Laura Linney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
The Joy of Sex
Movie · as Ruth Comfort
Rode to Ruin
Movie
Onwards and Sideways
Movie · as Emma Dretzin
Euphoria: A Look Back
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Classic
TV · as Kristen Forrest Bean · 8 eps
Lanterns
TV · as Lianna · 3 eps
The American Revolution
TV · as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice) · 5 eps
Wildcat
Movie · as Regina O'Connor
Suncoast
Movie · as Kristine
The Miracle Club
Movie · as Chrissie Ahearn
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bonnie
Movie · as Self
A Farewell to Ozark
Movie · as Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie · as Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Roads Not Taken
Movie · as Rita
Falling
Movie · as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movie · as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie · as Hannah Pitt
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Movie · as Narrator
The Vote
TV · 2 eps
Coronavirus, Explained
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tales of the City
TV · as Mary Ann Singleton · 10 eps
Olympia
Movie · as Self
Sink Sank Sunk
TV · as Mitzi Mills · 3 eps
The Dinner
Movie · as Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie · as Sarah (US version)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie · as Self
Ozark
TV · as Wendy Byrde · 44 eps
Masterpiece
TV · as Self - Narrator · 149 eps
Genius
Movie · as Louise Saunders
Sully
Movie · as Lorrie Sullenberger
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Movie · as Chief Vincent
Nocturnal Animals
Movie · as Anne Sutton
Mr. Holmes
Movie · as Mrs. Munro
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Men in Blazers Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Laura Linney (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fifth Estate
Movie · as Sarah Shaw
Morning
Movie · as Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie · as Self - Letter Reader
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie · as Daisy
The Details
Movie · as Lila
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as North Pole Computer (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious
Movie · as Nina Hogue
The Big C
TV · as Cathy Jamison · 40 eps
The City of Your Final Destination
Movie · as Caroline Gund
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Other Man
Movie · as Lisa
John Adams
TV · as Abigail Adams · 7 eps
Breach
Movie · as Kate Burroughs
The Savages
Movie · as Wendy Savage
The Nanny Diaries
Movie · as Mrs. X
The Hottest State
Movie · as Jesse
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jindabyne
Movie · as Claire
Driving Lessons
Movie · as Laura Marshall
Man of the Year
Movie · as Eleanor Green
Annie Oakley
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Armenian Genocide
Movie · as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Squid and the Whale
Movie · as Joan Berkman
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Movie · as Erin Bruner
Mary Pickford
Movie · as Narrator
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Movie · as Self
American Dad!
TV · as Doctor Gupta (voice) · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kinsey
Movie · as Clara McMillen
P.S.
Movie · as Louise Harrington
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Movie · as Self
Mystic River
Movie · as Annabeth Markum
Love Actually
Movie · as Sarah
The Life of David Gale
Movie · as Constance Hallaway
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Mothman Prophecies
Movie · as Connie Mills
The Laramie Project
Movie · as Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Movie · as Self - voice
RI:SE
TV · 1 ep
Wild Iris
Movie · as Iris Bravard
Maze
Movie · as Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Movie · as Zelda Fitzgerald
Further Tales of the City
TV · as Mary Ann Singleton · 4 eps
The House of Mirth
Movie · as Bertha Dorset
You Can Count on Me
Movie · as Sammy
Running Mates
Movie · as Lauren Hartman
Lush
Movie · as Rachel Van Dyke
Love Letters
Movie · as Melissa Gardner Cobb
The Truman Show
Movie · as Meryl
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Movie · as Hannah Gill
More Tales of the City
TV · as Mary Ann Singleton · 6 eps
Absolute Power
Movie · as Kate Whitney
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
King of the Hill
TV · as Marlene (voice) · 1 ep
Primal Fear
Movie · as Janet Venable
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Congo
Movie · as Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate
Movie · as Nancy Lambert Newland
Dave
Movie · as Randi
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie · as School Teacher
Class of '61
Movie · as Lily Magraw
Blind Spot
Movie · as Phoebe
Frasier
TV · as Charlotte Connor, Mindy (voice) · 5 eps
Tales of the City
TV · as Mary Ann Singleton · 5 eps
Lorenzo's Oil
Movie · as Young Teacher
Law & Order
TV · as Martha Bowen · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Movie
American Playhouse
TV · as Mary Ann Singleton · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps