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.
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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.
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Known for
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- 2027Bedford Park as Anxious Woman
- 2025Dark Summer as Jessica
- 2025Ana & Mia as Mia's Mother
- 2024Blind Waters as Larisa Burman
- 2023PaleDV as Ms. Berilo
- 2022Shady Grove as Sheriff Wingrad
- 2022The In Between as Monitor
- 2022Deadly Cheers as Susan Riverford
- 2021Broken Down as Jenny
- 2021River as Lois
