Katie Leclerc (born November 6, 1986) is an American actress and producer. Her career began in 2005, when she made her first appearance on "Veronica Mars" (2004). This jump-started a series of minor roles and small appearances in movies and TV shows. She got her breakout role starring as a deaf teenager, Daphne Vasquez, who finds out she was taken home by the wrong family in ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" (2011).