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Spring Awakening Star Marlee Matlin Receives a Sardi's Portrait

Matlin adds the honor to her list of accolades, which includes an Academy Award for her performance in ”Children of a Lesser God”.

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November 24, 2015

Marlee Matlin shows off her brand-new Sardi's caricature.
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Oscar winner and Spring Awakening star Marlee Matlin celebrated her Broadway debut on Tuesday, November 24 by receiving a portrait at the famed theater-district eatery Sardi's.

Marlee Matlin is congratulated by her fellow Spring Awakening cast mates. — Marlee Matlin is congratulated by her fellow *Spring Awakening* castmates.
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Matlin earned both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Children of a Lesser God (1986), making her the only deaf performer to ever win an Oscar. She has also earned four Emmy nominations and is a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf. Her television credits include Seinfeld, The West Wing, Picket Fences, The Practice, Switched at Birth, and season six of Dancing With the Stars.

Marlee Matlin celebrates her honor with her family at her side.
(© David Gordon)

Matlin is featured in a cast that includes Robert Ariza, Miles Barbee, Katie Boeck, Alex Boniello, Joshua Castille, Lizzy Cuesta, Daniel N. Durant, Treshelle Edmond, Sandra Mae Frank, Kathryn Gallagher, Sean Grandillo, Elizabeth Greene, Russell Harvard, Amelia Hensley, Van Hughes, Lauren Luiz, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Camryn Manheim, Daniel Marmion, Austin P. McKenzie, Andy Mientus, Patrick Page, Ren, Krysta Rodriguez, Daniel David Stewart, Ali Stroker, Alexandra Winter, and Alex Wyse. The show runs at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre through January 24.