Emmanuelle Laborit

Emmanuelle Laborit est née le 18 octobre 1971 à Paris. Née sourde.

Elle a reçu le Molière de la révélation théâtrale, en 1993, pour son rôle dans Les Enfants du silence, adapté de la pièce américaine du même nom écrite par Mark Medoff : elle est la première comédienne sourde à avoir reçu, en France, une telle récompense. Elle devient aussi l'ambassadrice de la langue des signes en France (LSF).

Son livre autobiographique Le Cri de la mouette, publié en 1994, obtient le Prix Vérité de la ville du Cannet dans la même année.

Elle a été membre du comité de parrainage de la Coordination française pour la Décennie de la culture de paix et de non-violence.

Déjà membre de l'International Visual Theatre depuis 1979, Emmanuelle Laborit succède à Alfredo

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