Deanne Bray is a deaf actress who plays Sue Thomas in the show Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. The word deaf can have very different meanings depending on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Sue Thomas is an American woman who became the first deaf person to work as an investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

Bray was born in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. 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. Canoga Park, California is a district of the city of Los Angeles, located within the San Fernando Valley. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ...

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. 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.A. degree in Biology. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... American Sign Language (ASL, also Amslan obs. ... California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge, or C-Sun) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of the California State University System, CSUN was founded in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College. ... Biology is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. ...

Deafness

She is profoundly deaf in her right ear and has a 78 dB loss in her left. She can hear a little with her left ear if she uses a hearing aid, though the hearing aid doesn't totally fix the problem. 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. The decibel (dB) is a measure of the ratio between two quantities, and is used in a wide variety of measurements in acoustics, physics and electronics. ...

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."

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, Ellen and Diagnosis Murder. She also played Sue Thomas in the now-cancelled show Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. This show is 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. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for the first season) was a U.S. television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from 1994 to 1998. ... Diagnosis: Murder is a one-hour mystery series, starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a physician who occasionally works for the police department as a consultant. ... Sue Thomas is an American woman who became the first deaf person to work as an investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

External links

• Official website
• A Deanne Bray Fansite
• Deanne Bray at The Internet Movie Database