Advertisement
UK markets closed
  • FTSE 100

    8,139.83
    +60.97 (+0.75%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    19,824.16
    +222.18 (+1.13%)
     
  • AIM

    755.28
    +2.16 (+0.29%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1675
    +0.0018 (+0.16%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2487
    -0.0024 (-0.19%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,098.04
    -581.58 (-1.13%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,324.23
    -72.30 (-5.18%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,111.97
    +63.55 (+1.26%)
     
  • DOW

    38,300.93
    +215.13 (+0.56%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    83.83
    +0.26 (+0.31%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,349.10
    +6.60 (+0.28%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    37,934.76
    +306.28 (+0.81%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    17,651.15
    +366.61 (+2.12%)
     
  • DAX

    18,161.01
    +243.73 (+1.36%)
     
  • CAC 40

    8,088.24
    +71.59 (+0.89%)
     

Millicent Simmonds to play Helen Keller in biopic

The A Quiet Place breakout star who is deaf, is a distant cousin of the deafblind disability rights activist and author and her casting in Helen & Teacher marks an important moment for deaf representation in film and TV as Keller has largely been portrayed onscreen by non-deaf actors over the years, according to Variety