Marlee Matlin

At 21, Marlee Matlin became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and one of four actresses to receive the honor for her film debut. In addition, Marlee received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. In 2021, Marlee was nominated once again as Executive Producer for the Live Action Short, Feeling Through. And in 2022, her Apple TV+ film CODA swept every category it was nominated in at the 2022 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
In addition to her film, TV and stage work, Marlee broke barriers when she starred on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and in 2012, released
her first app, appropriately titled Marlee Signs, teaching American Sign Language to millions of smart phone users. She has also penned three novels for children, as well as her New York Times best-selling autobiography, I’ll Scream Later.

Despite the odds, Marlee’s journey is an inspiration to everyone as she so aptly stated, “The only thing I can’t do is hear. The rest is there for the taking."