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
Totals Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 1 CableACE Awards 0 1 Emmy Awards 0 4 Gallaudet University Awards 1 1 Golden Globes 1 3 Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 1 Jefferson Awards 1 1 LAFCA Awards 0 1 OFTA Awards 0 2 People's Choice Awards 0 2 SAG Awards 1 2 UFCA Awards 1 1 VQT Awards 0 3
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

• Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1986	Children of a Lesser God	Best Actress	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	Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters	Honored

• Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1986	Children of a Lesser God	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Won
1991	Reasonable Doubts	Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama	Nominated
1992			Nominated

• Gotham Independent Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2021	CODA	Outstanding Supporting Performance	Nominated

• Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2014	-	Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards[4]	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	—	Motion Picture Star	Honored

• Jefferson Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1988	Herself	Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under	Won

• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1986	Children of a Lesser God	Best Actress	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"	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated
	Picket Fences: "Dancing Bandit"	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	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	Outstanding Drama Series Cast	Nominated
2022	CODA	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Won

• Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2022	CODA	Best Supporting Actress	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	Best Screen Couple (shared with Troy Kotsur)	Nominated

See also

• Marlee Matlin filmography
• List of Academy Award records
• List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest winners for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of actors with Academy Award nominations

References

• "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.

External links

• MarleeMatlin.net > About Marlee > Awards at the Official website
• Marlee Matlin at AllMovie
• Marlee Matlin at IMDb
• Marlee Matlin at the TCM Movie Database