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Laura Linney

Born 1964-02-05
📍 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).

Filmography 111

American Classic
as Kristen Forrest Bean
2026
The American Revolution
as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2025
Suncoast
as Kristine
2024
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
2023
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
2022
Bonnie
as Self
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
as Self
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self
2022
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt
2020
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020
The Vote
2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator
2020
The Roads Not Taken
as Rita
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
2019
Olympia
as Self
2018
Sink Sank Sunk
as Mitzi Mills
2018
Ozark
as Wendy Byrde
2017
The Dinner
as Claire Lohman
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
as Sarah (US version)
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
2017
Masterpiece
as Self - Narrator
2017
Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
2016
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
2016
Genius
as Louise Saunders
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
2016
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
The Men in Blazers Show
as Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
as Laura Linney (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Fifth Estate
as Sarah Shaw
2013
Morning
as Doctor Goodman
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Daisy
2012
The Details
as Lila
2012
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
2011
The Big C
as Cathy Jamison
2010
Sympathy for Delicious
as Nina Hogue
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The City of Your Final Destination
as Caroline Gund
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
2009
The Other Man
as Lisa
2008
John Adams
as Abigail Adams
2008
The Savages
as Wendy Savage
2007
The Nanny Diaries
as Mrs. X
2007
The Hottest State
as Jesse
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Breach
as Kate Burroughs
2007
Man of the Year
as Eleanor Green
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Driving Lessons
as Laura Marshall
2006
Jindabyne
as Claire
2006
Annie Oakley
as Narrator (voice)
2006
The Armenian Genocide
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006
The Squid and the Whale
as Joan Berkman
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Erin Bruner
2005
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
as Self
2005
Mary Pickford
as Narrator
2005
American Dad!
as Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
P.S.
as Louise Harrington
2004
Kinsey
as Clara McMillen
2004
Mystic River
as Annabeth Markum
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Love Actually
as Sarah
2003
The Life of David Gale
as Constance Hallaway
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The Mothman Prophecies
as Connie Mills
2002
The Laramie Project
as Sherry Johnson
2002
Woodrow Wilson
as Self - voice
2002
Maze
as Callie
2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
as Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
Further Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
2001
Wild Iris
as Iris Bravard
2001
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
2000
Running Mates
as Lauren Hartman
2000
You Can Count on Me
as Sammy
2000
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999
Lush
as Rachel Van Dyke
1999
More Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
1998
The Truman Show
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Hannah Gill
1998
The View
as Self
1997
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
1997
King of the Hill
as Marlene (voice)
1997
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
1996
Congo
as Dr. Karen Ross
1995
A Simple Twist of Fate
as Nancy Lambert Newland
1994
Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
1993
Frasier
as Charlotte Connor
1993
Frasier
as Mindy (voice)
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as School Teacher
1993
Dave
as Randi
1993
Blind Spot
as Phoebe
1993
Class of '61
as Lily Magraw
1993
Lorenzo's Oil
as Young Teacher
1992
Law & Order
as Martha Bowen
1990
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
The Oscars
as Self
1953