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“CODA,” starring Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur, made history at the 2022 Oscars. The film, written and directed by Sian Heder, became the first featuring a predominantly deaf cast to win best ...
Kotsur's portrayal of a deaf father in the comedy drama film CODA (2021) was critically acclaimed and won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first male deaf actor, and second overall (after Marlee Matlin [a]) to win an acting Oscar.
The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The awards were scheduled after their usual late February date to avoid conflicting with both the 2022 Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LVI , with the latter being ...
The milestone comes 35 years after Kotsur's "CODA" co-star, Marlee Matlin, became the first Deaf performer ever to win an Oscar for her performance in "Children of a Lesser God."
CODA won all three categories it was nominated in at the 94th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Kotsur), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Heder). It is the first Best Picture winner to be distributed via a streaming platform and the first starring a primarily deaf cast.
Troy Kotsur is operating on one hour of sleep, but he’s still smiling ear to ear. It’s Monday, the morning after he became the second deaf performer in Academy history to win an acting award ...
American actress Marlee Matlin won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama as well as the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her screen debut in the 1986 romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God. At age 21, she is the youngest Best Actress winner and was the first deaf performer to win an ...
The 53-year-old star is the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar and second deaf performer overall. ... Troy Kotsur wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for CODA at the 94th Academy Awards in ...