Sharon Pierre-Louis, (born February 27 ) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring guest role on Freeform's ''Switched at Birth'' and her series regular role as Nisha Randall in ''

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''.

Life and career

Pierre-Louis was born and raised in south Florida to

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an parents. Her parents had immigrated to the United States during the 1980s and she was their first child born in the United States. She has five other siblings, three of which were born in Haiti, also including an older brother who is Deaf. She became interested in acting during her sixth grade year later attending a performing arts middle/high school. Her first major acting role was in ''Little Miss CEO'' (2008), which was a television pilot that was not picked up to series. In 2008, she had a recurring guest star role as Stacy Kingston, a lesbian character in the

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drama '' Lincoln Heights''. In 2009, she guest starred in an episode of '' CSI: Miami'', had a small singing role in the film '' Fame'' and appeared in the short film ''Eckford''. In 2011, she was cast as Nisha Randall on the ABC Family series ''

''. In 2012, she was cast as Little Jody in the

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film ''

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''. In 2014 she was cast as Iris Watkins on the ABC Family series ''Switched at Birth'' in which she uses American Sign Language on the show. Pierre-Louis is also a trained opera singer, fluent in

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and

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierre-Louis, Sharon 1980s births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Florida Actresses of Haitian descent American film actresses American television actresses People from West Palm Beach, Florida Year of birth missing (living people)