Marlee Matlin

In 2004, she starred in the film What the #$*! Do We know!? as Amanda. For six months Lalaine's song "You Wish", written for the movie of the same name, was in the Top 30 Radio Disney songs. She was nominated for a 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for a performance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She has been working with Radio Disney, performing her songs all over Southern California, and went to Hawaii with Disney's Imagineers. In 2002, she published her first novel, Deaf Child Crossing, which is loosely based on her own childhood. Lalaine wrote six songs on the album herself, including "Life is good","Can't Stop", and "Save Myself". They have a daughter (Sarah Rose, born 1996) and two sons (Brandon, born 2000; Tyler, born 2002). On July 8, 2003, Lalaine released her new independent album,"Lalaine: Inside Story".

Matlin married Kevin Grandalski on August 29, 1993 (in Henry Winkler's back yard). In addition to her acting career, Lalaine is involved in many charity events, such as the AIDS benefit concert and NSYNC's challenge for the youth. She is actively involved with a number of charitable organisations, including the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Starlight Foundation, and the Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. Lalaine also portrayed "Chloe", a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on the hit TV-Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She had recurring roles in The West Wing and Blue's Clues. She starred alongside AJ Trauth in the Disney Channel original movie You Wish as "Abby". She played the lead female role in the television series Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993), and won an Emmy Award for an appearance in Picket Fences. She also played orphan "Kate" in the Disney Channel version of the movie Annie.

Other films followed, as well as television work. Lalaine's voice has been used for many movies, including Inspector Gadget and Lolita. It was this role for which she got her Golden Globe and Academy Awards. She also participated in a theater play in her home state, called Brundibar. As an adult, she appeared in a supporting role in the play Children of a Lesser God, which led to her being cast in the lead for the film version of the play in 1986. When Lalaine returned to California, she was able to act in several television commercials, including some of those for Microsoft and Burger King. She made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre version of The Wizard of Oz, and continued to appear with the same children's theatre group throughout her childhood. In it, she played Eponine, a character that has also been played by Debbie Gibson among others.

(She lost all hearing in her right ear, and 80% of hearing in her left ear.). Lalaine's road to stardom began when she was she was hanging out with Nikki Alberto and she found a job at the Broadway production of Les Miserables. Born in Morton Grove, Illinois, Matlin lost most of her hearing at the age of 18 months, following a bout of measles. She is a Eurasian of three quarters Filipino and one quarter Spanish descent. She began acting on stage at the age of seven, and her film début brought her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress (at 21, the youngest person ever to receive the award) — an achievement even more remarkable because she is almost completely deaf. Lalaine grew up in California. Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. Lalaine played "Miranda Isabella Sanchez" on Disney Channel's highly-rated show, Lizzie McGuire, alongside Hilary Duff.

Lalaine Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987 in Burbank, California) is a young actress who is a native of Manila, Philippines; she normally is credited by her first name only.