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Marlee Matlin filmography

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Marlee Matlin filmography
Matlin at the 2014 AHA Hero Dog Awards
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active1986–present

This article lists the film, television, and theater appearances of American actress Marlee Matlin. Matlin, who had previously acted in stage productions, made her screen debut as the female lead in the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, becoming the youngest Best Actress winner and the first deaf performer to have won an Academy Award.[1][2][3]

Matlin, who is deaf, generally plays deaf characters. However, in 1994 Matlin played a hearing woman in the title role of the television movie Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story, based on the true story of Carrie Buck, who was not deaf.[4] Matlin was nominated for a CableACE Award for her performance.[5]

Although Matlin has continued to make occasional film appearances, most of her work has been in television. From 1991 to 1993, she starred in the police drama series Reasonable Doubts as Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman, receiving two Golden Globe nominations.[6][7] She has had recurring roles as Mayor Laurie Bey in Picket Fences (for which she received an Emmy Award nomination), pollster Joey Lucas in The West Wing (appearing on all seven seasons of its run), attorney Ruby Whitlow in My Name Is Earl, gay sculptor Jodi Lerner in The L Word, and guidance counselor Melody Bledsoe in Switched at Birth. Her numerous guest appearances have included Seinfeld, The Practice, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, each of which brought her another Emmy nomination.[8]

Matlin has also competed on the game shows Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice. On the April 3, 2011 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, Matlin raised $986,000 for her charity, the Starkey Hearing Foundation, setting a record for the most funds raised for charity in a single event on any television show. The show's production company then donated an additional $14,000 to bring the contribution to one million dollars.[9][10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Children of a Lesser God Sarah Norman Won – Academy Award for Best Actress
1987 Walker Ellen Martin
1991 The Linguini Incident Jeanette
1991 L'Homme au masque d'or María
1992 The Player Herself
1993 Hear No Evil Jillian Shanahan
1996 It's My Party Daphne Stark
1996 Snitch Cindy
1999 Two Shades of Blue Beth McDaniels
1999 In Her Defense Jane Claire
1999 When Justice Fails Katy Wesson
2001 Askari Paula McKinley
2004 What the Bleep Do We Know!? Amanda
2005 Baby Einstein: Baby Wordsworth ASL Instructor/Herself Video
2006 Baby Einstein: Baby's Favorite Places Video
2007 Baby Einstein: My First Signs Video
2012 Excision Amber
2013 4Closed Ally Turner Video
2013 No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Herself
2014 Some Kind of Beautiful Cindy
2019 Multiverse[11] Dierdre Also known as Entangled
2021 CODA Jackie Rossi

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Sesame Street Herself 1 episode
1989 Bridge to Silence Peggy Lawrence TV movie
1991–93 Reasonable Doubts Tess Kaufman 44 episodes
1993 Seinfeld Laura Episode: "The Lip Reader"
1993–96 Picket Fences Laurie Bey 14 episodes
1994 Adventures in Wonderland April Hare Episode: "The Sound and the Furry"
1994 Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story Carrie Buck TV movie
1995 Sweet Justice Brianna Holland Episode: "Pledges"
1995 The Outer Limits Jennifer Winter Episode: "The Message"
1997 Dead Silence Melanie Charrol TV movie
1997 The Larry Sanders Show Herself Episode: "The Book"
1997 Spin City Sarah Edelman Episode: "Deaf Becomes Her"
1998 The Puzzle Place Herself Episode: "I'm Talking to You"
1999 Freak City Cassandra TV movie
1999 ER SL Instructor Episode: "Storm: Part 1"
1999 Where the Truth Lies Dana Sue Lacey TV movie, also executive producer
1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul Teacher Episode: "The Perfect Dog"
1999 Judging Amy Eliza Spears Episode: "An Impartial Bias"
2000–06 The West Wing Joey Lucas 17 episodes
2000 The Practice Sally Berg Episode: "Life Sentence"
2001 Gideon's Crossing Lindsay Warren Episode: "Orphans"
2001 Kiss My Act Casey TV movie
2002–03 Blue's Clues Herself as a librarian 2 episodes
2003 The Division Ann Polton Episode: "Testimonial"
2003 Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off None TV movie, executive producer
2004 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Guest star Episode: "The Vardon Family"
2004–05 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Amy Solwey 2 episodes
2005 Desperate Housewives Alisa Stevens Episode: "There Won't Be Trumpets"
2006 CSI: NY Gina Mitchum Episode: "Silent Night"
2006 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Guest host Episode: "The Llanes Family"
2006–07 My Name Is Earl Ruby Whitlow 3 episodes
2007–09 The L Word Jodi Lerner 29 episodes
2008 Dancing with the Stars Herself 6 episodes
2008 Nip/Tuck Barbara Shapiro Episode: "Magda & Jeff"
2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear Laura Miller TV movie
2009 Seth & Alex's Comedy Show Herself TV short
2010 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Guest star Episode: "Oregon School for the Deaf"
2011–12 The Celebrity Apprentice Herself 13 episodes
2011 Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump Herself TV movie
2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Prof. Julia Holden Episode: "The Two Mrs. Grissoms"
2011–17 Switched at Birth Melody Bledsoe 45 episodes
2012–21 Family Guy Stella (voice) 7 episodes
2013 Celebrity Ghost Stories Herself Episode: 5x13
2014 Glee Herself Episode: "City of Angels"
2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Annie Jump Cannon Voice role, episode: "Sisters of the Sun"
2016 Code Black Kathy Byrne Episode: "Ave Maria"
2017 Battle of the Network Stars Herself Episode: "White House vs. Lawyers"
2017 Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry Herself Episode: "Janice Dickinson/Joanna Krupa/Marlee Matlin"
2017–19 The Magicians Harriet Guest, 8 episodes
2018 Quantico Jocelyn Turner Series regular
2018 Gone Ms. Finley Episode: "Romans"
2019 Limetown Deirdre Wells 3 episodes
2022 Blue's Clues & You! Herself (Video Letter) 1 episode
2022 New Amsterdam Dr. Bev Clemons Episode: “Don’t Do This To Me”
2023 Hell's Kitchen Herself Guest diner; Episode: "Lights, Camera, Sabotage!"

Theater

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Children of a Lesser God Lydia Chicago
2015 Spring Awakening Adult Women Broadway (Deaf West Theater)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Renfro, Kim. "The 31 youngest Oscar nominees of all time". Insider. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Evry, Max. "The 25 Youngest Oscar Nominees of All Time". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "The 59th Academy Awards Memorable Moments". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  4. ^ King, Susan (October 2, 1994). "Profile: Marlee Matlin's Strong 'Will'". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Margulies, Lee (September 20, 1995). "HBO Leads the Pack With 89 CableACE Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  6. ^ "Winners & Nominees: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: 1992". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "Winners & Nominees: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama: 1993". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "Awards Search: Marlee Matlin". Emmys.com. Television Academy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "SignTalk Joins Fundraiser for Marlee Matlin's Cause..." disabledworld.com. Disabled World. May 12, 2011. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  10. ^ "Trump promised personal gifts on 'Celebrity Apprentice.' Here's who really paid". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  11. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8953768/ Archived December 4, 2021, at the Wayback Machine [user-generated source]
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