ACTOR

Marlee Matlin

1965 - Today

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Marlee Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Deaf since she was 18 months old, Matlin made her acting debut playing Sarah Norman in the romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God (1986), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlee Matlin has received more than 7,334,255 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Marlee Matlin is the 2,092nd most popular actor (up from 2,397th in 2019), the 3,395th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,876th in 2019) and the 967th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marlee Matlin ranks 2,092 out of 13,578. Before her are Chris Tucker, Franco Interlenghi, Tom Hulce, Olga Baclanova, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Kelsey Grammer. After her are Robert Morley, Jack Cassidy, Tom Hiddleston, Daniel Gélin, Lena Nyman, and Melissa Sue Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Marlee Matlin ranks 85. Before her are John C. Reilly, Eddie Irvine, Tom Tykwer, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Quique Sánchez Flores, and Paul W. S. Anderson. After her are Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, David Wenham, Marcelino García Toral, Damien Hirst, Yoshiki, and Manuel Uribe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marlee Matlin ranks 3,395 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Hulce (1953), Philip Kaufman (1936), Edwin Catmull (1945), Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), and Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964). After her are Paul Castellano (1915), Seth Rollins (1986), Mick Mars (1951), Jack Cassidy (1927), Jeff Hanneman (1964), and Robert D. Putnam (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marlee Matlin ranks 967. Before her are Adolphe Menjou (1890), Josh Hartnett (1978), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Matthew Fox (1966), Chris Tucker (1971), and Tom Hulce (1953). After her are Jack Cassidy (1927), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), Frederic Forrest (1936), Damon Wayans (1960), and Red Buttons (1919).

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Television and Movie Roles

CODA
Jackie Rossi
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Aug 13o 20217.936 / 10
Children of a Lesser God
Sarah Norman
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
Sep 13o 19866.91 / 10
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Amanda
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.
Apr 23o 20045 / 10