Lara Crooks
- Actress
Lara was born in West Yorkshire in 1974. She was born profoundly deaf
to hearing parents and has two older brothers, one of whom is also
profoundly deaf. She studied at St Johns School for the Deaf and
Harrogate College before attending the University of Wolverhampton. She
graduated with an Honours degree in Sports and Deaf Studies. After
working as a lecturer at Wolverhampton for a year Lara was offered the
role of presenter on the Saturday morning BBC Television series 'See
Hear'.