureau Sue Thomas FBEye is a Canadian - American co-produced television police drama
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Bray was born in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. Canoga Park (formerly known as Owensmouth is a section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States about 25 miles (40 kilometers Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. and has spent most of her life in southern California, although she did live in Seattle for a few years with her mother. She is married to Troy Kotsur, who is also a deaf actor. Troy Kotsur (born c1968 is a Deaf American Actor. Personal Kotsur was born and raised in the city of Mesa Arizona. On 8 September 2005, she gave birth to daughter Kyra Monique Kotsur. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bray’s parents made certain their daughter was instructed from at an early age onward to speak and write English and learn American Sign Language as well, sending her through a variety of learning programs and centers to strengthen her language skills. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States American Sign Language (or ASL Ameslan is the dominant Sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts A California native, Bray broke into the entertainment industry after she was discovered performing with a deaf dancing group called "Prism West" at a deaf festival at California State University, Northridge, where she earned a B. California State University Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits A. degree in Biology. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles
Deafness
She is profoundly deaf in her right ear and has a 78 dB loss in her left. The decibel ( dB) is a logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the magnitude of a physical quantity (usually power or intensity relative to She can hear a little with her left ear if she uses a hearing aid, though the hearing aid doesn't give her full hearing. She can read lips, sign ASL and speak, and thus considers herself bilingual: ASL and English. Her first deaf teacher was Lil Skinner at the age of three. She has never been sad over her hearing loss, and finds it a challenge dealing with people who feel sorry for her because of her deafness. She finds herself often caught in the middle between hearing and deaf culture.
Those who are hearing question why others who are deaf don't speak as well as she does, and those who are deaf feel she does not embrace deaf culture. In her own words "I have the worst in both worlds, but I do have the best in both, as well. "[2]
She has hosted a show for the deaf community, Caption This, and teaches math and science to deaf and hard of hearing high school students. She has also established a literacy program, The Little Bookworm Club.
Acting
Bray has appeared on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The L Word, Ellen, Rescue Me, Diagnosis Murder, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas The L Word is a Television Drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of Lesbian, Bisexual and Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for season one is a U Rescue Me is an American Television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. Diagnosis Murder is a mystery / medical / Crime drama Television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American Sitcom starring Seinfeld writer co-creator and executive producer Larry David as himself and Most notably, she played the lead role, Sue Thomas, in the PAX TV series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. Sue Thomas is an American woman who became the first Deaf person to work as an undercover investigator doing lip-reading of suspects for the Federal Bureau Sue Thomas FBEye is a Canadian - American co-produced television police drama The series was based on the true story of Sue Thomas, a woman who became deaf at the age of 18 months and overcame significant obstacles to work as an undercover surveillant at the FBI. Bray also played a deaf woman on one episode of a kids show, Animal ARK, where she could not hear a stray dog barking in her yard. In 2007, she played the wife of Hal (Tim Meadow) in an episode of Curb your Enthusiasm titled "The Rat Dog". she also was in an episode of strong medichine, with her husband.
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