Laura Linney
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-02-05
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
Rode to Ruin
Onwards and Sideways
Lanterns
Euphoria: A Look Back
American Classic
The American Revolution
Wildcat
Suncoast
The Miracle Club
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Bonnie
A Farewell to Ozark
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Falling
The Vote
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Coronavirus, Explained
The Roads Not Taken
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tales of the City
Olympia
Sink Sank Sunk
Ozark
The Dinner
Red Nose Day Actually
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Masterpiece
Nocturnal Animals
Sully
Genius
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Mr. Holmes
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Men in Blazers Show
BoJack Horseman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Fifth Estate
Morning
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Hyde Park on Hudson
The Details
Finding Your Roots
Arthur Christmas
The Big C
Sympathy for Delicious
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The City of Your Final Destination
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Other Man
John Adams
The Savages
The Nanny Diaries
The Hottest State
The Graham Norton Show
Breach
Man of the Year
The Megan Mullally Show
Driving Lessons
Jindabyne
Annie Oakley
The Armenian Genocide
The Squid and the Whale
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Mary Pickford
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
P.S.
Kinsey
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Mystic River
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Love Actually
The Life of David Gale
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
RI:SE
The Mothman Prophecies
The Laramie Project
Woodrow Wilson
Maze
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Further Tales of the City
Wild Iris
The House of Mirth
Running Mates
You Can Count on Me
Love Letters
Lush
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
More Tales of the City
The Truman Show
The View
Absolute Power
King of the Hill
The Daily Show
Primal Fear
Congo
A Simple Twist of Fate
Tales of the City
Frasier
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Dave
Blind Spot
Class of '61
Lorenzo's Oil
Law & Order
American Experience
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
American Playhouse
Tony Awards
The Oscars
The Joy of Sex