Katie Leclerc's career began in 2005, when she made her first
appearance on
Veronica Mars (2004). This
jump-started a series of minor roles and small appearances in movies
and TV shows. She got her breakout role starring as a deaf teenager,
Daphne Vasquez, who finds out she was taken home by the wrong family in
ABC Family's
Switched at Birth (2011).
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Katie is hard of hearing; she suffers from Meniere's disease.
In her first role on "Veronica Mars" she played a bit character where the main storyline involved two other girls being switched at birth, one from a poor family and one from a rich family. This was similar to Leclerc's later role in "Switched at Birth".
Has been featured in commercials for Pepsi, Cingular, Comcast, and GE.
Is the youngest of 3 siblings.
Discovered her passion for acting at a young age when she played the lead role in a production of Annie.