Meet the Incredible Child Star of Wonderstruck: 5 Things to Know About Deaf Actress Millicent Simmonds
Millicent Simmonds is quickly making a name for herself in Hollywood.The 14-year-old deaf actress from Bountiful, Utah, makes her breakout performance in the acclaimed new movie Wonderstruck.
Simmonds plays Rose, a 12-year-old deaf girl living in the 1927 Hoboken, New Jersey, who runs away from home and wanders through New York’s Museum of Natural History.
Her story is interlaced with another taking place in 1977 New York, focusing on a lost boy (Oakes Fegley) and mysterious older woman (Julianne Moore).So who is the up-and-coming actress behind one this year’s most buzzed-about films? Here are 5 things to know about the budding child star. »
