Laura Linney
Acting • Born 1964-02-05
Biography
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
115 credits
Absolute Power
Movie • 1997
Kate Whitney
Mystic River
Movie • 2003
Annabeth Markum
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
Sarah
Primal Fear
Movie • 1996
Janet Venable
Congo
Movie • 1995
Dr. Karen Ross
Wildcat
Movie • 2023
Regina O'Connor
Lorenzo's Oil
Movie • 1992
Young Teacher
The Mothman Prophecies
Movie • 2002
Connie Mills
The Squid and the Whale
Movie • 2005
Joan Berkman
Breach
Movie • 2007
Kate Burroughs
Jindabyne
Movie • 2006
Claire
Kinsey
Movie • 2004
Clara McMillen
Bonnie
Movie • 2022
Self
Driving Lessons
Movie • 2006
Laura Marshall
Dave
Movie • 1993
Randi
The Life of David Gale
Movie • 2003
Constance Hallaway
The Savages
Movie • 2007
Wendy Savage
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Movie • 2005
Erin Bruner
P.S.
Movie • 2004
Louise Harrington
The House of Mirth
Movie • 2000
Bertha Dorset
The Nanny Diaries
Movie • 2007
Mrs. X
Man of the Year
Movie • 2006
Eleanor Green
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie • 1993
School Teacher
You Can Count on Me
Movie • 2000
Sammy
The City of Your Final Destination
Movie • 2009
Caroline Gund
The Truman Show
Movie • 1998
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
A Simple Twist of Fate
Movie • 1994
Nancy Lambert Newland
The Other Man
Movie • 2008
Lisa
Wild Iris
Movie • 2001
Iris Bravard
The Laramie Project
Movie • 2002
Sherry Johnson
Arthur Christmas
Movie • 2011
North Pole Computer (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious
Movie • 2010
Nina Hogue
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie • 2012
Daisy
Class of '61
Movie • 1993
Lily Magraw
Lush
Movie • 1999
Rachel Van Dyke
Woodrow Wilson
Movie • 2002
voice
Maze
Movie • 2001
Callie
The Fifth Estate
Movie • 2013
Sarah Shaw
A Farewell to Ozark
Movie • 2022
Self
Mary Pickford
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Morning
Movie • 2013
Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie • 2013
Self - Letter Reader
Blind Spot
Movie • 1993
Phoebe
Love Letters
Movie • 1999
Melissa Gardner Cobb
Mr. Holmes
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Munro
Suncoast
Movie • 2024
Kristine
Running Mates
Movie • 2000
Lauren Hartman
Genius
Movie • 2016
Louise Saunders
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie • 2022
Self
Sully
Movie • 2016
Lorrie Sullenberger
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Movie • 2016
Chief Vincent
The Dinner
Movie • 2017
Claire Lohman
Nocturnal Animals
Movie • 2016
Anne Sutton
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie • 2017
Sarah (US version)
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Movie • 1985
Annie Oakley
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie • 2017
Self
The Armenian Genocide
Movie • 2006
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Movie • 1998
Hannah Gill
Olympia
Movie • 2018
Herself
The Roads Not Taken
Movie • 2020
Rita
Falling
Movie • 2020
Sarah (45 Yrs)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movie • 2020
Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie • 2020
Hannah Pitt
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Movie • 2001
Zelda Fitzgerald
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie • 2009
Self
The Miracle Club
Movie • 2023
Chrissie Ahearn
The Details
Movie • 2012
Lila
The Hottest State
Movie • 2007
Jesse
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Movie • 2005
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Movie • 2004
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Movie • 2003
Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Movie • 2020
Narrator
But When We Dance
Movie
Emma Dretzin
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Martha Bowen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Doctor Gupta (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
RI:SE
TV • 2002
Frasier
TV • 1993
Charlotte Connor
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Tales of the City
TV • 1993
Mary Ann Singleton
John Adams
TV • 2008
Abigail Adams
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self
The Big C
TV • 2010
Cathy Jamison
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Mary Ann Singleton
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Further Tales of the City
TV • 2001
Mary Ann Singleton
Ozark
TV • 2017
Wendy Byrde
Frasier
TV • 1993
Mindy (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Masterpiece
TV • 2017
Self - Narrator
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Vote
TV • 2020
Tales of the City
TV • 2019
Mary Ann Singleton
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Marlene (voice)
The Men in Blazers Show
TV • 2014
Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV • 2022
Self
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Laura Linney (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Coronavirus, Explained
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
American Classic
TV • 2026
Kristen Forrest Bean
Sink Sank Sunk
TV • 2018
Mitzi Mills
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)