ABOUT LAUREN RIDLOFF
Deaf actress who began playing Connie on The Walking Dead in 2018 and was cast in the superhero film The Eternals in 2019. She appeared in The Walking Dead from 2018 until 2022. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in Children of a Lesser God.
She attended the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C. She later studied English and creative writing at California State University, Northridge .
She was named Miss Deaf America in 2000. She was a makeup artist for the low-budget film If You Could Hear My Own Tune in 2011.
She married a man named Douglas. She has children.
She appeared alongside Norman Reedus on The Walking Dead for the show's ninth season.
