Laura Linney
2.7Acting

Laura Linney

Feb 5, 1964 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Cast

Media
Movie1997Absolute PowerKate Whitney
Movie2003Mystic RiverAnnabeth Markum
Movie2003Love ActuallySarah
Movie1996Primal FearJanet Venable
Movie1995CongoDr. Karen Ross
Movie2024WildcatRegina O'Connor
Movie1992Lorenzo's OilYoung Teacher
Movie2002The Mothman PropheciesConnie Mills
Movie2005The Squid and the WhaleJoan Berkman
Movie2007BreachKate Burroughs
Movie2006JindabyneClaire
Movie2004KinseyClara McMillen
Movie2022BonnieSelf
Movie2006Driving LessonsLaura Marshall
Movie1993DaveRandi
Movie2003The Life of David GaleConstance Hallaway
Movie2007The SavagesWendy Savage
Movie2005The Exorcism of Emily RoseErin Bruner
Movie2004P.S.Louise Harrington
Movie2000The House of MirthBertha Dorset
Movie2007The Nanny DiariesMrs. X
Movie2006Man of the YearEleanor Green
Movie2000You Can Count on MeSammy
Movie1993Searching for Bobby FischerSchool Teacher
Movie2009The City of Your Final DestinationCaroline Gund
Movie1998The Truman ShowMeryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Movie1994A Simple Twist of FateNancy Lambert Newland
Movie2008The Other ManLisa
Movie2001Wild IrisIris Bravard
Movie2002The Laramie ProjectSherry Johnson
Movie2011Arthur ChristmasNorth Pole Computer (voice)
Movie2010Sympathy for DeliciousNina Hogue
Movie2012Hyde Park on HudsonDaisy
Movie1993Class of '61Lily Magraw
Movie1999LushRachel Van Dyke
Movie2002Woodrow Wilsonvoice
Movie2001MazeCallie
Movie2013The Fifth EstateSarah Shaw
Movie2022A Farewell to OzarkSelf
Movie2005Mary PickfordNarrator
Movie2013MorningDoctor Goodman
Movie2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedyNarrator (voice)
Movie1993Blind SpotPhoebe
Movie1999Love LettersMelissa Gardner Cobb
Movie2015Mr. HolmesMrs. Munro
Movie2024SuncoastKristine
Movie2000Running MatesLauren Hartman
Movie2016GeniusLouise Saunders
Movie2008Mon ClownSelf (archive footage)
Movie2022The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf
Movie2016SullyLorrie Sullenberger
Movie2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsChief Vincent
Movie2017The DinnerClaire Lohman
Movie2016Nocturnal AnimalsAnne Sutton
Movie2017Red Nose Day ActuallySarah (US version)
Movie1985Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Movie2006Annie OakleyNarrator (voice)
Movie2017The Untold Tales of Armistead MaupinSelf
Movie2006The Armenian GenocideMaria Jacobsen (voice)
Movie1998The Truman Show: Tru-TalkHannah Gill
Movie2018OlympiaHerself
Movie2020The Roads Not TakenRita
Movie2020FallingSarah (45 Yrs)
Movie2020Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim LegacySelf
Movie2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaHannah Pitt
Movie2001F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter DreamsZelda Fitzgerald
Movie2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln MemorialSelf
Movie2023The Miracle ClubChrissie Ahearn
Movie2012The DetailsLila
Movie2007The Hottest StateJesse
Movie2005How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'Self
Movie2004Mystic River: Beneath the SurfaceSelf
Movie2003Mystic River: From Page to ScreenSelf
Movie2020Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge EncampmentNarrator
TV Show1990Law & OrderMartha Bowen1
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show2005American Dad!Doctor Gupta (voice)1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf3
TV Show2002RI:SE1
TV Show1993FrasierCharlotte Connor5
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf2
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf1
TV Show1993Tales of the CityMary Ann Singleton5
TV Show2008John AdamsAbigail Adams7
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf2
TV Show2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf2
TV Show2010The Big CCathy Jamison40
TV Show1998More Tales of the CityMary Ann Singleton6
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2001Further Tales of the CityMary Ann Singleton4
TV Show2017OzarkWendy Byrde44
TV Show1993FrasierMindy (voice)1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)2
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson Show1
TV Show2017MasterpieceSelf - Narrator149
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest7
TV Show2020The Vote2
TV Show2019Tales of the CityMary Ann Singleton10
TV Show1997King of the HillMarlene (voice)1
TV Show2014The Men in Blazers ShowSelf1
TV Show2022Be My Guest with Ina GartenSelf1
TV Show2014BoJack HorsemanLaura Linney (voice)1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf2
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2020Coronavirus, ExplainedSelf - Narrator1
TV Show2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest2
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf1
TV ShowN/AAmerican ClassicKristen1
TV Show2018Sink Sank SunkMitzi Mills3

Crew

Media
TV Show2017OzarkDirectorDirecting
TV Show2019Tales of the CityExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2010The Big CExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2017OzarkCo-Executive ProducerProduction
TV Show2025Black RabbitDirectorDirecting