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Laura Linney

Actor, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 5, 1964 (61 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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Man of the Year
  • Genius
  • The Other Man
  • The Dinner
  • Falling
  • The City of Your Final Destination
  • The Hottest State
  • Blind Spot

Known For

  • The Truman Show
  • Ozark
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose
  • Primal Fear
  • Sully
  • Mystic River
  • Love Actually
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Congo
  • You Can Count on Me
  • The Savages
  • The Mothman Prophecies
  • The Life of David Gale
  • Mr. Holmes
  • John Adams
  • The Big C
  • Kinsey
  • The Nanny Diaries
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • Breach
  • Absolute Power
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
  • Man of the Year
  • Driving Lessons

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Suncoast · as Kristine
    2023
    Wildcat · as Regina O'connor
    2023
    The Miracle Club · as Chrissie Ahearn
    2022
    The Last Movie Stars (TV Series) · as Joanne Woodward
    2020
    Falling · as Sarah (45 Yrs)
    2020
    The Vote (TV Series)
    2020
    2019
    2019
    Tales of the City (TV Series) · as Mary Ann Singleton
    2017
    Ozark (TV Series) · as Wendy Byrde
    2017
    The Dinner · as Claire Lohman
    2017
    Red Nose Day Actually · as Sarah (us Version)
    2016
    Nocturnal Animals · as Anne Sutton
    2016
    Sully · as Lorraine Sullenberger
    2016
    Genius · as Louise Saunders
    2016
    2015
    Mr. Holmes · as Mrs. Munro
    2014
    BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Laura Linney (voice)
    2014
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Florence Harding
    2013
    2013
    The Fifth Estate · as Sarah Shaw
    2012
    2011
    Arthur Christmas · as North Pole Computer (voice)
    2011
    The Details · as Lila
    2010
    Morning · as Doctor Goodman
    2010
    The Big C (TV Series) · as Cathy Jamison
    2010
    Sympathy for Delicious · as Nina Hogue
    2009
    2008
    2008
    2008
    John Adams (TV Series) · as Abigail Adams
    2008
    2007
    The Savages · as Wendy Savage
    2007
    The Nanny Diaries · as Mrs. X
    2007
    Breach · as Kate Burroughs
    2006
    Man of the Year · as Eleanor Green
    2006
    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! (TV Series) · as Doctor Gupta (voice)
    2004
    P.S. · as Louise Harrington
    2004
    Kinsey · as Clara Mcmillen
    2004
    2003
    Love Actually · as Sarah
    2003
    Mystic River · as Annabeth Markum
    2003
    The Life of David Gale · as Constance Hallaway
    2003
    Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series)
    2002
    RI:SE (TV Series)
    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 (TV Series) · as Mary Ann Singleton
    2000
    You Can Count on Me · as Samantha Prescott
    2000
    The House of Mirth · as Bertha Dorset
    2000
    Maze · as Callie
    2000
    Running Mates · as Lauren Hartman
    2000
    Lush · as Rachel Van Dyke
    1999
    Love Letters · as Melissa Gardner Cobb
    1998
    More Tales of the City (TV Series) · as Mary Ann Singleton
    1998
    The Truman Show · as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
    1998
    The Truman Show: Tru-Talk · as Hannah Gill
    1997
    Absolute Power · as Kate Whitney
    1997
    King of the Hill (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Mary Ann Singleton
    1993
    Frasier (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Martha Bowen
    1988
    American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    1985
    American Masters (TV Series) · as Zelda Fitzgerald

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