Marilee Talkington

Born: None

Marilee Talkington (she/they) is an award winning actor, artist, writer, director, creator, educator, consultant, disability advocate and activist. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and received the Carol Channing Trouper Award for Excellence and Dedication in the Craft upon graduation. Marilee has been advocating for herself for nearly 20 years as a disabled performer and began advocating for the blind/low vision and disabled community on the national level in 2018. In 2019 she founded Access Acting Academy, a 1st-of-its-kind actor studio specifically for blind and low vision actors, for which she innovated a leading-edge pedagogical approach to actor training rooted in her Anti-Ableist and Non-Visually Biased teachings.


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Batsh*t Bride

as Theresa
Released: 2019-05-17

On April Fools' Day, just before her wedding, a bride pranks her fiancé by saying that she...

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The Home

as Gretchen
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A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Golda Simon
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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See

as Souter Bax
First aired: 2019-11-01

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins...

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New Amsterdam

as Maren Thompson
First aired: 2018-09-25

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public...

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FBI: Most Wanted

as Fiona Paley
First aired: 2020-01-07

The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's...

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In the Dark

as Kimmy
First aired: 2019-04-04

Murphy is a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness”...

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Extrapolations

as Janice
First aired: 2023-03-16

Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will...

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