Laura 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).
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Full Filmography
All Credits (114)
Onwards and Sideways
as Emma Dretzin
Lanterns
as Lianna
Euphoria: A Look Back
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Classic
as Kristen Forrest Bean
The American Revolution
as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
Suncoast
as Kristine
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Bonnie
as Self
A Farewell to Ozark
as Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
The Vote
as Unknown
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator
The Roads Not Taken
as Rita
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
Olympia
as Self
Sink Sank Sunk
as Mitzi Mills
Ozark
as Wendy Byrde
The Dinner
as Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually
as Sarah (US version)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
Masterpiece
as Self - Narrator
Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Genius
as Louise Saunders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Men in Blazers Show
as Self
BoJack Horseman
as Laura Linney (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
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
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
The Big C
as Cathy Jamison
Sympathy for Delicious
as Nina Hogue
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
The Other Man
as Lisa
John Adams
as Abigail Adams
The Savages
as Wendy Savage
The Nanny Diaries
as Mrs. X
The Hottest State
as Jesse
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Breach
as Kate Burroughs
Man of the Year
as Eleanor Green
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
Driving Lessons
as Laura Marshall
Jindabyne
as Claire
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
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
as Self
Mary Pickford
as Narrator
American Dad!
as Doctor Gupta (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
P.S.
as Louise Harrington
Kinsey
as Clara McMillen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Love Actually
as Sarah
The Life of David Gale
as Constance Hallaway
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
The Mothman Prophecies
as Connie Mills
The Laramie Project
as Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
as Self - voice
Maze
as Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Further Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
Wild Iris
as Iris Bravard
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
Running Mates
as Lauren Hartman
You Can Count on Me
as Sammy
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
Lush
as Rachel Van Dyke
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Hannah Gill
More Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
The Truman Show
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
The View
as Self
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
King of the Hill
as Marlene (voice)
The Daily Show
as Self
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
Congo
as Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate
as Nancy Lambert Newland
Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton
Frasier
as Charlotte Connor
Frasier
as Mindy (voice)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as School Teacher
Dave
as Randi
Blind Spot
as Phoebe
Class of '61
as Lily Magraw
Lorenzo's Oil
as Young Teacher
Law & Order
as Martha Bowen
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Unknown
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
as Unknown
American Playhouse
as Mary Ann Singleton
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
as Self