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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).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 5, 1964
Age
62 years old
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity Score
3.4
Filmography
Onwards and Sideways
Emma Dretzin
2026Movie
Euphoria: A Look Back
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026Movie
American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean
2026TV
American Classic
Executive Producer
2026TV
The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2025TV
Black Rabbit
Director
2025TV
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
2024Movie
Suncoast
Kristine
2024Movie
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
2023Movie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self
2023TV
Bonnie
Self
2022Movie
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022Movie
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022Movie
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self
2022TV
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
2020Movie
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020Movie
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020Movie
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
2020Movie
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Narrator
2020Movie
The Vote
2020TV
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator
2020TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019TV
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2019TV
Tales of the City
Executive Producer
2019TV
Olympia
Self
2018Movie
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills
2018TV
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
2017Movie
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
2017Movie
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017Movie
Ozark
Wendy Byrde
2017TV
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator
2017TV
Ozark
Director
2017TV
Ozark
Co-Executive Producer
2017TV
Genius
Louise Saunders
2016Movie
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
2016Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
2016Movie
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
2016Movie
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
2015Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014TV
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014TV
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice)
2014TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014TV
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
2013Movie
Morning
Doctor Goodman
2013Movie
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
2013Movie
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
2012Movie
The Details
Lila
2012Movie
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012TV
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
2011Movie
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
2010Movie
The Big C
Cathy Jamison
2010TV
The Big C
Executive Producer
2010TV
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
2009Movie
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009TV
The Other Man
Lisa
2008Movie
John Adams
Abigail Adams
2008TV
Breach
Kate Burroughs
2007Movie
The Savages
Wendy Savage
2007Movie
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
2007Movie
The Hottest State
Jesse
2007Movie
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
Jindabyne
Claire
2006Movie
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
2006Movie
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
2006Movie
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
2006Movie
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006Movie
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006TV
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
2005Movie
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
2005Movie
Mary Pickford
Narrator
2005Movie
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
2005Movie
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005TV
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
2004Movie
P.S.
Louise Harrington
2004Movie
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004Movie
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
2003Movie
Love Actually
Sarah
2003Movie
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
2003Movie
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003TV
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
2002Movie
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
2002Movie
Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
2002Movie
RI:SE
2002TV
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
2001Movie
Maze
Callie
2001Movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
2001Movie
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2001TV
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
2000Movie
You Can Count on Me
Sammy
2000Movie
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
2000Movie
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
1999Movie
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999Movie
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998Movie
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
1998Movie
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1998TV
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice)
1997TV
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
1996Movie
The Daily Show
Self
1996TV
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
1995Movie
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
1994Movie
Dave
Randi
1993Movie
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
1993Movie
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
1993Movie
Blind Spot
Phoebe
1993Movie
Frasier
Charlotte Connor
1993TV
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1993TV
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
1992Movie
Law & Order
Martha Bowen
1990TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988TV
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985Movie
American Playhouse
Mary Ann Singleton
1982TV
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
The Joy of Sex
Ruth Comfort
—Movie