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).
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
2024
Suncoast
Kristine
2024
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Bonnie
Self
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self · (1 episode)
2022
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
2020
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020
The Vote
(2 episodes)
2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
2020
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (10 episodes)
2019
Olympia
Herself
2018
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills · (3 episodes)
2018
Ozark
Wendy Byrde · (44 episodes)
2017
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator · (149 episodes)
2017
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
2016
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
2016
Genius
Louise Saunders
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
2016
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Men In Blazers Show
Self · (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
2013
Morning
Doctor Goodman
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
2012
The Details
Lila
2012
Finding Your Roots
Self · (2 episodes)
2012
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
2011
The Big C
Cathy Jamison · (40 episodes)
2010
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (7 episodes)
2009
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
The Other Man
Lisa
2008
John Adams
Abigail Adams · (7 episodes)
2008
Mon Clown
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Savages
Wendy Savage
2007
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
2007
The Hottest State
Jesse
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Breach
Kate Burroughs
2007
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2006
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
2006
Jindabyne
Claire
2006
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
2005
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
2005
Mary Pickford
Narrator
2005
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
2005
P.S.
Louise Harrington
2004
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
2004
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Love Actually
Sarah
2003
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
RI:SE
(1 episode)
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
2002
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
2002
Woodrow Wilson
voice
2002
Maze
Callie
2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (4 episodes)
2001
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
2001
You Can Count on Me
Samantha Prescott
2000
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
2000
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
2000
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
1999
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (6 episodes)
1998
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
1998
The View
Self · (3 episodes)
1997
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
1997
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice) · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
1996
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
1995
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
1994
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (5 episodes)
1993
Frasier
Charlotte Connor · (5 episodes)
1993
Frasier
Mindy (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
1993
Dave
Randi
1993
Blind Spot
Phoebe
1993
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
1993
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
1992
Law & Order
Martha Bowen · (1 episode)
1990
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
American Classic
Kristen · (1 episode)