Marlee Matlin filmography

The following is a list of the film and television appearances of American actress Marlee Matlin. Matlin, who had previously acted in stage productions, made her screen debut as the female lead in the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award.[1][2]
Matlin, who is deaf, generally plays deaf characters. However, in 1994 Matlin also played a hearing woman when she appeared in the title role of the television movie Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story, based on the true story of Carrie Buck, who was not deaf.[3] Matlin was nominated for a CableACE Award for her performance as Carrie Buck.[4]
Although Matlin has continued to make occasional film appearances, most of her work has been in television. From 1991 to 1993, she starred in the police drama series Reasonable Doubts as Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman, receiving two Golden Globe nominations.[5][6] She has had recurring roles as Mayor Laurie Bey in Picket Fences (for which she received an Emmy Awardnomination), pollster Joey Lucas in The West Wing (appearing on all seven seasons of its run), attorney Ruby Whitlow in My Name Is Earl, gay sculptor Jodi Lerner in The L Word, and guidance counselor Melody Bledsoe in Switched at Birth. Her numerous guest appearances have included Seinfeld, The Practice, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, each of which brought her another Emmy nomination.[7]
Matlin has also competed on the game shows Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice. On the April 3, 2011 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, Matlin raised $986,000 for her charity, the Starkey Hearing Foundation, setting a record for the most funds raised for charity in a single event on any television show. The show's production company then donated an additional $14,000 to bring the contribution to one million dollars.[8][9]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1986	Children of a Lesser God 	Sarah Norman 	Won – Academy Award for Best Actress
1987	Walker 	Ellen Martin 	
1991	The Linguini Incident 	Jeanette 	
1991	L'Homme au masque d'or 	María 	
1991	Grand Canyon 	SL Mom 	
1993	Hear No Evil 	Jillian Shanahan 	
1996	It's My Party 	Daphne Stark 	
1996	Snitch 	Cindy 	
1999	Two Shades of Blue 	Beth McDaniels 	
1999	In Her Defense 	Jane Claire 	
1999	When Justice Fails 	Katy Wesson 	
2001	Askari 	Paula McKinley 	
2004	What the Bleep Do We Know!? 	Amanda 	
2005	Baby Einstein: Baby Wordsworth 	Voice role 	Video
2006	What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole	Amanda 	
2007	Baby Einstein: My First Signs 	SL Instructor 	Video, also producer
2012	Excision 	Amber 	
2013	4Closed 	Ally Turner 	Video
2013	No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie	Marlee Matlin 	
2014	The One I Love 	Diner Patron 	
2014	How to Make Love Like an Englishman 	Cindy 	
2015	Silent Knights 	Charlotte Manning	Also executive producer
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1988 	Sesame Street 	Herself 	1 episode
1989 	Bridge to Silence 	Peggy Lawrence 	TV movie
1991–93 	Reasonable Doubts 	Tess Kaufman 	44 episodes
1993 	Seinfeld 	Laura 	Episode: "The Lip Reader"
1993–96 	Picket Fences 	Mayor Laurie Bey 	13 episodes
1994 	Adventures in Wonderland 	April Hare 	Episode: "The Sound and the Furry"
1994 	Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story	Carrie Buck 	TV movie
1995 	Sweet Justice 	Brianna Holland 	Episode: "Pledges"
1995 	The Outer Limits 	Jennifer Winter 	Episode: "The Message"
1997 	Dead Silence 	Melanie Charrol 	TV movie
1997 	The Larry Sanders Show 	Herself 	Episode: "The Book"
1997 	Spin City 	Sarah Edelman 	Episode: "Deaf Becomes Her"
1998 	The Puzzle Place 	Herself 	Season 3 episode 10 I'm Talking to you
1999 	Freak City 	Cassandra 	TV movie
1999 	ER 	SL Instructor 	Episode: "Storm: Part 1"
1999 	Where the Truth Lies 	Dana Sue Lacey 	TV movie, also executive producer
1999 	Chicken Soup for the Soul 	Teacher 	Episode: "The Perfect Dog"
1999 	Judging Amy 	Eliza Spears 	Episode: "An Impartial Bias"
2000–06 	The West Wing 	Joey Lucas 	17 episodes
2000 	The Practice 	Sally Berg 	Episode: "Life Sentence"
2001 	Gideon's Crossing 	Lindsay Warren 	Episode: "Orphans"
2001 	Kiss My Act 	Casey 	TV movie
2002–03 	Blue's Clues 	Marlee the Librarian	2 episodes
2003 	The Division 	Ann Polton 	Episode: "Testimonial"
2003 	Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off 	None 	TV movie, executive producer
2004–05 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Dr. Amy Solwey 	2 episodes
2005 	Desperate Housewives 	Alisa Stevens 	Episode: "There Won't Be Trumpets"
2006 	CSI: NY 	Mrs. Mitchum 	Episode: "Silent Night"
2006 	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 	Herself 	Episode: "The Vardon Family"
2006–07 	My Name Is Earl 	Ruby Whitlow 	3 episodes
2007–09 	The L Word 	Jodi Lerner 	29 episodes
2008 	Dancing with the Stars 	Herself 	6 episodes
2008 	Nip/Tuck 	Barbara Shapiro 	Episode: "Magda & Jeff"
2008 	Sweet Nothing in My Ear 	Laura Miller 	TV movie
2009 	Seth & Alex's Comedy Show 	Herself 	TV short
2011–12 	The Celebrity Apprentice 	Herself 	13 episodes
2011 	Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump 	Herself 	TV movie
2011 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Prof. Julia Holden 	Episode: "The Two Mrs. Grissoms"
2011–17 	Switched at Birth 	Melody Bledsoe 	32 episodes
2012–present	Family Guy 	Stella 	Voice
2014 	Glee 	Herself 	Episode: "City of Angels"
2014 	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 	Annie Jump Cannon 	Voice role, episode: "Sisters of the Sun"
2017–18 	The Magicians 	Harriet 	Guest
2018 	Quantico 	Jocelyn Turner 	Series regular
2018 	Gone 	Ms. Finley 	Episode: "Romans"