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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

116

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-02-05 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

로라 리니

לורה ליני

蘿拉·琳妮

لورا لینی

Laura Linney

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

Acting

Absolute Power

1997

Absolute Power

as

Kate Whitney

Mystic River

2003

Mystic River

as

Annabeth Markum

Love Actually

2003

Love Actually

as

Sarah

Primal Fear

1996

Primal Fear

as

Janet Venable

Congo

1995

Congo

as

Dr. Karen Ross

Wildcat

2024

Wildcat

as

Regina O'Connor

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

Lorenzo's Oil

as

Young Teacher

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

The Mothman Prophecies

as

Connie Mills

The Squid and the Whale

2005

The Squid and the Whale

as

Joan Berkman

Breach

2007

Breach

as

Kate Burroughs

Jindabyne

2006

Jindabyne

as

Claire

Kinsey

2004

Kinsey

as

Clara McMillen

Bonnie

2022

Bonnie

as

Self

Driving Lessons

2006

Driving Lessons

as

Laura Marshall

Dave

1993

Dave

as

Randi

The Life of David Gale

2003

The Life of David Gale

as

Constance Hallaway

The Savages

2007

The Savages

as

Wendy Savage

P.S.

2004

P.S.

as

Louise Harrington

The House of Mirth

2000

The House of Mirth

as

Bertha Dorset

The Nanny Diaries

2007

The Nanny Diaries

as

Mrs. X

Man of the Year

2006

Man of the Year

as

Eleanor Green

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer

as

School Teacher

You Can Count on Me

2000

You Can Count on Me

as

Samantha Prescott

The Truman Show

1998

The Truman Show

as

Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

A Simple Twist of Fate

as

Nancy Lambert Newland

The Other Man

2008

The Other Man

as

Lisa

Wild Iris

2001

Wild Iris

as

Iris Bravard

The Laramie Project

2002

The Laramie Project

as

Sherry Johnson

Arthur Christmas

2011

Arthur Christmas

as

North Pole Computer (voice)

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

Sympathy for Delicious

as

Nina Hogue

Class of '61

1993

Class of '61

as

Lily Magraw

Lush

1999

Lush

as

Rachel Van Dyke

Woodrow Wilson

2002

Woodrow Wilson

as

voice

Maze

2001

Maze

as

Callie

The Fifth Estate

2013

The Fifth Estate

as

Sarah Shaw

Mary Pickford

2005

Mary Pickford

as

Narrator

Morning

2013

Morning

as

Doctor Goodman

Blind Spot

1993

Blind Spot

as

Phoebe

Love Letters

1999

Love Letters

as

Melissa Gardner Cobb

Mr. Holmes

2015

Mr. Holmes

as

Mrs. Munro

Suncoast

2024

Suncoast

as

Kristine

Running Mates

2000

Running Mates

as

Lauren Hartman

Genius

2016

Genius

as

Louise Saunders

Mon Clown

2008

Mon Clown

as

Self (archive footage)

Sully

2016

Sully

as

Lorrie Sullenberger

The Dinner

2017

The Dinner

as

Claire Lohman

Nocturnal Animals

2016

Nocturnal Animals

as

Anne Sutton

Red Nose Day Actually

2017

Red Nose Day Actually

as

Sarah (US version)

Annie Oakley

2006

Annie Oakley

as

Narrator (voice)

The Armenian Genocide

2006

The Armenian Genocide

as

Maria Jacobsen (voice)

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

1998

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

as

Hannah Gill

Olympia

2018

Olympia

as

Herself

Falling

2020

Falling

as

Sarah (45 Yrs)

The Miracle Club

2023

The Miracle Club

as

Chrissie Ahearn

The Details

2012

The Details

as

Lila

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Martha Bowen

American Dad!

American Dad!

as

Doctor Gupta (voice)

The View

The View

as

Self

Frasier

Frasier

as

Charlotte Connor

Tales of the City

Tales of the City

as

Mary Ann Singleton

John Adams

John Adams

as

Abigail Adams

The Big C

The Big C

as

Cathy Jamison

More Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

as

Mary Ann Singleton

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Presenter

Further Tales of the City

Further Tales of the City

as

Mary Ann Singleton

Ozark

Ozark

as

Wendy Byrde

Frasier

Frasier

as

Mindy (voice)

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

Masterpiece

Masterpiece

as

Self - Narrator

Tales of the City

Tales of the City

as

Mary Ann Singleton

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

as

Marlene (voice)

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

as

Laura Linney (voice)

Coronavirus, Explained

Coronavirus, Explained

as

Self - Narrator

Production

Crew

Directing