Laura Linney

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1964-02-05

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud		0
2	1992	Lorenzo's Oil	Young Teacher	71
3	1993	Class of '61	Lily Magraw	41
4	1993	Blind Spot	Phoebe	60
5	1993	Dave	Randi	67
6	1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	School Teacher	71
7	1994	A Simple Twist of Fate	Nancy Lambert Newland	61
8	1995	Congo	Dr. Karen Ross	56
9	1996	Primal Fear	Janet Venable	77
10	1997	Absolute Power	Kate Whitney	66
11	1998	The Truman Show: Tru-Talk	Hannah Gill	67
12	1998	The Truman Show	Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill	81
13	1999	Lush	Rachel Van Dyke	10
14	1999	Love Letters	Melissa Gardner Cobb	53
15	2000	Running Mates	Lauren Hartman	52
16	2000	The House of Mirth	Bertha Dorset	62
17	2000	You Can Count on Me	Samantha Prescott	68
18	2001	Wild Iris	Iris Bravard	70
19	2001	F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams	Zelda Fitzgerald	50
20	2001	Maze	Callie	57
21	2002	Woodrow Wilson	voice	80
22	2002	The Laramie Project	Sherry Johnson	63
23	2002	The Mothman Prophecies	Connie Mills	62
24	2003	The Life of David Gale	Constance Hallaway	74
25	2003	Love Actually	Sarah	71
26	2003	Mystic River	Annabeth Markum	77
27	2004	Kinsey	Clara McMillen	66
28	2004	P.S.	Louise Harrington	56
29	2005	Mary Pickford	Narrator	0
30	2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Erin Bruner	66
31	2005	The Squid and the Whale	Joan Berkman	70
32	2006	The Armenian Genocide	Maria Jacobsen (voice)	62
33	2006	Annie Oakley	Narrator (voice)	62
34	2006	Jindabyne	Claire	55
35	2006	Driving Lessons	Laura Marshall	61
36	2006	Man of the Year	Eleanor Green	59
37	2007	Breach	Kate Burroughs	66
38	2007	The Hottest State	Jesse	54
39	2007	The Nanny Diaries	Mrs. X	64
40	2007	The Savages	Wendy Savage	69
41	2008	Mon Clown	Self (archive footage)	70
42	2008	The Other Man	Lisa	54
43	2009	We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	Self	46
44	2009	The City of Your Final Destination	Caroline Gund	57
45	2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Nina Hogue	57
46	2011	Arthur Christmas	North Pole Computer (voice)	68
47	2012	The Details	Lila	60
48	2012	Hyde Park on Hudson	Daisy	53
49	2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy	Narrator (voice)	66
50	2013	Morning	Doctor Goodman	47
51	2013	The Fifth Estate	Sarah Shaw	60
52	2015	Mr. Holmes	Mrs. Munro	65
53	2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Chief Vincent	60
54	2016	Genius	Louise Saunders	65
55	2016	Sully	Lorrie Sullenberger	72
56	2016	Nocturnal Animals	Anne Sutton	74
57	2017	The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin	Self	66
58	2017	Red Nose Day Actually	Sarah (US version)	70
59	2017	The Dinner	Claire Lohman	45
60	2018	Olympia	Herself	80
61	2020	The Roads Not Taken	Rita	55
62	2020	Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy	Self	0
63	2020	Falling	Sarah (45 Yrs)	65
64	2020	The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America	Hannah Pitt	100
65	2022	A Farewell to Ozark	Self	65
66	2022	Bonnie	Self	50
67	2022	The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special	Self	40
68	2023	The Miracle Club	Chrissie Ahearn	62
69	2024	Suncoast	Kristine	67
70	2024	Wildcat	Regina O'Connor	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
3	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		56
4	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
5	1988	American Experience	Narrator (voice)	74
6	1990	Law & Order	Martha Bowen	74
7	1993	Frasier	Charlotte Connor	77
8	1993	Frasier	Mindy (voice)	77
9	1993	Tales of the City	Mary Ann Singleton	80
10	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
11	1997	King of the Hill	Marlene (voice)	74
12	1997	The View	Self	45
13	1998	More Tales of the City	Mary Ann Singleton	75
14	2001	Further Tales of the City	Mary Ann Singleton	68
15	2002	RI:SE		20
16	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
17	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
18	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
19	2005	American Dad!	Doctor Gupta (voice)	70
20	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
21	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
22	2008	John Adams	Abigail Adams	77
23	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
24	2010	The Big C	Cathy Jamison	71
25	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
26	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
27	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
28	2014	BoJack Horseman	Laura Linney (voice)	85
29	2014	The Men In Blazers Show	Self	65
30	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
31	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
32	2017	Masterpiece	Self - Narrator	90
33	2017	Ozark	Wendy Byrde	82
34	2019	Tales of the City	Mary Ann Singleton	69
35	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
36	2020	Coronavirus, Explained	Self - Narrator	69
37	2020	The Vote		80
38	2022	Be My Guest with Ina Garten	Self	70
39	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self	73
40		American Classic	Kristen	0

Laura Linney

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