MARLEE MATLIN

MATLIN IS A US ACTOR MOST RECOGNISABLE FROM ROLES IN THE WEST WING, THE L WORD, PICKET FENCES, THE PRACTICE AND LAW & ORDER: SVU. Back in 1987, she became the youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Children of a Lesser God, while she also starred in 2021 feature Coda, winner of Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, which told the story of a young woman who is the only hearing member of a deaf family. Matlin is now set to make her directorial debut on Fox’s upcoming anthology drama Accused – becoming one of the first female deaf directors in television – on an episode that features a deaf woman who becomes a surrogate and commits a crime of advocacy and protection.

FROM STARTING OUT ON BRITISH SOAPS HOLLYOAKS, EASTENDERS AND EMMERDALE, Ebohon-Green has gone on to direct episodes of beloved series such as Father Brown, Call the Midwife, Grantchester, Vera and Outlander

After working on the second season of Welsh crime drama The Pact, she is now filming the third block of Candice Carty-Williams’ highly anticipated music drama Champion. Coming to the BBC and Netflix, it tells the story of rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison and ready to dominate the music industry once more. But when his younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right – a decision that sets the Champion siblings against one another.