Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini

Known for
Acting
Born
June 25, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Redwood City, California, USA

Biography

Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–09), the drama thriller Bloodline (2015–17), and the tragicomedy Dead to Me (2019–present), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also guest starred in the period drama Mad Men (2013–15), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her voice work includes the animated series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13), Regular Show (2012–15), Gravity Falls (2012–16), and Sanjay and Craig (2013–16). In film, Cardellini is best known for her portrayal of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo (2002) and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and her supporting roles in Legally Blonde (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Grandma’s Boy (2006), Kill the Irishman (2011), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Founder (2016), Green Book, A Simple Favor (both 2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). She also starred in the drama Return (2011), earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination, the comedies Daddy's Home (2015) and Daddy's Home 2 (2017), and the horror film The Curse of La Llorona (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Cardellini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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The King of Counterfeit

The King of Counterfeit

Movie

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They Know

They Know

Movie

2026
Way of the Warrior Kid poster

Way of the Warrior Kid

Movie · as Sarah

2026
DTF St. Louis poster

DTF St. Louis

TV · as Carol Love-Smernitch · 7 eps

2026
Crystal Lake poster

Crystal Lake

TV · as Pamela Voorhees · 8 eps

2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes poster

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

TV · as Cloudy J (voice) · 1 ep

2025
Nonnas poster

Nonnas

Movie · as Olivia

2024
Nutcrackers poster

Nutcrackers

Movie · as Gretchen Rice

2024
No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed

TV · as Margo Starling · 8 eps

2024
Creature Commandos poster

Creature Commandos

TV · as Elizabeth Bates (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 poster

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Movie · as Lylla

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

Movie · as Laura Barton (archive footage)

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special poster

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Movie · as Laura Barton (archive footage)

2021
Hawkeye poster

Hawkeye

TV · as Laura Barton · 5 eps

2021
Marvel Studios Legends poster

Marvel Studios Legends

TV · as Laura Barton (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2020
Capone poster

Capone

Movie · as Mae Capone

2020
Muppets Now poster

Muppets Now

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2019
The Curse of La Llorona poster

The Curse of La Llorona

Movie · as Anna Tate-Garcia

2019
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame

Movie · as Laura Barton

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Dead to Me poster

Dead to Me

TV · as Judy Hale · 30 eps

2018
Hunter Killer poster

Hunter Killer

Movie · as Jane Norquist

2018
Green Book poster

Green Book

Movie · as Dolores

2018
A Simple Favor poster

A Simple Favor

Movie · as Diana Hyland

2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary poster

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2018
Cultureshock poster

Cultureshock

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Austin Found poster

Austin Found

Movie · as Leanne

2017
Daddy's Home 2 poster

Daddy's Home 2

Movie · as Sara

2016
The Founder poster

The Founder

Movie · as Joan Smith

2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines poster

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines

Movie · as Wendy (Voice)

2015
Welcome to Me poster

Welcome to Me

Movie · as Gina Selway

2015
Daddy's Home poster

Daddy's Home

Movie · as Sara

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Movie · as Laura Barton

2015
Bloodline poster

Bloodline

TV · as Meg Rayburn · 33 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2014
Sock or Hat? poster

Sock or Hat?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Sanjay and Craig poster

Sanjay and Craig

TV · as Megan Sparkles (voice) · 114 eps

2013
Out There poster

Out There

TV · as Sharla Lemoyne · 10 eps

2012
Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls

TV · as Wendy Corduroy (voice) · 40 eps

2011
Kill the Irishman poster

Kill the Irishman

Movie · as Joan Madigan

2011
Return poster

Return

Movie · as Kelli

2011
All Star Superman poster

All Star Superman

Movie · as Nasthalthia Luthor (voice)

2011
Person of Interest poster

Person of Interest

TV · as Megan Tillman · 1 ep

2011
New Girl poster

New Girl

TV · as Abby Day · 3 eps

2010
Super poster

Super

Movie · as Pet Store Employee

2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated poster

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

TV · as Marcie 'Hot Dog Water' Fleach (voice), Marcie 'Hot Dog Water' Fleach / Airport PA (voice), Marcie 'Hot Dog Water' Fleach / Dark Lillith (voice) · 7 eps

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Cloudy J (voice), Cloudy J / Thunder Girl #2 (voice), Cloudy J / Cerberus Mom #1 (voice), Cloudy J / Daphne (voice), Cloudy J / School Girl (voice), Cloudy J / Girl #2 (voice), Mrs. Chamberlain (voice), Cloudy J / Automated Voice Program (voice) · 17 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
The Goode Family poster

The Goode Family

TV · as Bliss Goode (voice) · 13 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Lazarus Project poster

The Lazarus Project

Movie · as Julie Ingram

2008
Comanche Moon poster

Comanche Moon

TV · as Clara Forsythe Allen · 3 eps

2007
Human Giant poster

Human Giant

TV · as Melody Richards · 1 ep

2007
Mad Men poster

Mad Men

TV · as Sylvia Rosen · 9 eps

2006
Grandma's Boy poster

Grandma's Boy

Movie · as Samantha

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

Movie · as Cassie Cartwright

2005
American Gun poster

American Gun

Movie · as Mary Ann Wilk

2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood poster

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Movie · as Natalie Coolidge

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Velma Dinkley / Goldilocks (voice), Velma Dinkley / Asian Masseuse / Blueberry Muffin (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed poster

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Movie · as Velma

2004
LolliLove poster

LolliLove

Movie · as Linda

2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Certainly Not a Fairytale poster

Certainly Not a Fairytale

Movie · as Adelle / Writer

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
Scooby-Doo poster

Scooby-Doo

Movie · as Velma

2002
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Ali Warner · 1 ep

2001
Legally Blonde poster

Legally Blonde

Movie · as Chutney Windham

2001
The Unsaid poster

The Unsaid

Movie · as Shelly Hunter

1999
The Prince and the Surfer poster

The Prince and the Surfer

Movie · as Melissa

1999
Dying to Live poster

Dying to Live

Movie · as Leslie Dugger

1999
Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks

TV · as Lindsay Weir · 18 eps

1999
The Lot poster

The Lot

TV · as June Parker · 7 eps

1998
Strangeland poster

Strangeland

Movie · as Genevieve Gage

1998
Dead Man on Campus poster

Dead Man on Campus

Movie · as Kelly

1998
Guys Like Us

Guys Like Us

TV · as Jude · 1 ep

1997
Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life poster

Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life

Movie · as Sarah

1997
Good Burger poster

Good Burger

Movie · as Heather

1997
Pacific Palisades poster

Pacific Palisades

TV · as Sara · 2 eps

1996
Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey poster

Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey

Movie · as Sarah

1996
Kenan & Kel poster

Kenan & Kel

TV · as Becky · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
Bone Chillers poster

Bone Chillers

TV · as Sarah · 13 eps

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Lorna · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Caged Hearts poster

Caged Hearts

Movie · as Inmate (uncredited)

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Samantha Taggart · 125 eps

1993
Boy Meets World poster

Boy Meets World

TV · as Lauren · 4 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Step by Step poster

Step by Step

TV · as Cassie Evans · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep