List of awards and nominations received by Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin awards
Matlin's star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California
Awards won 6
Nominations 22

American actress Marlee Matlin won the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award, for her screen debut in the 1986 romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God. 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.

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 Won

CableACE Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
1995 Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
  • Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
Primetime Emmy Awards
1994 Seinfeld: "The Lip Reader" Nominated
Picket Fences: "Dancing Bandit" Nominated
2000 The Practice: "Life Sentence" Nominated
2004 Law & Order: SVU: "Painless" Nominated

Gallaudet University Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
1987 Herself Won

Golden Globes

Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God Won
1991 Reasonable Doubts Nominated
1992 Nominated

Hollywood Walk of Fame Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
2009 Herself Won

Jefferson Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
1988 Herself Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Children of a Lesser God Runner-up

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result
2000 The Practice
  • Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated
The West Wing Nominated

People's 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

    Screen Actors Guild Awards

    Year Nominated work Category Result
    1995 Picket Fences 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

    See also

    References

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