Heroes

Synopsis

People all over the U.S and the world start to realize they have special abilities, like telekinesis, healing abilities, flying powers, time travel, invisibility, and the ability to absorb other’s abilities. One man, known as Sylar, wants to gain all the power of these “heroes” so he can be the most powerful and evolved human of all, and stops at nothing to gruesomely kill these people. In order to protect themselves from him, these people must help one another before Sylar can destroy them all, while they each deal with problems of their own.

The deaf actress Deanne Bray had a recurring role as Emma Coolidge during Season 4 (“Redemption”) and appeared in 9 episodes.

Her episodes were:

“Ink” (Season 4, Episode 3) – first appearance as Emma Coolidge.
“Hysterical Blindness” (Season 4, Episode 4)
“Tabula Rasa” (Season 4, Episode 5)
“Upon This Rock” (Season 4, Episode 12)
“Let It Bleed” (Season 4, Episode 13)
“Close to You” (Season 4, Episode 14)
“The Art of Deception” (Season 4, Episode 16)
“The Wall” (Season 4, Episode 17)
“Brave New World” (Season 4, Episode 18, the series finale)

Emma Coolidge was a deaf woman with a form of synesthesia (seeing colors for music) that allowed her to see and manipulate sound waves, including the ability to create a siren song. making her one of the few deaf superheroes portrayed by a deaf actress on a major television series. 1

The overall Season 4 average of 6.54 million U.S. viewers is listed in the ratings table on the Heroes series page. 2