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Becki Hayes
Actor
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2026 | Bedford Park · as Anxious Woman |
| 2025 | Dark Summer · as Jessica |
| 2025 | Ana & Mia · as Mia's Mother |
| 2025 | The Pitt (TV Series) · as Sylvia |
| 2023 | Blind Waters · as Larisa Burman |
| 2022 | Hashtag Blessed: The Movie · as Elaine |
| 2022 | Shady Grove · as Sheriff Wingrad |
| 2022 | Surviving the Cartel (TV Series) · as Valerie Holmes |
| 2022 | The In Between · as Monitor |
| 2022 | Deadly Cheers · as Susan Riverford |
| 2021 | Bloody Nickel (TV Series) · as Store Employee |
| 2021 | Ordinary Joe (TV Series) · as Tracy |
| 2021 | River · as Lois |
| 2021 | Grace and Grit · as Counseled Woman |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 · as Kelsey's Mom |
| 2020 | Broken Down · as Jenny |
| 2019 | Test Pattern · as Skylar |
| 2019 | Vindication (TV Series) · as Julia |
| 2019 | Killing Time (2019) (TV Series) · as Daphne Stidham |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing (TV Series) · as Charlotte Warren |