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Laura Linney
Laura Linney

Laura Linney

ActingBorn February 5, 1964 (age 62)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).

Filmography

2026
American Classic

as Kristen Forrest Bean

TV
2025
The American Revolution

as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)

TV
2024
Wildcat

as Regina O'Connor

Movie
2024
Suncoast

as Kristine

Movie
2023
The Miracle Club

as Chrissie Ahearn

Movie
2022
Bonnie

as Self

Movie
2022Movie
2020
Falling

as Sarah (45 Yrs)

Movie
2020TV
2020
Coronavirus, Explained

as Self - Narrator

TV
2020Movie
2019
Tales of the City

as Mary Ann Singleton

TV
2018
Olympia

as Self

Movie
2018
Sink Sank Sunk

as Mitzi Mills

TV
2017
Ozark

as Wendy Byrde

TV
2017
The Dinner

as Claire Lohman

Movie
2017
Red Nose Day Actually

as Sarah (US version)

Movie
2017
Masterpiece

as Self - Narrator

TV
2016
Nocturnal Animals

as Anne Sutton

Movie
2016
Sully

as Lorrie Sullenberger

Movie
2016
Genius

as Louise Saunders

Movie
2015
Mr. Holmes

as Mrs. Munro

Movie
2014
BoJack Horseman

as Laura Linney (voice)

TV
2013
The Fifth Estate

as Sarah Shaw

Movie
2013
Morning

as Doctor Goodman

Movie
2013Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012TV
2011
Arthur Christmas

as North Pole Computer (voice)

Movie
2010
The Big C

as Cathy Jamison

TV
2010Movie
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008
John Adams

as Abigail Adams

TV
2007
The Savages

as Wendy Savage

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
Breach

as Kate Burroughs

Movie
2006
Man of the Year

as Eleanor Green

Movie
2006TV
2006
Driving Lessons

as Laura Marshall

Movie
2006
Jindabyne

as Claire

Movie
2006
Annie Oakley

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2006
The Armenian Genocide

as Maria Jacobsen (voice)

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2005
Mary Pickford

as Narrator

Movie
2005
American Dad!

as Doctor Gupta (voice)

TV
2004
P.S.

as Louise Harrington

Movie
2004
Kinsey

as Clara McMillen

Movie
2003
Mystic River

as Annabeth Markum

Movie
2003Movie
2003
The Life of David Gale

as Constance Hallaway

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2002TV
2002
The Mothman Prophecies

as Connie Mills

Movie
2002
The Laramie Project

as Sherry Johnson

Movie
2002
Woodrow Wilson

as Self - voice

Movie
2001
Maze

as Callie

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Further Tales of the City

as Mary Ann Singleton

TV
2001
Wild Iris

as Iris Bravard

Movie
2000
The House of Mirth

as Bertha Dorset

Movie
2000
Running Mates

as Lauren Hartman

Movie
2000Movie
1999
Love Letters

as Melissa Gardner Cobb

Movie
1999
Lush

as Rachel Van Dyke

Movie
1998
Tru-Talk

as Hannah Gill

Movie
1998
More Tales of the City

as Mary Ann Singleton

TV
1998
The Truman Show

as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Absolute Power

as Kate Whitney

Movie
1997
King of the Hill

as Marlene (voice)

TV
1996TV
1996
Primal Fear

as Janet Venable

Movie
1995
Congo

as Dr. Karen Ross

Movie
1994
A Simple Twist of Fate

as Nancy Lambert Newland

Movie
1993
Tales of the City

as Mary Ann Singleton

TV
1993
Frasier

as Charlotte Connor

TV
1993
Frasier

as Mindy (voice)

TV
1993Movie
1993
Dave

as Randi

Movie
1993
Blind Spot

as Phoebe

Movie
1993
Class of '61

as Lily Magraw

Movie
1992
Lorenzo's Oil

as Young Teacher

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Martha Bowen

TV
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1988TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
Onward and Sideways

as Emma Dretzin

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 5, 1964
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity2.2