- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Becki Hayes is a Texas-born SAG-AFTRA actress known for both deaf and hearing roles. Born with a hereditary, progressive hearing loss, Becki's hearing rapidly declined, rendering her profoundly deaf by age 12.
Becki made her network TV debut in ABC's "Gideons Crossing" opposite Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, portraying a deaf teen at odds with her parents over cochlear implants. Life imitated art for Becki, as shortly after the show aired, she underwent bilateral cochlear implant surgery.
She considers her former deafness a gift to her craft. "When one sense is absent, the other senses are heightened immensely. I had to become such an intense listener by necessity. In conversation, I was hyper focused on facial cues and body language to kind of fill in the gaps when words were unclear and provide context clues in order to react appropriately. My superpower is "hearing" beyond the spoken. It's authentic acting gold. I'm very lucky!"
Becki is currently developing a dramedy (2020) based on her own adventures as a formerly deaf wife and mother adjusting to life changes after cochlear implants.
- IMDb mini biography by: Becki Hayes
- SpouseMichael Hayes(? - present) (2 children)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Began her career in musical theater at Theater Under The Star's Humphrey's School of Musical Theater.
- Is a registered yoga teacher and Rainbow Kids yoga teacher.
- Born with a hereditary, progressive hearing loss. Was profoundly deaf by age 12.
- Was 25 when she portrayed a 14-year-old teen on ABC's drama Orphans (2001) opposite Marlee Matlin.
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