Aria Mia Loberti is an American actress. She is set to star as Marie-Laure Leblanc in the Netflix film All the Light We Cannot See. Loberti was born with a rare genetic eye condition called achromatopsia and is legally blind. She won her breakout role from a global search of thousands of actresses.
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. She received her master's degree in ancient rhetoric with distinction in 2021 from Royal Holloway, University of London on a Fulbright Scholarship. She began her doctoral studies in ancient rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University in 2021.
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. A fan of the book, she auditioned after learning about the search from a former childhood teacher. Despite no acting training, Loberti beat out thousands of submission to secure the role; it is her first ever acting role.