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Marvel superhero Echo, aka Maya Lopez, played by deaf Native American actress Alaqua Cox, signifies progress in a Hollywood that's still a real challenge ...

Zackary Drucker, producer on Transparent, docuseries This Is Me, director of HBO’s The Lady And The Vale, artist and transgender activist has been “brought in as a diversity hire before. I got to play so many different kind of [parts] and got to see them with an audience because of those festivals.” But you know, there is so much more to what we do.” The Taika effect is real,” she said of the screenwriter and director behind Reservation Dogs, Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Love And Thunder, whose father is Māori. The actor (Wandavision, Fresh Off The Boat, Always Be My Maybe, upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) had hoped change would be faster. “There are deaf actors out there, there are deaf writers out there, there are deaf directors.