Marlee Matlin

Who is Marlee Matlin?

The famous actress Marlee Matlin is a role model for all women across the world who overcame her physical disabilities and made herself famous in the field of acting. She came into limelight after portraying the role of Sarah Norman in the 1986 film called Children of a Lesser God.

Marlee Matlin: Birthday, Family, Facts

Marlee Matlin was born on 24th of August, 1965 in Morton Grove, IL. She is 53 years old as of April 2019 and has a birth sign of Virgo. She was born to Libby Martin and Donald Matlin. When she was only 18 months old, her health condition got worse and resulted in losing her hearing ability of the right ear.

Regarding her education, she went into the community school instead of going to a particular type of school. There she started to learn about to communicate in sign language at the age of 5.

Marlee Matlin: Early Profession and Career

Marlee got her first big break on the silver screen by the Henry Winkler while she was acting in one of the plays of Children Theater at CODA.  She played in the 1986 film named Children of a Lesser God. For this film, she also won the Golden Globe Award for the Best Actress in a Drama category also the much coveted Academy Award in the Best Actress category.

Marlee’s important character was in the movie Bridge to Silence which was released in 1989. Besides film, she has also played in television series named Reasonable Doubts. Moreover, for this television series, she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Besides being an actor, she is also an accomplished author. She published her first novel in 2002 named Dead Child Crossing which was based on her childhood. After her book started getting popular, she later published another book titled Nobody’s Perfect which was the sequel to her first novel.

Marlee also received the much-appreciated star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009.

Marlee Matlin: Net Worth and Salary

Famous actress, as well as an author Marlee Matlin, has gained many fans throughout her career. Also, playing films and writing the novel she has also pocketed a handsome amount of money. Her estimated net worth is $11 million as of 2019.

Marlee Matlin: Married, Husband, Children

Marlee married to Burbank police officer Kevin Grandalski on 29 August 1993. The love birds first met while Marlee was in the movie scene of Reasonable Doubts outside the studio rounds. Kevin and his team were hired there to provide security and control traffic.

After their three years of marriage, they welcomed their first child in 1996 as a daughter, Sarah. Then after that, they welcomed other three children to their family in 2000 (Brandon), 2002 (Tyler), 2003 (Isabelle).

Currently, Marlee is living with her husband and with their four children happily.

Marlee Matlin: Height, Weight, Body Measurements

Well, Marlee has a gorgeous body shaping with a height of 5 feet and 4 inches tall and weighs about 55 kilograms. She has beautiful grey eyes colored and brown hair.

Social Media Profiles

Like she is famous through her work as an actress, Marlee is also renowned in the world of social media sites. She uses Instagram and has total followers of 189k and 403k followers on Twitter as of April 2019.