Above Oscar Winner Marlee Matlin backstage at the Academy Awards Show, March 30, 1987 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
Marlee Matlin marked March 30, 1987, on everyone’s calendar when she became the first deaf person to ever win an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God. She was also the youngest person to win in that category, setting two records that she holds to this day.
Now read: SAG Awards 2023: The best red carpet looks, from Zendaya to Michelle Yeoh
In 2017, Anthony Hopkins revealed to the public that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Three years later, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in The Father, making him the first openly autistic actor to win an Oscar.
Though he won Best Actor for The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, his autism was only diagnosed in 2017.
Another…
