What ethnicity is Alaqua Cox?

What ethnicity is Alaqua Cox?

Cox was born Deaf to Elena and Bill Cox. She was born and raised in the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin, and is of the Menominee and Mohican nation.

Is Alaqua Cox deaf?

Alaqua Cox is crashing through two glass ceilings at once. After making her debut as Echo (aka Maya Lopez) in last year’s Disney+ series Hawkeye, Cox became the first major Indigenous character — and only second deaf one — to be prominently featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Is Echo Native American?

Echo’s real name is Maya Lopez. She is Cheyenne and Latin American. She is also deaf as well as an amputee. The comics’ version of Echo was not an amputee, but Disney and Marvel embraced the fact that Cox was missing her lower right leg, and worked the fact into her character’s life.

Is Echo Native American in Hawkeye?

Echo is the first major Native American character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first acting role for Alaqua Cox. Cox told Entertainment Weekly that she wasn’t interested in acting professionally until she saw the casting call for a deaf, Native American actress to play Maya Lopez.