Laura Linney
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Laura Linney

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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).

Films Featuring Laura Linney

Absolute Power

19976.7

Mystic River

20037.7

Love Actually

20037.1

Primal Fear

19967.7

Congo

19955.6

Wildcat

20245.6

Lorenzo's Oil

19927.1

The Mothman Prophecies

20026.2

The Squid and the Whale

20057.0

Breach

20076.6

Jindabyne

20065.4

Kinsey

20046.6

Bonnie

20225.3

Driving Lessons

20066.1

Dave

19936.6

The Life of David Gale

20037.4

The Savages

20076.9

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

20056.6

P.S.

20045.6

The House of Mirth

20006.3

The Nanny Diaries

20076.4

Man of the Year

20065.9

You Can Count on Me

20006.9

Searching for Bobby Fischer

19937.1

The City of Your Final Destination

20095.7

The Truman Show

19988.2

A Simple Twist of Fate

19946.1

The Other Man

20085.4

Wild Iris

20017.4

The Laramie Project

20026.3

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

Sympathy for Delicious

20105.7

Hyde Park on Hudson

20125.3

Class of '61

19934.4

Lush

19995.0

Woodrow Wilson

20028.0

Maze

20015.8

The Fifth Estate

20136.0

A Farewell to Ozark

20226.7

Mary Pickford

20057.0

Morning

20134.3

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

20136.6

Blind Spot

19936.2

Love Letters

19995.1

Mr. Holmes

20156.5

Suncoast

20246.7

Running Mates

20005.2

Genius

20166.5

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

20227.0

Sully

20167.2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

20166.1

The Dinner

20174.5

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

Red Nose Day Actually

20177.0

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

19854.0

Annie Oakley

20066.2

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

20176.3

The Armenian Genocide

20067.0

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

19986.7

Olympia

20188.0

The Roads Not Taken

20205.5

Falling

20206.4

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

202010.0

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

20015.0

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

20094.6

The Miracle Club

20236.3

The Details

20126.0

The Hottest State

20075.5

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

20057.0

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

20049.5

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

200310.0

Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment

Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment

2020

Onwards and Sideways

Onwards and Sideways

2026

The Joy of Sex

The Joy of Sex

Euphoria: A Look Back

20263.2