Laura Linney
Actor

Laura Linney

10 Movies
1 TV Shows
11 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 11
Birthday February 5, 1964 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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 (113)

American Classic 2026
The American Revolution 2025
Suncoast 2024
Wildcat 2023
The Miracle Club 2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields 2023
Bonnie 2022
A Farewell to Ozark 2022
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special 2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten 2022
The Roads Not Taken 2020
Falling 2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 2020
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment 2020
The Vote 2020
Coronavirus, Explained 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Olympia 2018
Sink Sank Sunk 2018
The Dinner 2017
Red Nose Day Actually 2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin 2017
Ozark 2017
Masterpiece 2017
Genius 2016
Sully 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016
Nocturnal Animals 2016
Mr. Holmes 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
The Men in Blazers Show 2014
BoJack Horseman 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
The Fifth Estate 2013
Morning 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 2013
Hyde Park on Hudson 2012
The Details 2012
Finding Your Roots 2012
Arthur Christmas 2011
Sympathy for Delicious 2010
The Big C 2010
The City of Your Final Destination 2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
The Other Man 2008
John Adams 2008
Breach 2007
The Savages 2007
The Nanny Diaries 2007
The Hottest State 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Jindabyne 2006
Driving Lessons 2006
Man of the Year 2006
Annie Oakley 2006
The Armenian Genocide 2006
The Megan Mullally Show 2006
The Squid and the Whale 2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005
Mary Pickford 2005
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' 2005
American Dad! 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
Kinsey 2004
P.S. 2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface 2004
Mystic River 2003 Love Actually 2003
The Life of David Gale 2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Mothman Prophecies 2002
The Laramie Project 2002
Woodrow Wilson 2002
RI:SE 2002
Wild Iris 2001
Maze 2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams 2001
Further Tales of the City 2001
The House of Mirth 2000
You Can Count on Me 2000
Running Mates 2000
Lush 1999
Love Letters 1999
The Truman Show 1998
Tru-Talk 1998
More Tales of the City 1998
Absolute Power 1997
The View 1997
King of the Hill 1997
Primal Fear 1996
The Daily Show 1996
Congo 1995 A Simple Twist of Fate 1994
Dave 1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
Class of '61 1993
Blind Spot 1993
Frasier 1993
Tales of the City 1993
Lorenzo's Oil 1992
Law & Order 1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
American Experience 1988
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud 1985
Tony Awards 1956
The Oscars 1953
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