Laura Linney
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).
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ActingBirthday
February 5, 1964Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
71Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
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Absolute Power
Kate WhitneyMystic River
Annabeth MarkumLove Actually
SarahPrimal Fear
Janet VenableLorenzo's Oil
Young TeacherCongo
Dr. Karen RossThe Mothman Prophecies
Connie MillsThe Squid and the Whale
Joan BerkmanBreach
Kate BurroughsJindabyne
ClaireKinsey
Clara McMillenDriving Lessons
Laura MarshallDave
RandiThe Life of David Gale
Constance HallawayThe Savages
Wendy SavageThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin BrunerP.S.
Louise HarringtonThe House of Mirth
Bertha DorsetThe Nanny Diaries
Mrs. XMan of the Year
Eleanor GreenSearching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher