Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is coming to Montgomery College in Rockville.
According to a press release, Matlin is one of the most dynamic and inspiring keynote speakers in the world, with several impassioned presentations suited for groups and events of all kinds. In one talk, she takes audiences through the highs and lows of her Hollywood career and journeys as an activist. In separate presentations, as a renowned advocate for diversity, Matlin boldly challenges audiences to advocate inclusion, acceptance, and access for all people and to endeavor to live a life without judgment of others — everybody’s different, and nobody’s perfect.
Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her film debut in Children of a Lesser God, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. At 21, she became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and only one of four actresses to receive the honor for her film debut. In addition to the Oscar, Matlin received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. In 2021, She 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.
She has also starred in numerous television projects, including Seinfeld, The West Wing, Law and Order SVU, The L Word, Switched At Birth, The Magicians and Quantico, garnering four Emmy nominations along the way. In 2022, Matlin made her first foray into directing, She became the first network television director who is Deaf for the Fox TV anthology drama, Accused.
In addition to her film, TV and stage work, Matlin broke barriers when she starred on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and in 2012, She released her first app, appropriately called Marlee Signs, teaching American Sign Language (ASL) to millions of smart phone users. She has also authored three novels for children, as well as her New York Times best- selling autobiography, I’ll Scream Later.
In 1994, Matlin was appointed by President Clinton to the Corporation for National Service and in 2010, Marlee joined President Barack Obama at the White House in ceremonies celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In June 2022, she was elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, representing the Actors Branch.
Matlin has said, “The only thing I can’t do is hear. The rest is there for the taking.”
Tickets are $55 Regular, $53 Seniors, $5 Students with Valid ID (Student tickets must be purchased at the box office.) Learn more and purchase tickets on the Montgomery College’s Guest Artist Series webpage.
