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Shoshannah Stern
Born	July 3, 1980 (1980-07-03) (age 29) Walnut Creek, California

Shoshannah Stern (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress.

She was born in Walnut Creek, California into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation deaf family.^[1] One of her grandmothers is a Holocaust survivor.^[1] Her hometown is Fremont, California where she attended the California School for the Deaf, Fremont.

Stern's first language is American Sign Language. She is also able to read lips and speak English without an interpreter. She attended Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the world.^[2]

Stern appeared on ABC's Threat Matrix, and had a recurring role in Showtime's Weeds. She was also on ER, Providence, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Cold Case. She starred in the film Adventures of Power and appeared with Matthew Broderick in the film The Last Shot. Her most recent role was that of the character Bonnie Richmond in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho. Stern also appeared on the popular music video "Yes We Can", written by will.i.am for the Barack Obama campaign.

Theatre

• Open Window .... Susan (directed by Eric Simonson)
• Children of a Lesser God .... Sarah (directed by Joe Giamalva)
• The Vagina Monologues .... Ensemble (directed by Jane Norman)
• The Doctor in Spite of Himself .... Martine (direceted by Tim McCarty)
• Romeo and Juliet .... Juliet (directed by Julianna Fjeld)
• Aladdin .... Dancer (directed by CJ Jones)
• The Cat and the Canary .... Annabelle (directed by CJ Jones)
• A Funny Thing Happened… .... Gymnasia (directed by CJ Jones)
• Anne of Green Gables .... Anne (directed by Charles Katz)

References

External links

• Shoshannah Stern Bio at CBS - Jericho
• Shoshannah Stern official site
• Shoshannah Stern at the Internet Movie Database
• Shoshannah at CelSign 2007 & Links to additional sites