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).
Born: 05 February 1964
Played In
American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean
The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
Suncoast
Kristine
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
Bonnie
Self
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
The Vote
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
Olympia
Self
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills
Ozark
Wendy Byrde
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
Genius
Louise Saunders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
Morning
Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
The Details
Lila
Finding Your Roots
Self
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
The Big C
Cathy Jamison
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
The Other Man
Lisa
John Adams
Abigail Adams
The Savages
Wendy Savage
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
The Hottest State
Jesse
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Breach
Kate Burroughs
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
Jindabyne
Claire
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
Mary Pickford
Narrator
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
P.S.
Louise Harrington
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Love Actually
Sarah
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
RI:SE
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
Maze
Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
You Can Count on Me
Sammy
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
The View
Self
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice)
The Daily Show
Self
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
Frasier
Charlotte Connor
Frasier
Mindy (voice)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
Dave
Randi
Blind Spot
Phoebe
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
Law & Order
Martha Bowen
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Self
Onward and Sideways
Emma Dretzin