Laura Linney
Born: 1964-02-05 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- American Classic as Kristen Forrest Bean
2025
- Black Rabbit ... (Director)
- The American Revolution as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2024
- Suncoast as Kristine
2023
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self
- The Miracle Club as Chrissie Ahearn
- Wildcat as Regina O'Connor
2022
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten as Self
- A Farewell to Ozark as Self
- Bonnie as Self
- The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special as Self
2020
- Falling as Sarah (45 Yrs)
- Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
- The Roads Not Taken as Rita
- Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy as Self
- The Vote
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Hannah Pitt
- Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment as Narrator
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton
2018
- Olympia as Self
- Sink Sank Sunk as Mitzi Mills
2017
- Ozark as Wendy Byrde
- Masterpiece as Self - Narrator
- Red Nose Day Actually as Sarah (US version)
- The Dinner as Claire Lohman
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self
2016
- Sully as Lorrie Sullenberger
- Nocturnal Animals as Anne Sutton
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Chief Vincent
- Genius as Louise Saunders
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Mr. Holmes as Mrs. Munro
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Laura Linney (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Men in Blazers Show as Self
2013
- The Fifth Estate as Sarah Shaw
- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Self - Letter Reader
- Morning as Doctor Goodman
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- The Details as Lila
- Hyde Park on Hudson as Daisy
2011
- Arthur Christmas as North Pole Computer (voice)
2010
- The Big C as Cathy Jamison
- Sympathy for Delicious as Nina Hogue
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The City of Your Final Destination as Caroline Gund
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
2008
- John Adams as Abigail Adams
- The Other Man as Lisa
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Nanny Diaries as Mrs. X
- Breach as Kate Burroughs
- The Savages as Wendy Savage
- The Hottest State as Jesse
2006
- The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- The Armenian Genocide as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
- Man of the Year as Eleanor Green
- Driving Lessons as Laura Marshall
- Jindabyne as Claire
- Annie Oakley as Narrator (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Doctor Gupta (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose as Erin Bruner
- The Squid and the Whale as Joan Berkman
- How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' as Self
- Mary Pickford as Narrator
2004
- Kinsey as Clara McMillen
- P.S. as Louise Harrington
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Love Actually as Sarah
- Mystic River as Annabeth Markum
- The Life of David Gale as Constance Hallaway
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen as Self
2002
- RI:SE
- The Mothman Prophecies as Connie Mills
- The Laramie Project as Sherry Johnson
- Woodrow Wilson as Self - voice
2001
- Further Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton
- Maze as Callie
- Wild Iris as Iris Bravard
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams as Zelda Fitzgerald
2000
- You Can Count on Me as Sammy
- The House of Mirth as Bertha Dorset
- Running Mates as Lauren Hartman
1999
- Love Letters as Melissa Gardner Cobb
- Lush as Rachel Van Dyke
1998
- The Truman Show as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
- More Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton
- The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Hannah Gill
1997
- King of the Hill as Marlene (voice)
- The View as Self
- Absolute Power as Kate Whitney
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Primal Fear as Janet Venable
1995
- Congo as Dr. Karen Ross
1994
- A Simple Twist of Fate as Nancy Lambert Newland
1993
- Frasier as Charlotte Connor
- Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton
- Dave as Randi
- Searching for Bobby Fischer as School Teacher
- Class of '61 as Lily Magraw
- Blind Spot as Phoebe
1992
- Lorenzo's Oil as Young Teacher
1990
- Law & Order as Martha Bowen
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self