Marlee Matlin
Biography
Marlee Matlin is an American actress who began performing as a child and was discovered by Henry Winkler during a stage production. Her film debut came as Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God (1986), a role that won her the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe. She has worked mostly in television, playing Joey Lucas on The West Wing, appearing on The L Word and Switched at Birth, and voicing Stella on Family Guy. Her work as a district attorney in Reasonable Doubts brought two Golden Globe nominations, while guest spots on Picket Fences, Seinfeld, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Practice earned four Primetime Emmy nominations. She had a prominent supporting part in It's My Party (1996) and in 2015 joined the Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. For CODA (2021), her cast won a Screen Actors Guild ensemble honor, and she received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2009.
61years old
Turns 62 on August 24in 326 days
- Born Morton Grove
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Marlee Beth Matlin (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 35 years1986 to 2021
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Big break
Henry Winkler spotted Matlin at an ICODA theater performance, and that led to her first movie role, in Children of a Lesser God.
A first
Matlin was only 21 years old when she received the Oscar in the Best Actress category, and she remains the youngest actress to do so.
A first
Matlin played a hearing character for the first time in her career as Carrie Buck in the 1994 television drama Against Her Will, a role that brought her a CableACE nomination for Best Actress.
Behind the camera
In 2010, Matlin made a pilot for a reality show she called My Deaf Family and showed it to national network executives. They were interested but no network bought it, so on March 29, 2010, she put the pilot on YouTube and began a viral marketing campaign.
Marlee Matlin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Marlee Matlin shares two films with Malcolm McDowell, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Malcolm McDowell's page
Martin Sheen's page
Eric Roberts's page
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Danny Glover's page
Bruce Davison's page
All films by Sian Heder
Richard Bates Jr.Director, 1 film, 2012
All films by Richard Bates Jr.
Randa HainesDirector, 1 film, 1986
All films by Randa Haines
Box office
What Marlee Matlin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$52.7 million
7 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 7 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$32M60.4% of the total
- 2$10M19.0% of the total
- 3$5.7M10.8% of the total
- 4$2.4M4.6% of the total
- 5$1.9M3.6% of the total
- 6$623K1.2% of the total
- 7$257K0.5% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1987 to 2021, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1987 | Best Actress | Children of a Lesser God | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | Crystal Award | Won | |
| 1987 | Honorary doctorate | Honorary | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.