Sharon Pierre-Louis

Sharon Pierre-Louis, (born February 27 ) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring guest role on Freeform's Switched at Birth and her series regular role as Nisha Randall in The Lying Game.

Life and career Pierre-Louis was born and raised in south Florida to Haitian parents. Her parents had immigrated to the United States during the 1980s and she was their first child born in the United States. She has five other siblings, three of which were born in Haiti, also including an older brother who is Deaf.

In 2014 she was cast as Iris Watkins on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth in which she uses American Sign Language on the show.

Pierre-Louis is also a trained opera singer, fluent in Haitian Creole and American Sign Language.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Eckford Elizabeth Eckford Short film 2009 Fame Broadway Girl 2012 Django Unchained Little Jody 2018 Electric Love Sophie 2019 Relations Alix Short film 2022 True Value ASL Interpreter Documentary

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Little Miss CEO Courtney Unsold TV pilot 2008 Lincoln Heights Stacy Kingston 3 episodes 2009 CSI: Miami Marie Gaudreau Episode: "Count Me Out" 2011 The Lying Game Nisha Randall Series regular (5 episodes) 2013 Suburgatory Daisy Episode: "Body Talk" 2014–2017 Switched at Birth Iris Watkins Recurring role 2018 Grown Ceci 8 episodes 2019 Speechless Interpreter Episode: "F-a-Fashion 4 A-All"