Katie Leclerc

Katie Lynn Leclerc is an American actress and producer. She has appeared on several television series, including Veronica Mars, Fashion House and The Big Bang Theory. In 2011, she was cast in the television show Switched at Birth, starring as Daphne Vasquez.

Leclerc was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in Lakewood, Colorado. She is of Canadian descent. She is the youngest of three siblings.[1] She started learning American Sign Language at 17, before she found out she had Ménière’s disease, which leads to hearing loss. Her older sister also teaches ASL.[2] Both her father and older sister have Ménière’s disease as well.[3]

Leclerc married longtime boyfriend Brian Habecost, a real estate salesman, on September 6, 2014.[4] In July 2017, Leclerc filed for divorce from her husband.