Shoshannah Stern
Born: 1980-07-03 in Walnut Creek, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Shoshannah Stern is an American actress and writer. She was born in Walnut Creek, California, into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation deaf family, the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Marilyn Stern (née Udkovich), and the sister of writer and artist Louise Stern and former Gallaudet Men's Basketball Coach and current political scientist Brendan Stern. Both of her grandmothers are Holocaust survivors. Her hometown is Fremont, California, where she attended the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Stern's first language is American Sign Language. She is also able to read lips and speak English without an interpreter. She attended Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the world. She married her husband, Ricky Mitchell, on June 3, 2012, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their daughter was born in February 2015. She currently resides with him in Hollywood, California. Stern got her first regular series role as Holly Brodeen, a member of an elite government anti-terrorist task force in ABC's Threat Matrix. The role was created for her by the show's producers after a director who had worked with her on The Division recommended her. She had a recurring role as Megan Beals-Botwin in Showtime's Weeds and was also on ER, Providence, and Cold Case. She played Bonnie Richmond in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, Eileen Leahy on the CW show Supernatural, and had a recurring role in Fox's Lie to Me. Her 2020 role on Grey's Anatomy is the first recurring deaf doctor role on a prime time television network show. In 2025, Stern made her directorial debut with Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, a documentary revolving around actress Marlee Matlin, which will have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
2025
- Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore ... (Director)
2024
- Echo ... (Story)
2023
- Under the Boardwalk as Shelly (voice)
- The Magnificent Meyersons as Susie Meyerson
2021
2018
- This Close as Kate
2015
- Another Period as Helen Keller
2010
- The Hammer as Kristi
- See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary as Self
2008
- Adventures of Power as Annie
2006
- Jericho as Bonnie Richmond
2005
- Supernatural as Eileen Leahy
- Grey's Anatomy as Lauren Riley
- Weeds as Megan Graves
2004
- The Last Shot as Steven's Girlfriend
2003
- Cold Case as Leah O'Rafferty
- Threat Matrix as Holly Brodeen
2001
2000
1999
- Providence as Renee
- The Auteur Theory as Founders' Day Girl
1994
- ER as Rosemary