Marlee Matlin Net Worth: How Rich is the Actress Actually?

Marlee Matlin is a deaf activist and a great actor from the United States. Her finest role is in the 1986 romantic subplot film “Children of a Lesser God,” in which she had an excellent performance. Matlin is the first and only deaf actor to win an Oscar. Marlee Matlin has an estimated net worth of $11 million as of 2022.

Marlee Matlin recently starred in the film “CODA,” which was a critical and commercial success (Child Of Deaf Adults). She had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work with a deaf cast in the movie.

Full Name	Marlee Beth Matlin
Birth Date	August 24, 1965
Birth Place	Morton Grove, Illinois, United States
Profession	Actress, author, deaf activist
Husband	Kevin Grandalski
Net Worth	$11 million

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Early life

Marlee Matlin was born in Morton Grove, Illinois on August 24, 1965. Donald and Libby Matlin welcomed her into this world. Donald, her father, was a car salesman. Due to sickness and fever when she was 18 months old, she lost 80 percent of her left ear’s hearing and all of her right ear’s hearing.

Matlin has two older brothers, Eric and Marc, with whom she spent her childhood. She used to go to a Deaf synagogue. She enrolled at John Hersey High School and Harper College in order to further her education. Matlin desired to work in the criminal justice system at the time. She grew increasingly interested in acting as time went on.

Marlee Matlin Net Worth & Career

When Marlee was seven years old, she made her theatrical debut. In the International Center on Deafness and the Arts (ICODA), she had a superb performance as Dorothy.” Her first public appearance was with the “Wizard of Oz” children’s theatrical ensemble. She then performed with the ICODA children’s theatrical company for the rest of her youth.

After seeing Matlin perform in one of the ICODA theatrical performances, director and actor Henry Winkler chose her for the film “Children of a Lesser God.” She earned a lot of positive feedback from reviewers and moviegoers once the film was released.

In the film, she played a deaf lady who was hesitant to talk but fell in love with a hearing guy. Matlin won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Drama and a Golden Globe for her performance in the film.

In the 1989 movie “Bridge to Silence,” Matlin portrayed a deaf widow. Then, in 1991, she landed a leading female part in the television series “Reasonable Doubts,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She had a cameo appearance in the Emmy Award-nominated family drama series “Picket Fences” in 1992.

In the comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, Marlee portrays a deaf mom. She also starred as a public defender in the television series “My Name Is Earl.”

Marlee Matlin Fame

In 2008, Matlin competed in “Dancing with the Stars,” a dancing reality program. She didn’t last long on the program, as she and her dance partner, Fabian Sanchez, were the sixth and seventh contestants to be eliminated.

Marlee recently starred in the comedy-drama film “CODA,” which tells the tale of a deaf young girl and her hearing parents. The film has received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, and her acting has been praised. CODA won the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Ensemble Award in 2021.

Personal Life

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Kevin Grandalski, a police officer in Burbank, is Marlee Matlin’s husband. On August 29, 1993, at the home of actor Henry Winkler, she married Kevin.

Matlin initially met Kevin on the set of the police drama series “Reasonable Doubts,” where she was shooting apart. Kevin was in the studio to keep an eye on things and keep traffic flowing smoothly. With her spouse Kevin, Matlin has four children.