Marlee Beth Matlin is an American actress, author, and activist born in Morton Grove, Illinois, United States. Losing her hearing at 18 months due to illness and high fevers, she nonetheless pursued an acting career and became highly successful. Matlin won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her role in Children of a Lesser God (1986). She is the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award and the youngest winner in the Best Actress category. She went on to star in many other film and television movies. Her perseverance is an inspiration to many.
Known For
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Cast Credits
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x309: Chief LeRonne Armstrong, Marlee Matlin, Harry Hamlin (Nov 30, 2021)
- Episode 2x235: Gov. Daniel McKee, Tsedal Neeley, Magalie René, Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams, Chef Josh Capon, Marlee Matlin (Aug 17, 2021)
- Episode 2x121: Marlee Matlin, David Alan Grier (Mar 10, 2021)
Blue's Clues & You! (2019)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 3x15: Blue's Storytime with Camila (Oct 3, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Limetown (2019)
Guest starring as Deirdre Wells
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Answers (Nov 13, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Scarecrow (Nov 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: A Simple Life (Oct 30, 2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x77: Marlee Matlin, Tyler Posey, Jeremy Rosado (Jan 12, 2023)
- Episode 3x115: Seth Meyers, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Emilia Jones, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 2x128: Kelly Rowland, Ruby Rose, Marlee Matlin, Doug Roland, AJR (Apr 14, 2021)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Guest starring as Dr. Bev Clemons
- Episode 5x10: Don't Do This for Me (Nov 22, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Battle of the Network Stars (2017)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 1x03: White House vs. Lawyers (Jul 13, 2017)
Hollywood Medium (2016)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2x11: Janice Dickinson, Joanna Krupa, Marlee Matlin (Jun 7, 2017)
The Magicians (2015)
Guest starring as Harriet Schiff
(8 episodes)
- Episode 4x09: The Serpent (Mar 20, 2019)
- Episode 4x07: The Side Effect (Mar 6, 2019)
- Episode 3x08: Six Short Stories about Magic (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Poached Eggs (Feb 21, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Be the Penny (Jan 31, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: The Tale of the Seven Keys (Jan 10, 2018)
- Episode 2x13: We Have Brought You Little Cakes (Apr 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: The Girl Who Told Time (Mar 29, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2021-03-01: Marlee Matlin (Mar 1, 2021)
Quantico (2015)
Starring as Jocelyn Turner
(13 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Who Are You? (Aug 3, 2018)
- Episode 3x12: Ghosts (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: The Art of War (Jul 20, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: No Place Is Home (Jul 13, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: Fear Feargach (Jul 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: Deep Cover (Jun 29, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Bullet Train (Jun 22, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Heaven's Fall (Jun 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: The Blood of Romeo (Jun 1, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Spy Games (May 25, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Hell's Gate (May 10, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: Fear and Flesh (May 3, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: The Conscience Code (Apr 26, 2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2022-01-28: Marlee Matlin, Mackenzie Davis (Jan 28, 2022)
Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (2015)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2024-03-10: 2024 (Mar 10, 2024)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 1x75: Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jan 10, 2014)
The Rosie Show (2011)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x31: Marlee Matlin & Patti LaBelle (Dec 5, 2011)
- Episode 1x25: Marlee Matlin & Patti LaBelle (Nov 11, 2011)
Anderson Live (2011)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2x115: Co-Host Lisa Rinna | Marlee Matlin (Mar 5, 2013)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Guest starring as Melody Bledsoe
(44 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Long Live Love (Apr 11, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x07: Memory (The Heart) (Mar 21, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x06: Four Ages in Life (Mar 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x05: Occupy Truth (Feb 28, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Relation of Lines and Colors (Feb 21, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x01: The Call (Jan 31, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x19: A Mad Tea Party (Oct 19, 2015)
- Episode 4x16: Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (Sep 28, 2015)
- Episode 4x15: Instead of Damning the Darkness, It's Better to Light a Little Lantern (Sep 21, 2015)
