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

Man of the Year

Man of the Year

5.9

Dave

Dave

6.7

The Dinner

The Dinner

4.5

Breach

Breach

6.6

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

6.7

Genius

Genius

6.5

Kinsey

Kinsey

6.6

Falling

Falling

6.5

Wildcat

Wildcat

5.4

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually

7.1

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson

5.3

The Roads Not Taken

The Roads Not Taken

5.5

The Miracle Club

The Miracle Club

6.1

You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me

6.8

The Other Man

The Other Man

5.4

The Savages

The Savages

6.8

A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

6.0

P.S.

P.S.

5.5

Jindabyne

Jindabyne

5.4

The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination

5.7