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Marlee Matlin on "Dancing with the Stars 6" Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez on "Dancing with the Stars 6" Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez on "Dancing with the Stars 6" Marlee Matlin Pictures Marlee Matlin stars as Jodi Lerner on Showtime's "The L Word." Marlee Matlin was also one of the dance contestants on ABC's reality competition series, "Dancing with the Stars 6." Marlee Matlin teamed up with newcomer Fabian Sanchez. Fabian is the 2006 World Mambo Champion, a four-time Fred Astaire National Champion and the United States Rising Star, and the 1999 American Rhythm Champion. Marlee Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her motion picture debut in "Children of a Lesser God," a performance the film community chose to recognize with its highest honor—the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 21, Marlee Matlin had become the youngest recipient of the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role and one of only four actresses to receive that honor for a film debut. In addition, Marlee Matlin was honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. That same year, Marlee Matlin was honored by Harper's Bazaar magazine as one of the "The Ten Most Beautiful Women" and Esquire magazine's "Women We Love." Born and raised in Morton Grove, Illinois, Marlee Matlin started acting at the age of seven in the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" at a children's Theater Company in Chicago. After several years of performing on stage throughout Chicago and the Midwest, Marlee Matlin was discovered in a Chicago stage production of Mark Medoff's Tony Award-winning play, "Children of a Lesser God." Following an extensive international search for the lead role, the producers of the film version selected Marlee Matlin to star opposite William Hurt. Some of Marlee Matlin's other feature film credits include, "Walker," "The Man in the Golden Mask," "The Linguini Incident," "The Player," "Hear No Evil," "It's My Party," and the critically-acclaimed documentary/feature, "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" Marlee Matlin made her television debut in CBS's "Bridge to Silence." Marlee Matlin went on to star in the series "Reasonable Doubts" for two seasons, as well as two seasons on CBS' "Picket Fences." For seven seasons, Marlee Matlin starred in the Emmy Award-winning series, "The West Wing." Marlee Matlin has also guest-starred on numerous shows including "Seinfeld," "Sweet Justice," "The Outer Limits," "Dead Silence," "Freak City," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Spin City," "ER," and "Judging Amy." Marlee Matlin received her third Emmy nomination for "The Practice, as well as guest-starring on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," a performance that garnered her a fourth Emmy nomination. In addition, Marlee Matlin guest starred on "Desperate Housewives," "My Name is Earl," "CSI: New York," and "Nip/Tuck." Marlee Matlin also starred opposite Jeff Daniels in the telefilm "Sweet Nothing in My Ear." In September 1999, under her Solo One Productions banner, Marlee Matlin embarked on her first effort as executive producer and starred in the courtroom thriller "Where the Truth Lies" for Lifetime Television and in 2003, produced "Eddie's Million Dollar Bake-off" for The Disney Channel, for which she received an honor from the National Council on Family Relations for excellence in programming. Marlee Matlin published a novel for children entitled "Deaf Child Crossing" in 2002. Simon and Shuster published the sequel, "Nobody's Perfect" in summer of 2006 and then a second sequel, "Leading Ladies" in 2007. Marlee Matlin has also appeared in a number of educational and children's programs, hosting "People in Motion," and the PBS documentary, "Through Deaf Eyes." Other television appearances for Marlee Matlin include MTV's "Rock the Vote;" Disney's "Adventures in Wonderland;" and Nickelodeon's Emmy Award-winning "Blues Clues." Currently, Marlee Matlin can be seen in "Baby Wordsworth," teaching sign language to infants and toddlers.
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