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
all 112
Movies 71
TV Shows 41
self 30
Voice 7
Narrator 3
Producer 2
Director 1
Wildcat (2024)
Suncoast (2024)
The Miracle Club (2023)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023)
The Last Movie Stars (2022)
Falling (2020)
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
Tales of the City (2019)
Olympia (2018)
Ozark (2017)
The Dinner (2017)
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
Masterpiece (2017)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Sully (2016)
Genius (2016)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Men In Blazers Show (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Morning (2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
A Poem Is... (2011)
The Big C (2010)
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
John Adams (2008)
Mon Clown (2008)
The Savages (2007)
Breach (2007)
Man of the Year (2006)
The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
Driving Lessons (2006)
Jindabyne (2006)
Annie Oakley (2006)
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Mary Pickford (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
P.S. (2004)
Kinsey (2004)
Mystic River (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
The Laramie Project (2002)
Woodrow Wilson (2002)
Maze (2001)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001)
Further Tales of the City (2001)
Wild Iris (2001)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
The House of Mirth (2000)
Running Mates (2000)
Love Letters (1999)
Lush (1999)
More Tales of the City (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk (1998)
Absolute Power (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Primal Fear (1996)
Congo (1995)
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
Tales of the City (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Dave (1993)
Blind Spot (1993)
Class of '61 (1993)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Law & Order (1990)
American Experience (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Tony Awards (1956)
Black Rabbit
Class of '61
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1964-02-05 (60 years old)
Birth NameLaura Leggett Linney
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States
FatherRomulus Linney
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As로라 리니, לורה ליני, 蘿拉·琳妮
AwardsCrystal Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Theatre World Award
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