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Nominations | 26 |
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.
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Won |
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1995 | Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story |
| Nominated |
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1987 | Herself |
| Honored |
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1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Won | |
1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Nominated | |
1992 | Nominated |
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2021 | CODA | Nominated |
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2014 | - | Won | |
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2022 | CODA |
| Nominated |
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2009 | — | Honored |
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1988 | Herself | Won |
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1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Runner-up |
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2000 | The Practice |
| Nominated |
The West Wing | Nominated |
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1991 | Reasonable Doubts |
| Nominated |
1999 | Where the Truth Lies | Nominated |
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1994 | Seinfeld: "The Lip Reader" | Nominated | |
Picket Fences: "Dancing Bandit" | Nominated | ||
2000 | The Practice: "Life Sentence" | Nominated | |
2004 | Law & Order: SVU: "Painless" | Nominated |
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1995 | Picket Fences | Nominated | |
2022 | CODA | Won |
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2022 | CODA | Nominated |
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1986 | Children of a Lesser God |
| Won |
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1991 | Reasonable Doubts |
| Nominated |
1992 | Nominated | ||
1994 | Picket Fences |
| Nominated |
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2021 | CODA |
| Nominated |