Marlee Matlin
Acting
August 24, 1965
Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
Biography
Marlee Bethany Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. She is the youngest woman and the only deaf actress to date to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won at age 21 for Children of a Lesser God. Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. Deaf since she was 2 years old, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf.
Movies
CODA
2021
Dispatches from Nicaragua
2008
Walker
1987
Multiverse
2021
Excision
2012
The Player
1992
Askari
2001
Freak City
1999
Some Kind of Beautiful
2015
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
Children of a Lesser God
1986
The Linguini Incident
1991
In Her Defense
1999
Hear No Evil
1993
Kiss My Act
2001
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
L'homme au masque d'or
1991
It's My Party
1996
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
2006
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie
2013
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Family Guy
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Daily Show
1996
Seinfeld
1989
The West Wing
1999
Desperate Housewives
2004
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Glee
2009
CSI: NY
2004
ER
1994
Hell's Kitchen
2005
The Practice
1997
Nip/Tuck
2003
The View
1997
The Magicians
2015
Quantico
2015