Aryana Engineer

Aryana Engineer born March 6 2001 in Vancouver British Columbia is a Canadian actress who is best known for her role in the psychological thriller Orphan 2009 She has IranianScottish roots In Orphan Aryana played the role of Maxine Coleman a deaf sixyearold girl Her performance was particularly praised because she herself is hard of hearing and fluent in sign language Her other roles include Becky the daughter of Alice Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil Retribution 2012 and Belinda in Dreaming of Peggy Lee short film 2015 Aryana was discovered by her neighbor while communicating with her deaf mother  her ability to use sign language was crucial to landing her first film role She is committed to raising awareness of people with hearing impairments and has used her career to show how inclusion is possible in Hollywood