BBC casts deaf actress in lead role
A deaf actress has been handed the lead role in a primetime BBC thriller.
Genevieve Barr will play deaf teenager Amelia Edwards in a new BBC1 four part series called The Silence.
She won the role while on the Teach First training scheme, teaching in a challenging inner London school.
In her first major role the character Genevieve plays witnesses a murder while staying with relatives.
Genevieve believes The Silence will provide a fantastic opportunity to explore life through a deaf person's eyes.
She says, "I am thrilled to have been offered the role and will have my hands full with Amelia! I have had my first day of filming and it was exhausting but amazing playing my first scenes."
Genevieve, 23, will be surrounded by an experienced cast for the production, including acclaimed actor Douglas Henshall, Gina McKee and Hugh Bonneville.
As featured on Mirror.co.uk.
