"The one little idea I kept having was, 'What if Millie can be the lead of the movie?'" John Krasinski says of Millicent Simmonds. (Jeff Swensen / For The Times) Millicent Simmonds is a star on the ...

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 ...

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A Quiet Place star Millicent Simmonds has landed a lead role in a new biopic about Helen Keller. The actress and deaf activist, who plays Regan Abbott in the 2018 horror film and its 2020 follow-up, ...