Marilee Talkington

Marilee Talkington is an award-winning actor, writer, director, designer, disability activist, and entrepreneur whose work for nearly three decades has lived at the nexus of performance, access, and cultural transformation. They create visceral, poetic works that reimagine theatrical form—spanning sensory-forward plays, sound sculptures, solo performances, and experimental films—commissioned by institutions including Crowded Fire Theater and the Anti-Eugenics Project in NYC.

On Broadway, they made history as the first self-identified legally blind actor cast in a principal role, portraying Morgan Le Fey in Bartlett Sher’s production of Aaron Sorkin’s Camelot. Marilee's screen credits include a recurring role on SEE, and guest stars on Extrapolations, NCIS, Law & Order, New Amsterdam, FBI: Most Wanted.  They also made their feature film debut in The Home—a Lionsgate/Miramax picture now showing internationally and soon to stream.

Marilee founded Access Acting Academy (AC3), the world’s first professional acting program for blind and low vision performers, pioneering a pedagogy that dismantles visual-biased training and expanding the craft for all body/mind realities. Their honors include the Helen Keller Achievement Award, Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award, MacDowell Fellowship, Carol Channing Trouper Award, and California Center for Cultural Innovation Grant. In 2025, Marilee will launch Think AxS, an international learning platform driven by disabled and intersectional thought leaders and experts, reframing education (both teaching and learning) as a lived, embodied practice of expanded awareness, innovation, and wholeness.