- Episode 4x14: We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again (Sep 14, 2015)
- Episode 4x11: To Repel Ghosts (Aug 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x06: Black and Gray (Feb 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x04: We Were So Close That Nothing Used to Stand Between Us (Jan 27, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: And It Cannot Be Changed (Jan 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x21: And Life Begins Right Away (Aug 18, 2014)
- Episode 3x18: It Isn't What You Think (Jul 28, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x14: Oh, Future! (Jun 30, 2014)
- Episode 3x12: Love Among the Ruins (Jun 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x11: Love Seduces Innocence, Pleasure Entraps, and Remorse Follows (Mar 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: Dance Me to the End of Love (Mar 3, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x07: Memory is Your Image of Perfection (Feb 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Drowning Girl (Jan 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x19: What Goes Up Must Come Down (Aug 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x17: Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger (Jul 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x11: Mother and Child Divided (Jun 10, 2013) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x10: Introducing the Miracle (Mar 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Uprising (Mar 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Tightrope Walker (Feb 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Human/Need/Desire (Feb 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Duel Between Two Women (Jan 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: The Door to Freedom (Jan 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x27: The Declaration of Independence (Oct 1, 2012)
- Episode 1x25: The Shock of Being Seen (Sep 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x22: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Mar 20, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x21: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Mar 13, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x20: Game On (Mar 6, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x18: The Art of Painting (Feb 21, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x14: Les soeurs d'Estrees (Jan 24, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x13: Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear (Jan 17, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x12: The Tempest (Jan 10, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x10: The Homecoming (Aug 8, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: Paradise Lost (Aug 1, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x04: Dance Amongst Daggers (Jun 27, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Portrait of My Father (Jun 20, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 5x13: Marlee Matlin, Kim Carnes and Robert Carradine (Nov 23, 2013)
Glee (2009)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 5x11: City of Angels (Mar 11, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
America's Got Talent (2006)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 12x24: The Live Results Finale (Sep 20, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Guest starring as Ruby Whitlow
- Episode 2x09: Born a Gamblin' Man (Nov 30, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
Hell's Kitchen (2005)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 21x14: Lights, Camera, Sabotage! (Feb 2, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Guest starring as Alisa Stevens
- Episode 1x17: There Won't Be Trumpets (Apr 3, 2005)
CSI: NY (2004)
Guest starring as Gina Mitchum
- Episode 3x12: Silent Night (Dec 13, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
The L Word (2004)
Starring as Jodi Lerner
(32 episodes)
- Episode 6x08: Last Word (Mar 8, 2009)
- Episode 6x07: Last Couple Standing (Mar 1, 2009)
- Episode 6x06: Lactose Intolerant (Feb 22, 2009)
- Episode 6x05: Litmus Test (Feb 15, 2009)
- Episode 6x04: Leaving Los Angeles (Feb 8, 2009)
- Episode 6x03: LMFAO (Feb 1, 2009)
- Episode 6x02: Least Likely (Jan 25, 2009)
- Episode 6x01: Long Night's Journey Into Day (Jan 18, 2009)
- Episode 5x12: Loyal and True (Mar 23, 2008)
- Episode 5x11: Lunar Cycle (Mar 16, 2008)
- Episode 5x10: Lifecycle (Mar 9, 2008)
- Episode 5x09: Liquid Heat (Mar 2, 2008)
- Episode 5x08: Lay Down the Law (Feb 24, 2008)
- Episode 5x07: Lesbians Gone Wild (Feb 17, 2008)
- Episode 5x06: Lights! Camera! Action! (Feb 10, 2008)
- Episode 5x05: Lookin' at You, Kid (Feb 3, 2008)
- Episode 5x04: Let's Get This Party Started (Jan 27, 2008)
- Episode 5x03: Lady of the Lake (Jan 20, 2008)
- Episode 5x02: Look Out, Here They Come! (Jan 13, 2008)
- Episode 5x01: LGB Tease (Jan 6, 2008)
- Episode 4x12: Long Time Coming (Mar 25, 2007)
- Episode 4x11: Literary License to Kill (Mar 18, 2007)
- Episode 4x10: Little Boy Blue (Mar 11, 2007)
- Episode 4x09: Lacy Lilting Lyrics (Mar 4, 2007)
- Episode 4x08: Lexington and Concord (Feb 25, 2007)
- Episode 4x07: Lesson Number One (Feb 18, 2007)
- Episode 4x06: Luck Be a Lady (Feb 11, 2007)
- Episode 4x05: Lez Girls (Feb 4, 2007)
- Episode 4x04: Layup (Jan 28, 2007)
