Acting
Laura Linney
EN cinema · 77 credits
Born
5 February 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Laura Leggett 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).
Known for
Filmography
The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex
as Ruth Comfort
Onwards and Sideways
as Emma Dretzin
Euphoria: A Look Back
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
Suncoast
as Kristine
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
Bonnie
as Self
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Olympia
as Self
The Dinner
as Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually
as Sarah (US version)
Genius
as Louise Saunders
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
The Fifth Estate
as Sarah Shaw
Morning
as Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Daisy
The Details
as Lila
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious
as Nina Hogue
The City of Your Final Destination
as Caroline Gund
The Other Man
as Lisa
Breach
as Kate Burroughs
The Savages
as Wendy Savage
The Nanny Diaries
as Mrs. X
The Hottest State
as Jesse
Jindabyne
as Claire
Driving Lessons
as Laura Marshall
Man of the Year
as Eleanor Green
Annie Oakley
as Narrator (voice)
The Armenian Genocide
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Squid and the Whale
as Joan Berkman
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Erin Bruner
Mary Pickford
as Narrator
Kinsey
as Clara McMillen
P.S.
as Louise Harrington
Mystic River
as Annabeth Markum
Love Actually
as Sarah
The Life of David Gale
as Constance Hallaway
The Mothman Prophecies
as Connie Mills
The Laramie Project
as Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
as Self - voice
Wild Iris
as Iris Bravard
Maze
as Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
as Zelda Fitzgerald
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
You Can Count on Me
as Sammy
Running Mates
as Lauren Hartman
Lush
as Rachel Van Dyke
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
The Truman Show
as Meryl
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Hannah Gill
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
Congo
as Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate
as Nancy Lambert Newland
Dave
as Randi
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as School Teacher
Class of '61
as Lily Magraw
Blind Spot
as Phoebe
Lorenzo's Oil
as Young Teacher
