Laura Linney

Laura Linney

1964-02-05

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).

Also appears in

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

8.1

Love Actually

Love Actually

7.1

Sully

Sully

7.2

Mystic River

Mystic River

7.7

Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

7.4

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

6.6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

6.0

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

6.8

Suncoast

Suncoast

6.8

Absolute Power

Absolute Power

6.6

Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

6.5

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

7.4

Primal Fear

Primal Fear

7.7

The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries

6.4

Congo

Congo

5.5

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

6.2

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

7.1

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

6.9

Lorenzo’s Oil

Lorenzo’s Oil

7.1

The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

6.0