List of awards and nominations received by Marlee Matlin

American actress Marlee Matlin won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama as well as the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her screen debut in the 1986 romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God. At age 21, she is the youngest Best Actress winner and was the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award.[1][2][3] Since then, Matlin, who is deaf, has received a number of awards and nominations for her acting work, including two additional Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy Award nominations for her television appearances. In 2009, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Marlee Matlin awards
Matlin's star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California
Awards won 8
Nominations 26

Matlin has also received honors for her public service on behalf of the deaf, including a national Jefferson Award in 1988. Gallaudet University, a private university that focuses on educating deaf and hard of hearing persons, awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1987.

Awards and nominations edit

  • Academy Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God Won
  • CableACE Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1995 Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
  • Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Nominated
  • Gallaudet University Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1987 Herself Honored
  • Golden Globe Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God Won
1991 Reasonable Doubts Nominated
1992 Nominated
  • Gotham Independent Film Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2021 CODA Nominated
  • Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2014 - Won
  • Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2022 CODA
  • Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
  • Hollywood Walk of Fame
Year Nominated work Category Result
2009 Honored
  • Jefferson Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1988 Herself Won
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God Runner-up
  • Online Film Critics Association Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2000 The Practice
  • Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated
The West Wing Nominated
  • Peoples Choice Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1991 Reasonable Doubts
  • Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series
Nominated
1999 Where the Truth Lies Nominated
  • Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1994 Seinfeld: "The Lip Reader" Nominated
Picket Fences: "Dancing Bandit" Nominated
2000 The Practice: "Life Sentence" Nominated
2004 Law & Order: SVU: "Painless" Nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1995 Picket Fences Nominated
2022 CODA Won
  • Satellite Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2022 CODA Nominated
  • Utah Film Critics Association Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God
  • Best Actress
Won
  • Viewers for Quality Television Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1991 Reasonable Doubts
  • Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series
Nominated
1992 Nominated
1994 Picket Fences
  • Specialty Player
Nominated
  • Women Film Critics Circle Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2021 CODA Nominated

See also edit

References edit

  • "Marlee Matlin – Awards and nominations". AllMovie. AMN. allmovie.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  • "Marlee Matlin – Awards and nominations". Internet Movie Database. IMDb. imdb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  • "Marlee Matlin – Milestones". TCM Movie Database. TBS. tcm.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  1. ^ Renfro, Kim. "The 31 youngest Oscar nominees of all time". Insider. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ Evry, Max. "The 25 Youngest Oscar Nominees of All Time". MTV News. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Winners & Nominees: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: 1987". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "2014 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award Recipients". Viscardi Center. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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