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Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marlee Matlin is still the youngest best actress Oscar winner: How old was she?
With the Oscars less than one month away, film fanatics are gearing up for who will take home the golden statuettes. Others are recalling their first time walking across the award ceremony stage. Marlee Matlin is the youngest woman to ever receive the Oscar for best actress. The Illinois native, who is now 59 years old, won the award in 1987 for her role as Sarah Norman in the 1986 romantic drama, "Children of a Lesser God." She has maintained the record for 38 years. "To tell you the truth, I didn't prepare for this speech, but I definitely want to thank the Academy and it's members, and I want to thank all those special people in the film and I can name them: Randa Haines, Patrick Palmer, the entire cast and crew and particularly William Hurt for his great support and love in this film," Matlin said during her acceptance speech. "And I just want to thank all of you. I love you." Haines and Palmer co-directed "Children of a Lesser God" and Hurt served as Matlin's co-star, James Leed. Matlin was also the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award. She would remain the sole winner until Troy Kotsur won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2022 for his role in "CODA," which Matlin also starred in. More: 'We are not costumes': Why Marlee Matlin put her foot down, insisting 'CODA' cast deaf actors Marlee Matlin was 21 years old when she won the Best Actress Oscar at the 59th Academy Awards on March 30, 1987. This year, Mikey Madison is the youngest best actress nominee for her role as Ani in "Anora." Madison is 25 years old. Cynthia Erivo for "Wicked" Karla Sofía Gascón for "Emilia Pérez" Mikey Madison for "Anora" Demi Moore for "Substance" Fernanda Torres for "I'm Still Here." The 97th Academy Awards are Sunday, March 2. The 2025 Oscars will air from 7-10 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 2. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea? Email her at gcross@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Academy Awards: Marlee Matlin is the youngest best actress Oscar winner
USA Today
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Marlee Matlin is still the youngest best actress Oscar winner: How old was she?
Hear this story With the Oscars less than one month away, film fanatics are gearing up for who will take home the golden statuettes. Others are recalling their first time walking across the award ceremony stage. Marlee Matlin is the youngest woman to ever receive the Oscar for best actress. The Illinois native, who is now 59 years old, won the award in 1987 for her role as Sarah Norman in the 1986 romantic drama, "Children of a Lesser God." She has maintained the record for 38 years. "To tell you the truth, I didn't prepare for this speech, but I definitely want to thank the Academy and it's members, and I want to thank all those special people in the film and I can name them: Randa Haines, Patrick Palmer, the entire cast and crew and particularly William Hurt for his great support and love in this film," Matlin said during her acceptance speech. "And I just want to thank all of you. I love you." Haines and Palmer co-directed "Children of a Lesser God" and Hurt served as Matlin's co-star, James Leed. Rate your 'Film of the Year': Join our Movie Meter panel and make your voice heard! Matlin was also the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award. She would remain the sole winner until Troy Kotsur won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2022 for his role in "CODA," which Matlin also starred in. More:'We are not costumes': Why Marlee Matlin put her foot down, insisting 'CODA' cast deaf actors How old was Marlee Matlin when she won her Oscar? Marlee Matlin was 21 years old when she won the Best Actress Oscar at the 59th Academy Awards on March 30, 1987. Who is the youngest best actress nominee? This year, Mikey Madison is the youngest best actress nominee for her role as Ani in "Anora." Madison is 25 years old. Who are the best actress nominees this year? Cynthia Erivo for "Wicked" Karla Sofía Gascón for "Emilia Pérez" Mikey Madison for "Anora" Demi Moore for "Substance" Fernanda Torres for "I'm Still Here." When are the Oscars? The 97th Academy Awards are Sunday, March 2. What time are the Oscars? The 2025 Oscars will air from 7-10 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 2. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea? Email her at gcross@
The Independent
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Marlee Matlin explains why she was 'upset' after CODA's Best Picture win
Marlee Matlin has revealed why she was left disappointed after CODA won an Oscar in 2022. The film, written and directed by Sian Heder, starring Matline, Troy Kotsur, Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Daniel Durant, made history as the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win Best Picture. Matlin, whose new documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore premiered at Sundance Film Festival this week, admitted she was saddened to not be given a moment to speak when receiving the award. Speaking in the documentary, the CODA star - who has been deaf since she was 18 months old - said: 'I was very upset when it went down,' per Entertainment Weekly. 'I wanted to say thank you for supporting my community and my culture,' she added. In a clip from the ceremony included in the documentary, CODA producers Philippe Rousselet and Patrick Wachsberger can be seen accepting the Oscar. Matline then makes her way to the microphone as Wachsberger concludes his speech, however, she wasn't given time to make her remarks. In backstage footage from the night of the ceremony, the CODA star spoke to a reporter and revealed she had hoped to say 'I'm not alone anymore.' Matlin - who won an Oscar in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God - had been known as the only deaf actor to win an Oscar. But when CODA won Best Picture and Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor she was no longer singled out. The Walking Dead star Lauren Ridloff, who also appears in the documentary explains that the words for 'only' and 'alone' are similar in American Sign Language, making Matlin's identifier all the more solitary. It comes after Matlin and fellow Sundance Film Festival jurors Jeremy O Harris and Eliza Hittman walked out of the premiere of Magazine Dreams on Friday (20 January) after subtitles failed to appear on screen. Joana Vicente, the CEO of the Sundance Institute, said in a statement that the closed captioning device, which relies on Wi-Fi, had been checked before the screening and was working, but malfunctioned nonetheless. Representatives for Matlin declined to comment when contacted by The Independent. Accessibility at film festivals has been a major topic for years, and the incident once again spotlighted how organisers are trying to make changes to accommodate all fans. Vicente said her team has been working hard in that area, but acknowledged there is more to be learned. 'We are committed to improving experiences & belonging for all festival attendees,' the statement read. 'We consider accessibility as one of the primary drivers of institutional excellence and this work is done in partnership with film teams.'
