Marlee Matlin is an American actress whose talent and artistic capabilities are second to none. Despite being deaf since 18 months of age, Matlin braved all the challenges that came her way to emerge as one of the highly talented actresses of Hollywood.
Matlin’s journey as an actor began at the age of seven when she started acting for ICODA’s children’s acting company. It was during one of the performances for the company that Matlin was discovered by Henry Winkler. Winkler soon cast her for the film ‘Children of a Lesser God’ and rest as they say is history. Despite being her debut film, Matlin’s artistic brilliance and her creativity and talent were explicitly perfect. Her portrayal of Sarah Norman, inarguably her best role till date, earned her an Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress.
Interestingly, though Matlin generally played deaf characters, she sometimes played a hearing character as well. Her filmography constitutes films like ‘Grand Canyon’, ‘Hear No Evil’, ‘It’s My Party’ and so on. In television, her most promising role came for the police drama series ‘Reasonable Doubts’ as Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman. Some of her successful films include ‘The One I Love’, ‘Excision’, ‘No Ordinary Hero’ and so on.
The Player is an American satirical black comedy film, which tells the story of Hollywood film producer Griffin Mill, who starts receiving threats anonymously. However, he is certain that David, a scriptwriter is behind it. He invites the latter to sort things out, but things take an ugly turn, and he ends up murdering him.
A couple whose relationship is crumbling, decide to see a therapist. They receive a recommendation to take a vacation to a beautiful and large estate. They experience bizarre circumstances but soon come to know that their doppelgangers are residing in the estate as well.
Excision is a horror drama film telling the story of a lonely, disturbed, and delusional teenager who aspires to become a doctor as well as earn the approval of her dominating mother.
This romantic comedy film tells the story of Richard, who decides to give up his playboy lifestyle, when Kate, his girlfriend, who is much younger to him, gets pregnant. They soon get married, but things take a turn after she tells him that she has developed feelings for someone else. Therefore, they separate and Richard begins to date Olivia, Kate’s sister.
Marlee Matlin Awards
| Children of a Lesser God | Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1987 |
| Children of a Lesser God | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | 1987 |
