Lauren Ridloff

Tony award-nominated actress and Hunter College alumna Lauren Ridloff holds the distinction of being the first Deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although performing had been a passion, it had not been her career plan. Having graduated from Hunter’s School of Education in 2005, she intended to write children’s books and teach in a classroom. Ridloff’s acting career didn’t begin until more than a decade later, when a series of small roles and a job as a sign language consultant led to an unexpected leading role on the 2018 Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God—earning her a Tony Award nomination.