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Aria Mia Loberti is an American actress, disability rights advocate, and student of ancient rhetoric. She is set to star as Marie-Laure Leblanc in the Netflix film All the Light We Cannot See.

Aria Mia Loberti
Occupation	Actress academic disability rights advocate
Known for	All the Light We Cannot See

Biography

Born and raised in Rhode Island, Loberti attended the University of Rhode Island from 2016 to 2020. She graduated summa cum laude with three majors—Philosophy, Communication Studies, and Political Science—and minors in Ancient Greek language and Rhetoric.[1][2] She received her master's degree in ancient rhetoric with distinction in 2021 from Royal Holloway, University of London on a Fulbright Scholarship.[3] She began her doctoral studies in ancient rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University in 2021.[4]

She will play the lead role of Marie-Laure Leblanc in the upcoming Netflix's adaptation of the 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See. Loberti landed the part after a global search for blind and low-vision actresses. A fan of the book, she auditioned after learning about the search from a former childhood teacher.[5][6] Despite no formal acting training, Loberti beat out thousands of submission to secure the role; it is her first ever acting role.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Loberti has a guide dog, Ingrid, a black Labrador retriever from the organization Guide Dogs for the Blind.[10]

In a TEDx Talk in 2018, she described her childhood struggles with bullying, abuse, and discrimination in school.[11][12] These challenges inspired her to become an advocate,[13][14] and she began speaking out for disability equity at just four years old.[15]

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