After acting for more than 30 years, Marlee Matlin's net worth currently stands at $11 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. And she is using her success to help others with disabilities succeed, especially in the acting world. She recently signed on as an executive producer of the short film Feeling Through, which will be "one of the first films to feature a deaf-blind actor in a leading role," according to Variety.
"I'm fortunate in that I've nurtured relationships with producers where we go beyond the 'dis' in disability," she told The Washington Post, "and create smart, creative roles that HAPPEN to be disabled, rather than dwell on the disability." However, she noted that Hollywood still has a long way to go. She noted, "In the 30 years since I won the Academy Award for Best Actress and as the first person since Harold Russell who had a disability and who won an acting Oscar back in the '50s, not much has changed."
