Laura Linney
Acting
Born: February 5, 1964 (age 62) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Truman Show
1998
Nocturnal Animals
2016
Sully
2016
Mystic River
2003
Love Actually
2003
Primal Fear
1996
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
BoJack Horseman
2014
Ozark
2017
American Dad!
2005
The Life of David Gale
2003
Photos (11)
Movies (61)
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
Love Actually
Sarah
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
Breach
Kate Burroughs
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
Genius
Louise Saunders
Dave
Randi
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
The Savages
Wendy Savage
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
You Can Count on Me
Sammy
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
Suncoast
Kristine
The Other Man
Lisa
The Details
Lila
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
Jindabyne
Claire
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
Maze
Callie
The Hottest State
Jesse
P.S.
Louise Harrington
Mary Pickford
Narrator
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
Blind Spot
Phoebe
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
Morning
Doctor Goodman
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
Lanterns
Lianna
TV Shows (21)
Lanterns
Guardian · 1 eps
Law & Order
Martha Bowen · 1 eps
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Charlotte Connor · 5 eps
Frasier
Mindy (voice) · 1 eps
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice) · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mary Ann Singleton · 1 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Ozark
Wendy Byrde · 44 eps
The Big C
Cathy Jamison · 40 eps
John Adams
Abigail Adams · 7 eps
The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice) · 5 eps
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · 10 eps
American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean · 8 eps
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · 5 eps
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · 4 eps
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · 6 eps
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills · 3 eps
The Vote
2 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 2 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator · 149 eps
The Men in Blazers Show
Self · 1 eps
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self · 2 eps
Euphoria: A Look Back
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self · 1 eps
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
Bonnie
Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
Olympia
Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
