Marlee Matlin is known for her role as Sarah Norman in the movie "Children of a Lesser God (1986)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Walker (1987)", "Bridge to Silence (1989)", "L'homme au masque d'or (1991)", "The Linguini Incident (1991)", "The Player (1992)", "Hear No Evil (1993)", "Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994)", "It's My Party (1996)", "Snitch (1996)", "Dead Silence (1997)", "When Justice Fails (1999)", "Freak City (1999)", "In her Defense (a.k.a. Total Defense) (1999)", "Two Shades of Blue (1999)", "Where the Truth Lies (1999)", "Kiss My Act (2001)", "Askari (2001)", "Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)", "Excision (2012)", "Foreclosed (2013)", "No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie (2013)", "The One I Love (2014)", "Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)".

She played Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman on the NBC TV police show "Reasonable Doubts (1991-1993)", Mayor Laurie Bey (1993-1996) on the CBS TV show "Picket Fences (1992-1996)", Joey Lucas (2000-2006) on the NBC TV show "The West Wing (1999-2006)", Jodi Lerner (2007-2009) on the Showtime TV show "The L Word (2004-2009)" and Melody Bledsoe on the Freeform TV show "Switched at Birth (2011-2017)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "Seinfeld", "Adventures in Wonderland", "Sweet Justice", "The Outer Limits", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Spin City", "ER", "Chicken Soup for the Soul", "Judging Amy", "The Practice", "Gideon's Crossing", "The Division", "Blue's Clues", "I'm with Her", "Desperate Housewives", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "CSI: NY", "My Name Is Earl", "Nip/Tuck", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Code Black", "The Magicians" and "Quantico".

In 1987 she received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Sarah Norman in the movie "Children of a Lesser God (1986)".

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