Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Birthdate
February 5, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
February 5, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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).

Laura Linney's LGBTQ+ Titles

Kinsey
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
Falling
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self

Acting (109)

2024
Wildcat as Regina O'Connor
2024
Suncoast as Kristine
2023
The Miracle Club as Chrissie Ahearn
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self (2 episodes)
2022
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later as Self
2022
Bonnie as Self
2022
A Farewell to Ozark as Self
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten as Self (1 episode)
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Hannah Pitt
2020
Falling as Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020
The Vote (2 episodes)
2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy as Self
2020
Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator (1 episode)
2020
The Roads Not Taken as Rita
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019
Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton (10 episodes)
2018
Olympia as Herself
2017
Ozark as Wendy Byrde (44 episodes)
2017
The Dinner as Claire Lohman
2017
Red Nose Day Actually as Sarah (US version)
2017
Masterpiece as Self - Narrator (149 episodes)
2016
Nocturnal Animals as Anne Sutton
2016
Sully as Lorraine Sullenberger
2016
Genius as Louise Saunders
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Chief Vincent
2015
Mr. Holmes as Mrs. Munro
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Men In Blazers Show as Self (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman as Laura Linney (voice) (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013
The Fifth Estate as Sarah Shaw
2013
Morning as Doctor Goodman
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
2012
Hyde Park on Hudson as Daisy
2012
The Details as Lila
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self (2 episodes)
2011
Arthur Christmas as North Pole Computer (voice)
2010
The Big C as Cathy Jamison (40 episodes)
2010
Sympathy for Delicious as Nina Hogue
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (7 episodes)
2009
The City of Your Final Destination as Caroline Gund
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
2008
The Other Man as Lisa
2008
John Adams as Abigail Adams (7 episodes)
2008
Mon Clown as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Savages as Wendy Savage
2007
The Nanny Diaries as Mrs. X
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
2007
Breach as Kate Burroughs
2006
Man of the Year as Eleanor Green
2006
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2006
Driving Lessons as Laura Marshall
2006
The Hottest State as Jesse
2006
Jindabyne as Claire
2006
Annie Oakley as Narrator (voice)
2006
The 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
Mary Pickford as Narrator
2005
American Dad! as Doctor Gupta (voice) (1 episode)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
P.S. as Louise Harrington
2004
Kinsey as Clara McMillen
2003
Mystic River as Annabeth Markum
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
Love Actually as Sarah
2003
The Life of David Gale as Constance Hallaway
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2002
RI:SE (1 episode)
2002
The Mothman Prophecies as Connie Mills
2002
The Laramie Project as Sherry Johnson
2002
Woodrow Wilson as voice
2001
Maze as Callie
2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams as Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
Further Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton (4 episodes)
2001
Wild Iris as Iris Bravard
2000
You Can Count on Me as Samantha Prescott
2000
The House of Mirth as Bertha Dorset
2000
Running Mates as Lauren Hartman
1999
Love Letters as Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999
Lush as Rachel Van Dyke
1998
More Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton (6 episodes)
1998
The Truman Show as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Hannah Gill
1997
The View as Self (3 episodes)
1997
Absolute Power as Kate Whitney
1997
King of the Hill as Marlene (voice) (1 episode)
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
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 (5 episodes)
1993
Frasier as Charlotte Connor (5 episodes)
1993
Frasier as Mindy (voice) (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1988
American Experience as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1985
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)

Directing (2)

Black Rabbit • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
2017
Ozark • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Production (3)

2019
Tales of the City • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2017
Ozark • Co-Executive Producer (14 episodes)
• Co-Executive Producer (14 episodes)
2010
The Big C • Executive Producer (40 episodes)
• Executive Producer (40 episodes)