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In 2004, she starred in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know? as Amanda. In 2002, Matlin published her first novel, Deaf Child Crossing, which was loosely based on her own childhood. She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest appearances in Seinfield, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Practice. Other television appearances include Seinfeld("The Lip Reader"), The Outer Limits ("The Message"), ER, Desperate Housewives, CSI: NY and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Matlin later had recurring roles in The West Wing, and Blue's Clues. Marlee appeared during the 20th season of Sesame Street with Billy Joel, and as Joel played his song Just the Way You Are to Oscar the Grouch, Marlee sang the song. In the movie, Matlin played a hearing woman for the first time and earned a CableACE Nomination as Best Actress. She portrayed Carrie Buck in the television drama Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994) based on the United States Supreme Court case Buck v.
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She became a regular on the series during its final season.
Matlin was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work as the lead female role in the television series Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993) and was nominated for an Emmy Award for a guest appearance in Picket Fences. In 1989, she played a deaf widow in Bridge to Silence. She is one of the few actors to win an Oscar for their debut performance, and as of 2011, still holds the record for youngest winner in the Best Actress Oscar category. That film brought her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her discovery by Henry Winkler during one of her ICODA theater performances ultimately led to her film debut in Children of a Lesser God (1986). Matlin made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre (ICODA) version of The Wizard of Oz, and continued to appear with the ICODA children's theatre group throughout her childhood. Matlin graduated from John Hersey High School in nearby Arlington Heights and attended Harper College. She was able to have her Bat Mitzvah by learning Hebrew phonetically she was later interviewed for the book Mazel Tov: Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories. She also indicated that she is the only member of her family who is deaf. In her autobiography, I'll Scream Later, she suggests that her hearing loss may have been due to a genetically malformed cochlea. She lost all hearing in her right ear and 80% of the hearing in her left ear at the age of 2. She has two older brothers, Eric and Marc. Matlin was born in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. Deaf since she was 2 years old, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf. Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. She is the youngest woman and the only deaf actress to date to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won at age 21 for Children of a Lesser God. Marlee Bethany Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress.
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