Stephanie Nogueras | |
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Born | [1] | November 18, 1989
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2013–present |
Children | 1 [2] |
Website | www |
Stephanie Nogueras (born November 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the television series Switched at Birth , [3] Grimm , and Killing It , as well as the 2018 film Unfriended: Dark Web . [4]
Nogueras was born "profoundly deaf". [1] She is Puerto Rican [5] from New Jersey originally, and was raised in a hearing family. Holding a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, she has mentored people in deaf culture and American Sign Language. [6]
From 2013 through 2017, she portrayed Natalie Pierce on ABC Family's Switched at Birth . [3] In 2018, she starred as Amaya, the lead protagonist's girlfriend, in the horror film Unfriended: Dark Web . [4] Nogueras currently portrays Camille on the TV series Killing It , the ex-wife of the main character and mother to their daughter. [5]
In 2023 she starred in episode 2 of the Fox crime anthology Accused . Max Gao of Yahoo Entertainment called her performance "stunning". [7]
She married her husband in June 2022. [8] In July 2022, Nogueras announced that she was pregnant with a girl, due December. [9] Her daughter Luna was born that November. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Grimm | Elly Mahario | Episode: "One Night Stand" |
2013–2017 | Switched at Birth | Natalie Pierce | Recurring character; 23 episodes |
2018 | Love Daily | Deaf Student | Episode: "Hit" |
2018 | The Magicians | Young Harriet | Episode: "Six Short Stories About Magic" |
2018 | Unfriended: Dark Web | Amaya DeSoto | Film |
2018 | Criminal Minds | Alma Hernandez | Episode: "Mixed Signals" |
2019 | Things That Fall | Carly | Short |
2021 | American Diablo | Anita | Short |
2021 | The Good Fight | Isabel Rivi | 3 episodes |
2022 | Killing It | Camille | Series regular; 6 episodes |
2023 | Accused | Ava | Ava's Story, episode lead |
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