- Episode 4x03: Lassoed (Jan 21, 2007)
- Episode 4x02: Livin' La Vida Loca (Jan 14, 2007)
- Episode 4x01: Legend in the Making (Jan 7, 2007)
I'm with Her (2003)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 1x16: Winners & Losers & Whiners & Boozers (1) (Feb 24, 2004)
Comedy Central Roasts (2003)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2011-03-15: Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump (Mar 15, 2011)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Julia Holden
- Episode 11x13: The Two Mrs. Grissoms (Feb 3, 2011)
The West Wing (1999)
Guest starring as Joey Lucas
(17 episodes)
- Episode 7x18: Requiem (Apr 16, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x02: The Mommy Problem (Oct 2, 2005) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x01: The Ticket (Sep 25, 2005) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x11: Opposition Research (Jan 12, 2005) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x11: The Benign Prerogative (Jan 14, 2004) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x05: Debate Camp (Oct 16, 2002) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x11: 100,000 Airplanes (Jan 16, 2002) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x02: Manchester: Part 2 (Oct 17, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x01: Manchester: Part 1 (Oct 10, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x21: 18th and Potomac (May 9, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x20: The Fall's Gonna Kill You (May 2, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x14: The War at Home (Feb 14, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x13: Bartlet's Third State of the Union (Feb 7, 2001) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x21: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (May 10, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x20: Mandatory Minimums (May 3, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x16: 20 Hours in L.A. (Feb 23, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x14: Take This Sabbath Day (Feb 9, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
Family Guy (1999)
Guest starring as Stella
(6 episodes)
- Episode 20x08: The Birthday Bootlegger (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 15x12: Peter's Def Jam (Feb 12, 2017)
- Episode 12x17: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Apr 13, 2014)
- Episode 12x15: Secondhand Spoke (Mar 30, 2014)
- Episode 12x09: Peter Problems (Jan 5, 2014)
- Episode 10x11: The Blind Side (Jan 15, 2012)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 1999-04-15: Marlee Matlin (Apr 15, 1999)
Reasonable Doubts (1991)
Starring as Asst. Dist. Atty. Tess Kaufman
(44 episodes)
- Episode 2x23: Trust Me on This (2) (Apr 27, 1993)
- Episode 2x22: Trust Me on This (1) (Apr 27, 1993)
- Episode 2x21: The Ties That Bind (2) (Apr 13, 1993)
- Episode 2x20: The Ties That Bind (1) (Apr 13, 1993)
- Episode 2x19: Wish You Were Here (Apr 3, 1993)
- Episode 2x18: Diminished Capacity (Mar 27, 1993)
- Episode 2x17: Crumbling Systems (Mar 20, 1993)
- Episode 2x16: Sister, Can You Spare a Dime? (Mar 13, 1993)
- Episode 2x15: Thank God, It's Friday (Jan 26, 1993)
- Episode 2x14: Run Through the Jungle (Jan 26, 1993)
- Episode 2x13: The Iceman (Jan 19, 1993)
- Episode 2x12: Two Women (Jan 12, 1993)
- Episode 2x11: Legacy (Jan 5, 1993)
- Episode 2x10: Silence (Dec 22, 1992)
- Episode 2x09: A Rose is a Rose (Dec 15, 1992)
- Episode 2x08: Self-Defense (Dec 8, 1992)
- Episode 2x07: Brother's Keeper (Dec 1, 1992)
- Episode 2x06: Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You? (Nov 17, 1992)
- Episode 2x05: Mercury in Retrograde (Nov 10, 1992)
- Episode 2x04: Moment of Doubt (Oct 27, 1992)
- Episode 2x03: FAP (Oct 6, 1992)
- Episode 2x02: Lifelines (2) (Sep 29, 1992)
- Episode 2x01: Lifelines (1) (Sep 29, 1992)
- Episode 1x21: Change of Plans (Sep 15, 1992)
- Episode 1x20: Home to Roost (Sep 8, 1992)
- Episode 1x19: Maggie Finds Her Soul (Mar 24, 1992)
- Episode 1x18: Home is Where the Heart Is (3) (Mar 17, 1992)
- Episode 1x17: Love is Strange (2) (Mar 17, 1992)
- Episode 1x16: Burning Desire (1) (Mar 3, 1992)
- Episode 1x15: Fish Out of Water (2) (Feb 11, 1992)
- Episode 1x14: The Discomfort Zone (1) (Feb 4, 1992)
- Episode 1x13: The Shadow of Death (Jan 17, 1992)
- Episode 1x12: Dicky's Got the Blues (Dec 20, 1991)
- Episode 1x11: Pure Gold (Dec 13, 1991)
- Episode 1x10: Graduation Day (Dec 5, 1991)
- Episode 1x09: One Woman's Word (Nov 29, 1991)
- Episode 1x08: Aftermath (Nov 15, 1991)
- Episode 1x07: Tangled Up in Blue (Nov 8, 1991)
- Episode 1x06: The Silent Treatment (Nov 1, 1991)
- Episode 1x05: ... and Sleep Won't Come (Oct 25, 1991)
- Episode 1x04: Daddy's Little Girl (Oct 18, 1991)
- Episode 1x03: Making Dirt Stick (Oct 4, 1991)
- Episode 1x02: Hard Bargains (Sep 27, 1991)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 26, 1991)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
- Episode 2016-06-12: The 70th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 2016)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Marlee Matlin
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2021-04-25: The 93rd Annual Academy Awards (Apr 25, 2021)
- Episode 1988-04-11: The 60th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 11, 1988)
- Episode 1987-03-30: The 59th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 30, 1987)