Laura Linney
Acting
1964-02-05 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
Onwards and Sideways
2026 · Movie
Lanterns
2026 · Series
TheatersEuphoria: A Look Back
2026 · Movie
American Classic
2026 · Series
The American Revolution
2025 · Series
Black Rabbit
2025 · Series
Wildcat
2024 · Movie
Suncoast
2024 · Movie
The Miracle Club
2023 · Movie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Series
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022 · Movie
Bonnie
2022 · Movie
A Farewell to Ozark
2022 · Movie
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Series
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
2020 · Movie
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · Movie
Falling
2020 · Movie
The Vote
2020 · Series
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020 · Movie
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 · Series
The Roads Not Taken
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tales of the City
2019 · Series
Olympia
2018 · Movie
Sink Sank Sunk
2018 · Series
Ozark
2017 · Series
The Dinner
2017 · Movie
Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Movie
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Movie
Masterpiece
2017 · Series
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Movie
Sully
2016 · Movie
Genius
2016 · Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016 · Movie
Mr. Holmes
2015 · Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
The Men in Blazers Show
2014 · Series
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The Fifth Estate
2013 · Movie
Morning
2013 · Movie
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Movie
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012 · Movie
The Details
2012 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
Arthur Christmas
2011 · Movie
The Big C
2010 · Series
Sympathy for Delicious
2010 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
The City of Your Final Destination
2009 · Movie
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009 · Movie
The Other Man
2008 · Movie
John Adams
2008 · Series
The Savages
2007 · Movie
The Nanny Diaries
2007 · Movie
The Hottest State
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Breach
2007 · Movie
Man of the Year
2006 · Movie
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Series
Driving Lessons
2006 · Movie
Jindabyne
2006 · Movie
Annie Oakley
2006 · Movie
The Armenian Genocide
2006 · Movie
The Squid and the Whale
2005 · Movie
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 · Movie
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005 · Movie
Mary Pickford
2005 · Movie
American Dad!
2005 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
P.S.
2004 · Movie
Kinsey
2004 · Movie
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004 · Movie
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003 · Movie
Mystic River
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Love Actually
2003 · Movie
The Life of David Gale
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
RI:SE
2002 · Series
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 · Movie
The Laramie Project
2002 · Movie
Woodrow Wilson
2002 · Movie
Maze
2001 · Movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
2001 · Movie
Further Tales of the City
2001 · Series
Wild Iris
2001 · Movie
The House of Mirth
2000 · Movie
Running Mates
2000 · Movie
You Can Count on Me
2000 · Movie
Love Letters
1999 · Movie
Lush
1999 · Movie
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998 · Movie
More Tales of the City
1998 · Series
The Truman Show
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Absolute Power
1997 · Movie
King of the Hill
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Primal Fear
1996 · Movie
Congo
1995 · Movie
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 · Movie
Tales of the City
1993 · Series
Frasier
1993 · Series
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Movie
Dave
1993 · Movie
Blind Spot
1993 · Movie
Class of '61
1993 · Movie
Lorenzo's Oil
1992 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
American Experience
1988 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Joy of Sex
Movie