Born into a fourth generation deaf family, Shoshannah Stern is an amazing person and actress who copes with the everyday life of being a star while being deaf. She is the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Udowski-Stern. Shoshannah's first language was American Sign Language and she also reads lips really well and can comfortably speak without an interpreter. Shoshannah was born in Walnut Creek, California but grew up in Fremont, California where she attended the California School for the Deaf. She later attended Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the world. Shoshannah acts in mostly TV series but has been in a few movies. She is best known for her lead roles in Threat Matrix, CBS's Jericho, and in Showtime's Weeds.