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Millicent Simmonds is set to star in Freeform’s new pilot, Close Up.

Deadline reports that the 16-year-old actress will star as Jen in the series and will communicate on screen in American Sign Language.

Close Up is set in a seemingly normal suburban town in Centreville, New Jersey, and follows high school student Rachel Guyer, who is on a mission to expose the truth about her hometown and turn her community inside out.

Millicent‘s role as Jen is described as “self-possessed and funny and tends to retreat into a rich imaginative inner world. Due to her impaired hearing, she is a natural observer and knows her town like the back of her hand. One to normally avoid attention at all costs, she takes a courageous step forward in the aftermath of a recent trauma.”

Ariel Winter, Olivia Holt, and Bailee Madison share words of wisdom at WE Day!

The Last Movie Star actress, the Status Update star, and the Good Witch actress joined forces at the event held at Tacoma Dome on Thursday (April 18) in Tacoma, Wash.

They were joined by Bunk’d actress Skai Jackson, ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, Black‑ish actor Marcus Scribner, and “Level Up” singer Ciara.

Also in attendance were Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo, retired professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, A Quiet Place actress Millicent Simmonds, pop duo MKTO, and “Sleep” singer Johnny Orlando.

“WE Day is the Olympics for change-makers,” according to the official website. “The Academy Awards for real people who are making a difference. It fills stadiums around the globe. It’s live-streamed. It’s broadcast. WE Day is a powerful, life-changing experience with world-renowned speakers and performers, mixed with real inspirational stories of change.”

Kareem said while on stage with Marcus, “When you show the integrity of your issue and what you’re willing to suffer in order to make your issue known, people will respect you and they will listen to you.”

Watch a clip from Bailee‘s speech below!

10+ pictures inside of Ariel Winter, Olivia Holt, Bailee Madison, and more at the event… More Here! »

Some of the most exciting rising stars in Hollywood stepped out at the 2019 Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday (January 13) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

The Hate U Give‘s Amandla Stenberg, Leave No Trace‘s Thomasin McKenzie, and A Quiet Place‘s Millicent Simmonds were all nominated for Best Younger Actor/Actress for their work.

The award went to Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher.

FYI: Amandla is wearing a Khaite dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, an Edie Parker bag, earrings by Graziela Gems and Anita Ko, and rings by Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Meyer, Jacquie Aiche, and Foundrae. Thomasin is wearing a Valentino dress. Millicent is wearing a Marchesa Notte dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, Hueb earrings, and a Borgioni ear cuff.

In the next new episodes of Andi Mack, Millicent Simmonds will be recurring on the show as Libby, Jonah’s new girlfriend.

The episodes will focus on how Libby and Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) get along after both of them have dated Jonah (Asher Angel), and a lot on how ASL plays a big part in communication.

While Jonah keeps texting to communicate with Libby, Andi does not and learns some phrases to talk with Libby.

Andi Mack made the decision to not show subtitles to translate and there’s an important reason for that: “We wanted [Millicent’s] dialogue to be like any other dialogue on the show, and we knew that subtitles would defeat the purpose of the message her character portrays,” show creator Terri Minsky told Teen Vogue.

And it’s a decision Millicent stands behind.

“[Subtitles] would be distracting from the relationships that were taking place and forming,” she shared. “It’s also more fun for kids to watch it and try to understand the sign language. I think that it could be easily understood by them if they put the pieces together.”

Millicent added, “American Sign Language is a language. It’s fun to learn, and it’s different from other languages because you use your hands, you use your face, your facial expressions, and there is also an incredible culture that comes with it and an amazing community too, and through that, we can support each other.”

Andi Mack airs Fridays @ 8PM ET/PT on Disney Channel.

Millicent Simmonds is coming to Andi Mack!

The 14-year-old Quiet Place actress will be back on the show (she popped up as an extra in the first season) as Libby, Jonah’s new girlfriend.

In the clip below, you’ll see that there are no captions revealing what Millie, nor Jonah and Andi are signing – and you won’t see any in the episode at all.

Creator Terri Minsky and executive producer Michelle Manning, who also directed the episode, hoped this would authentically engage audiences with Libby’s way of communicating.

The new episode will also see Buffy is elated when a talented player joins the girls’ basketball team; and Cyrus continues to avoid T.J.

Tune into Andi Mack THIS FRIDAY, November 20th @ 8PM ET/PT on Disney Channel.

Millicent Simmonds steps out in a vintage dress for the 2018 Media Access Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night (November 1).

The 15-year-old Quiet Place actress was one of the many presenters at the event which pays tribute to entertainment industry professionals who tirelessly advance public awareness, inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities.

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Just a week before, Millicent was seen at the Entertainment Weekly Breakout Awards Panel during the 21st SCAD Savannah Film Festival in Savannah, Georgia.

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Maddie Ziegler and Jenna Ortega stun in THR‘s first ever list of Top 30 Stars Under Age 18, which celebrates Young Hollywood stars who are raking in the cash, racking up the followers, and taking charge of their careers like no generation before them.

The two young stars, along with Black-ish‘s Miles Brown and Marsai Martin, McKenna Grace, Storm Reid, Skai Jackson, Elise Fisher, Brooklynn Prince, Millicent Simmonds, and Mowgli‘s Rohan Chand, opened up about dream co-stars, fan encounters, and more.

“I’ve been working for so long that I don’t really know the difference between regular kids versus my life. I just try to enjoy every moment whether it’s considered normal or not,” Maddie shared.

Jenna even revealed how she spent her first paycheck – “I bought my sister a cheer outfit.”

The list also includes: Rowan Blanchard, Iain Armitage, Fresh Off The Boat stars Ian Chen, Forrest Wheeler, and Hudson Yang, Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin, Deadpool 2‘s Julian Dennison, Mackenzie Foy, Middle School‘s Griffin Gluck, Shazam‘s Jack Dylan Grazer, Moonlight‘s Alex Hibbert, A Quiet Place‘s Noah Jupe, It‘s Jaeden Lieberher and Sophia Lillis, Isabela Moner, Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey, J.J. Totah, and Jacob Tremblay.

Head on over to THR.com for even more!