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
Mystic River (2003)
as Annabeth Markum
Sully (2016)
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Primal Fear (1996)
as Janet Venable
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
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as North Pole Computer (voice)
Olympia (2018)
as Self
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Mrs. Munro
Euphoria: A Look Back (2026)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Annie Oakley (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Absolute Power (1997)
as Kate Whitney
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Falling (2020)
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Mary Pickford (2005)
as Narrator
Jindabyne (2006)
as Claire
Dave (1993)
as Randi
The Life of David Gale (2003)
as Constance Hallaway
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Sarah Shaw
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
as Connie Mills
Congo (1995)
as Dr. Karen Ross
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
as Mrs. X
Breach (2007)
as Kate Burroughs
You Can Count on Me (2000)
as Sammy
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
as Joan Berkman
The House of Mirth (2000)
as Bertha Dorset
Onwards and Sideways (2026)
as Emma Dretzin
Man of the Year (2006)
as Eleanor Green
The Dinner (2017)
as Claire Lohman
Kinsey (2004)
as Clara McMillen
The Other Man (2008)
as Lisa
Rode to Ruin (2027)
Actor
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
Genius (2016)
as Louise Saunders
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Young Teacher
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Sarah (US version)
The Miracle Club (2023)
as Chrissie Ahearn
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment (2020)
as Narrator
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as School Teacher
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
as Nancy Lambert Newland
The Joy of Sex (—)
as Ruth Comfort
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
as Daisy
The Savages (2007)
as Wendy Savage
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
as Rita
The Details (2012)
as Lila
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
as Caroline Gund
Suncoast (2024)
as Kristine
P.S. (2004)
as Louise Harrington
A Farewell to Ozark (2022)
as Self
Driving Lessons (2006)
as Laura Marshall
Wildcat (2024)
as Regina O'Connor
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Sherry Johnson
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
as Nina Hogue
The Hottest State (2007)
as Jesse
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Maze (2001)
as Callie
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
as Self
Blind Spot (1993)
as Phoebe
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Letter Reader
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk (1998)
as Hannah Gill
Class of '61 (1993)
as Lily Magraw
Love Letters (1999)
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005)
as Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
as Self
Running Mates (2000)
as Lauren Hartman
Morning (2013)
as Doctor Goodman
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Woodrow Wilson (2002)
as Self - voice
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Hannah Pitt
Wild Iris (2001)
as Iris Bravard
Lush (1999)
as Rachel Van Dyke
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001)
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985)
Actor