Laura Linney
Biography
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards. Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before going on to receive Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of The Crucible, the original Broadway productions of Sight Unseen (2004), Time Stands Still (2010), My Name Is Lucy Barton (2020), and the 2017 revival of The Little Foxes. On television, she won her first Emmy Award for the television film Wild Iris (2001), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom Frasier (2003–04) and the miniseries John Adams (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013, and from 2017 to 2022 she starred in the Netflix crime series Ozark. Linney is also an established film actress. She made her film debut with a minor role in Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the dramas You Can Count on Me (2000), Kinsey (2004), and The Savages (2007). She's also known for her performances in Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River and Love Actually (both 2003), The Squid and the Whale (2005), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015), Sully and Nocturnal Animals (both 2016).
Known For
Kate Whitney
Absolute Power
Annabeth Markum
Mystic River
Sarah
Love Actually
Janet Venable
Primal Fear
Dr. Karen Ross
Congo
Regina O'Connor
Wildcat
Young Teacher
Lorenzo's Oil
Connie Mills
The Mothman Prophecies
Joan Berkman
The Squid and the Whale
Kate Burroughs
Breach
Claire
Jindabyne
Clara McMillen
Kinsey
Self
Bonnie
Laura Marshall
Driving Lessons
Randi
Dave
Constance Hallaway
The Life of David Gale
Wendy Savage
The Savages
Erin Bruner
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Louise Harrington
P.S.
Bertha Dorset
The House of Mirth
Mrs. X
The Nanny Diaries
Eleanor Green
Man of the Year
Sammy
You Can Count on Me
School Teacher
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Caroline Gund
The City of Your Final Destination
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
The Truman Show
Nancy Lambert Newland
A Simple Twist of Fate
Lisa
The Other Man
Iris Bravard
Wild Iris
Sherry Johnson
The Laramie Project
North Pole Computer (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Nina Hogue
Sympathy for Delicious
Daisy
Hyde Park on Hudson
Lily Magraw
Class of '61
Rachel Van Dyke
Lush
voice
Woodrow Wilson
Callie
Maze
Sarah Shaw
The Fifth Estate
Self
A Farewell to Ozark
Narrator
Mary Pickford
Doctor Goodman
Morning
Self - Letter Reader
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Phoebe
Blind Spot
Melissa Gardner Cobb
Love Letters
Mrs. Munro
Mr. Holmes
Kristine
Suncoast
Lauren Hartman
Running Mates
Louise Saunders
Genius
Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Lorrie Sullenberger
Sully
Chief Vincent
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Claire Lohman
The Dinner
Anne Sutton
Nocturnal Animals
Sarah (US version)
Red Nose Day Actually
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Narrator (voice)
Annie Oakley
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Armenian Genocide
Hannah Gill
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Herself
Olympia
Rita
The Roads Not Taken
Sarah (45 Yrs)
Falling
Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Hannah Pitt
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Zelda Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Chrissie Ahearn
The Miracle Club
Lila
The Details
Jesse
The Hottest State
Self
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Narrator
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Emma Dretzin
But When We Dance
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
74
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-02-05
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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