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