Millicent Simmonds: Representation has helped the deaf community feel limitless

Millicent Simmonds (Ian West/PA)

Actress Millicent Simmonds has said the increase in representation on-screen has helped the deaf community feel like their lives are “limitless” now and has created more “empathy and inclusiveness” in society.

The A Quiet Place star, who is nominated for the Bafta EE rising star award, revealed she did not think a career in acting was a possibility while growing up due to not seeing fellow deaf actors in films or television shows.