When Troy Kotsur accepted his Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in "CODA" he became only the second deaf actor to win an Oscar — the first was his "CODA" co-star Marlee ...

Sometimes an Academy Award is able to shine a light on a deserving artist that may not yet have had too much of the spotlight on them. That seems to be exactly what has happened to CODA‘s Troy Kotsur.

Sofia Sheehan is a freelance Resource writer at Collider. She is a Philadelphia-based writer whose work has appeared in online publications like High on Films, Borrowing Tape, and Boathouse Pictures.