Laura Linney

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).

Acting

2025

The American Revolution
Tv

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

2024

Wildcat
Movie

Regina O'Connor

2024

2023

The Miracle Club
Movie

Chrissie Ahearn

2022

2020

Falling
Movie

Sarah (45 Yrs)

2020

The Vote
Tv

Unknown

2020

2019

Tales of the City
Tv

Mary Ann Singleton

2017

Ozark
Tv

Wendy Byrde

2017

The Dinner
Movie

Claire Lohman

2017

Red Nose Day Actually
Movie

Sarah (US version)

2017

Masterpiece
Tv

Self - Narrator

2016

2016

Sully
Movie

Lorrie Sullenberger

2016

Genius
Movie

Louise Saunders

2015

Mr. Holmes
Movie

Mrs. Munro

2014

BoJack Horseman
Tv

Laura Linney (voice)

2013

2013

Morning
Movie

Doctor Goodman

2011

Arthur Christmas
Movie

North Pole Computer (voice)

2010

The Big C
Tv

Cathy Jamison

2008

John Adams
Tv

Abigail Adams

2007

The Savages
Movie

Wendy Savage

2007

Breach
Movie

Kate Burroughs

2006

2006

Driving Lessons
Movie

Laura Marshall

2006

2006

The Armenian Genocide
Movie

Maria Jacobsen (voice)

2005

American Dad!
Tv

Doctor Gupta (voice)

2004

P.S.
Movie

Louise Harrington

2004

Kinsey
Movie

Clara McMillen

2003

Mystic River
Movie

Annabeth Markum

2003

The Life of David Gale
Movie

Constance Hallaway

2002

RI:SE
Tv

Unknown

2002

2001

Maze
Movie

Callie

2001

Further Tales of the City
Tv

Mary Ann Singleton

2001

Wild Iris
Movie

Iris Bravard

2000

2000

Running Mates
Movie

Lauren Hartman

1999

Love Letters
Movie

Melissa Gardner Cobb

1999

Lush
Movie

Rachel Van Dyke

1998

The Truman Show
Movie

Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

1997

1997

1996

Primal Fear
Movie

Janet Venable

1995

Congo
Movie

Dr. Karen Ross

1994

A Simple Twist of Fate
Movie

Nancy Lambert Newland

1993

Tales of the City
Tv

Mary Ann Singleton

1993

Frasier
Tv

Charlotte Connor

1993

Frasier
Tv

Mindy (voice)

1993

1993

1993

1992

Lorenzo's Oil
Movie

Young Teacher

1990

Law & Order
Tv

Martha Bowen

1988

American Experience
Tv

Narrator (voice)

1953

Production

2019

Tales of the City
Tv

Executive Producer

2017

Ozark
Tv

Co-Executive Producer

2010

The Big C
Tv

Executive Producer

Directing

2025

Infos

Full Name
Laura Linney
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
2/5/1964
Also Known As

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