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Laura Linney
Born · February 5, 1964 (60 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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
5.4
2024
Suncoast
Kristine
6.8
2024
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
6.1
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later
Self
0.0
2022
Bonnie
Self
3.0
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
6.5
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
10.0
2020
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
6.5
2020
The Vote
(2 episodes)
8.0
2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
0.0
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
6.9
2020
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
5.5
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (10 episodes)
7.1
2019
Olympia
Herself
8.0
2018
Ozark
Wendy Byrde · (44 episodes)
8.2
2017
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
4.5
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
7.1
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
6.6
2017
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator · (149 episodes)
9.0
2017
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
7.4
2016
Sully
Lorraine Sullenberger
7.2
2016
Genius
Louise Saunders
6.5
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
6.0
2016
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
6.5
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
The Men In Blazers Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
2014
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice) · (1 episode)
8.6
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
6.0
2013
Morning
Doctor Goodman
4.7
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
6.6
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
5.3
2012
The Details
Lila
6.0
2012
Finding Your Roots
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
2012
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
6.8
2011
The Big C
Cathy Jamison · (40 episodes)
7.1
2010
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
5.9
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (7 episodes)
5.0
2009
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
5.7
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
4.6
2009
The Other Man
Lisa
5.4
2008
John Adams
Abigail Adams · (7 episodes)
7.7
2008
Mon Clown
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2008
The Savages
Wendy Savage
6.8
2007
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
6.4
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Breach
Kate Burroughs
6.6
2007
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
5.9
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
4.2
2006
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
6.2
2006
The Hottest State
Jesse
5.4
2006
Jindabyne
Claire
5.4
2006
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
6.2
2006
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
6.2
2006
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
6.9
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
6.6
2005
Mary Pickford
Narrator
0.0
2005
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
P.S.
Louise Harrington
5.5
2004
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
6.6
2004
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
7.7
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Love Actually
Sarah
7.1
2003
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
7.4
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
RI:SE
(1 episode)
2.0
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
6.2
2002
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
6.4
2002
Woodrow Wilson
voice
8.0
2002
Maze
Callie
5.7
2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
5.0
2001
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (4 episodes)
6.6
2001
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
7.4
2001
You Can Count on Me
Samantha Prescott
6.8
2000
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
6.2
2000
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
5.3
2000
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
5.3
1999
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
0.0
1999
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (6 episodes)
7.4
1998
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
8.1
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
6.7
1998
The View
Self · (3 episodes)
4.4
1997
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
6.6
1997
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice) · (1 episode)
7.3
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
7.7
1996
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
5.5
1995
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
6.0
1994
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton · (5 episodes)
7.9
1993
Frasier
Charlotte Connor · (5 episodes)
7.7
1993
Frasier
Mindy (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
7.1
1993
Dave
Randi
6.6
1993
Blind Spot
Phoebe
6.0
1993
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
4.4
1993
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
7.1
1992
Law & Order
Martha Bowen · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.5
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
0.0
1985
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953