Laura Linney
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-02-05
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Also Known For
Absolute Power
Feb 14, 1997
Mystic River
Oct 08, 2003
Love Actually
Sep 07, 2003
Primal Fear
Mar 06, 1996
Congo
Jun 09, 1995
Wildcat
May 03, 2024
Lorenzo's Oil
Dec 30, 1992
The Mothman Prophecies
Jan 25, 2002
The Squid and the Whale
Oct 05, 2005
Breach
Feb 12, 2007
Jindabyne
Jul 20, 2006
Kinsey
Sep 04, 2004
Bonnie
Nov 12, 2022
Driving Lessons
Sep 06, 2006
Dave
May 07, 1993
The Life of David Gale
Feb 21, 2003
The Savages
Nov 28, 2007
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sep 09, 2005
P.S.
Oct 15, 2004
The House of Mirth
Sep 23, 2000
The Nanny Diaries
Aug 24, 2007
Man of the Year
Oct 09, 2006
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Aug 13, 1993
You Can Count on Me
Nov 17, 2000
The City of Your Final Destination
Mar 21, 2009
The Truman Show
Jun 04, 1998
A Simple Twist of Fate
Sep 02, 1994
The Other Man
Dec 25, 2008
Wild Iris
Jan 01, 2001
The Laramie Project
Jan 10, 2002
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
Sympathy for Delicious
Apr 09, 2010
Hyde Park on Hudson
Dec 07, 2012
Class of '61
Apr 12, 1993
Lush
Jan 01, 1999
Woodrow Wilson
Jan 06, 2002
Maze
Nov 09, 2001
The Fifth Estate
Oct 11, 2013
A Farewell to Ozark
Apr 29, 2022
Mary Pickford
Apr 04, 2005
Morning
Sep 27, 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Jun 19, 2013
Blind Spot
May 02, 1993
Love Letters
May 12, 1999
Mr. Holmes
Jun 19, 2015
Suncoast
Feb 02, 2024
Running Mates
Aug 13, 2000
Genius
Jun 10, 2016
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Nov 29, 2022
Sully
Sep 07, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Jun 01, 2016
The Dinner
May 05, 2017
Nocturnal Animals
Nov 04, 2016
Red Nose Day Actually
Mar 24, 2017
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Jan 01, 1985
Annie Oakley
May 08, 2006
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Mar 11, 2017
The Armenian Genocide
Apr 17, 2006
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Jan 01, 1998
Olympia
Nov 11, 2018
The Roads Not Taken
Mar 13, 2020
Falling
Oct 02, 2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Jun 19, 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Oct 08, 2020
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Oct 14, 2001
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Jan 18, 2009
The Miracle Club
Jul 14, 2023
The Details
Nov 02, 2012
The Hottest State
Jun 27, 2007
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Aug 19, 2005
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Jun 08, 2004
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Oct 31, 2003
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Oct 29, 2020
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
RI:SE
Apr 29, 2002
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
Finding Your Roots
Mar 24, 2012
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Tales of the City
Sep 28, 1993
John Adams
Mar 16, 2008
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Apr 03, 2023
The Big C
Aug 16, 2010
More Tales of the City
Jun 07, 1998
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Further Tales of the City
May 06, 2001
Ozark
Jul 21, 2017
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Masterpiece
Jan 15, 2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Vote
Jul 06, 2020
Tales of the City
Jun 07, 2019
King of the Hill
Jan 12, 1997
The Men in Blazers Show
Sep 22, 2014
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Mar 26, 2022
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Coronavirus, Explained
Apr 26, 2020
The Megan Mullally Show
Sep 18, 2006
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
American Classic
