Laura Linney
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Truman Show (1998)
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Primal Fear (1996)
as Janet Venable
Mystic River (2003)
as Annabeth Markum
Sully (2016)
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Love Actually (2003)
as Sarah
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
as Chief Vincent
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Erin Bruner
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
as Anne Sutton
Absolute Power (1997)
as Kate Whitney
The Life of David Gale (2003)
as Constance Hallaway
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Mrs. Munro
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as North Pole Computer (voice)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
as Connie Mills
Congo (1995)
as Dr. Karen Ross
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
as Mrs. X
Dave (1993)
as Randi
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Sarah Shaw
The Savages (2007)
as Wendy Savage
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as School Teacher
The Dinner (2017)
as Claire Lohman
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Young Teacher
Genius (2016)
as Louise Saunders
Kinsey (2004)
as Clara McMillen
Breach (2007)
as Kate Burroughs
Man of the Year (2006)
as Eleanor Green
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
as Joan Berkman
P.S. (2004)
as Louise Harrington
Blind Spot (1993)
as Phoebe
Suncoast (2024)
as Kristine
You Can Count on Me (2000)
as Sammy
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Sarah (US version)
The Other Man (2008)
as Lisa
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
Falling (2020)
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
The Details (2012)
as Lila
The Miracle Club (2023)
as Chrissie Ahearn
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Sherry Johnson
The House of Mirth (2000)
as Bertha Dorset
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
as Nancy Lambert Newland
Wildcat (2024)
as Regina O'Connor
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Letter Reader
A Farewell to Ozark (2022)
as Self
Wild Iris (2001)
as Iris Bravard
Class of '61 (1993)
as Lily Magraw
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
as Rita
Driving Lessons (2006)
as Laura Marshall
Tru-Talk (1998)
as Hannah Gill
The Hottest State (2007)
as Jesse
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
as Daisy
Olympia (2018)
as Self
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
as Caroline Gund
Jindabyne (2006)
as Claire
Love Letters (1999)
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
as Self
Running Mates (2000)
as Lauren Hartman
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
as Nina Hogue
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self
Woodrow Wilson (2002)
as Self - voice
Morning (2013)
as Doctor Goodman
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
as Self
Mary Pickford (2005)
as Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Hannah Pitt
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
Maze (2001)
as Callie
Onward and Sideways (—)
as Emma Dretzin
Annie Oakley (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005)
as Self
Lush (1999)
as Rachel Van Dyke
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001)
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985)
Actor
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment (2020)
as Narrator