Alaqua Cox portrays an interesting character in the Marvel Universe, Maya Lopez/Echo. Echo premiered in the Disney+ television series Hawkeye as a character who is a rival to Hawkeye. The character Echo is Native American, deaf and lost part of her leg. In similar fashion Cox is Menominee and Mohican. She grew up on the Menominee Reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin. She played high school sports for the Wisconsin school for the deaf. She is deaf, and she lost part of her leg and uses prothesis. The spin off series Echo explores more history of the character and her Native American background. Her fiancé is also deaf and they have two sons together.
Interesting tidbit is that both Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld both learned some ASL sign to communicate with Alaqua Cox on the set. Hawkeye and Kingpin use sign to communicate with her. She is an advocate for Native American issues and for the deaf community.
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