Laura Linney
Actor, Director, Producer
February 5, 1964 (62 years)
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).
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).
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| 2027 | |
| 2026 | Onwards and Sideways · as Emma Dretzin |
| 2026 | Lanterns · as Lianna |
| 2026 | American Classic · as Kristen Forrest Bean |
| 2025 | The American Revolution · as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice) |
| 2024 | Suncoast · as Kristine |
| 2023 | Wildcat · as Regina O'connor |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club · as Chrissie Ahearn |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars · as Joanne Woodward |
| 2020 | Falling · as Sarah (45 Yrs)On Plex |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | The Roads Not Taken · as RitaOn Plex |
| 2019 | Tales of the City · as Mary Ann Singleton |
| 2017 | Ozark · as Wendy Byrde |
| 2017 | The Dinner · as Claire LohmanOn Plex |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually · as Sarah (us Version) |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals · as Anne Sutton |
| 2016 | Sully · as Lorrie Sullenberger |
| 2016 | Genius · as Louise SaundersOn Plex |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows · as Chief Vincent |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes · as Mrs. Munro |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman · as Laura Linney (voice) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · as Florence Harding |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate · as Sarah Shaw |
| 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson · as Daisy |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as North Pole Computer (voice) |
| 2011 | The Details · as LilaOn Plex |
| 2010 | Morning · as Doctor GoodmanOn Plex |
| 2010 | The Big C · as Cathy Jamison |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious · as Nina Hogue |
| 2009 | The City of Your Final Destination · as Caroline GundOn Plex |
| 2008 | The Other Man · as LisaOn Plex |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | John Adams · as Abigail Adams |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Annabeth Markum |
| 2007 | The Savages · as Wendy Savage |
| 2007 | The Nanny Diaries · as Mrs. XOn Plex |
| 2007 | Breach · as Kate Burroughs |
| 2006 | Man of the Year · as Eleanor GreenOn Plex |
| 2006 | The Hottest State · as JesseOn Plex |
| 2006 | Jindabyne · as Claire |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons · as Laura Marshall |
| 2006 | Armenian Genocide · as Maria Jacobsen (voice) |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale · as Joan Berkman |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose · as Erin Bruner |
| 2005 | American Dad! · as Doctor Gupta (voice) |
| 2004 | P.S. · as Louise Harrington |
| 2004 | Kinsey · as Clara Mcmillen |
| 2004 | Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter · as Charlotte |
| 2003 | Love Actually · as Sarah |
| 2003 | Mystic River · as Annabeth Markum |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale · as Constance Hallaway |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project · as Sherry Johnson |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies · as Connie Mills |
| 2001 | Wild Iris · as Iris Bravard |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City · as Mary Ann Singleton |
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me · as Sammy |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth · as Bertha Dorset |
| 2000 | Maze · as CallieOn Plex |
| 2000 | Running Mates · as Lauren Hartman |
| 2000 | Lush · as Rachel Van Dyke |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) · as Cast |
| 1999 | Love Letters · as Melissa Gardner Cobb |
| 1998 | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk · as Hannah Gill |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City · as Mary Ann Singleton |
| 1998 | The Truman Show · as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill |
| 1997 | Absolute Power · as Kate Whitney |
| 1997 | King of the Hill · as Marlene (voice) |
| 1996 | Primal Fear · as Janet Venable |
| 1995 | Congo · as Dr. Karen Ross |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate · as Nancy Lambert Newland |
| 1993 | Tales of the City · as Mary Ann Singleton |
| 1993 | Frasier · as Charlotte Connor |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as School Teacher |
| 1993 | Dave · as Randi |
| 1993 | Blind Spot · as Phoebe |
| 1993 | Class of '61 · as Lily Magraw |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil · as Young Teacher |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Martha Bowen |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Zelda Fitzgerald |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Mary Ann Singleton |
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| 2026 | American Classic · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Tales of the City · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | The Big C · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Ozark · as Co-Executive Producer |