Laura Linney
Born February 05, 1964 (Age: 62)
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Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Wildcat
2023
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as Regina O'Connor
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Age: 59
The Miracle Club
2023
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as Chrissie Ahearn
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Age: 59
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
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as Hannah Pitt
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Age: 56
Falling
2020
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as Sarah (45 Yrs)
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Age: 56
The Dinner
2017
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as Claire Lohman
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Age: 53
Nocturnal Animals
2016
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as Anne Sutton
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Age: 52
Sully
2016
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as Lorrie Sullenberger
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Age: 52
Genius
2016
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as Louise Saunders
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Age: 52
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
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as Chief Vincent
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Age: 52
Mr. Holmes
2015
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as Mrs. Munro
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Age: 51
The Fifth Estate
2013
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as Sarah Shaw
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Age: 49
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
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as Daisy
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Age: 48
The Details
2012
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as Lila
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Age: 48
Arthur Christmas
2011
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as North Pole Computer (voice)
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Age: 47
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
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as Self
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Age: 44
The Other Man
2008
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as Lisa
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Age: 44
The Savages
2007
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as Wendy Savage
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Age: 43
The Nanny Diaries
2007
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as Mrs. X
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Age: 43
The Hottest State
2007
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as Jesse
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Age: 43
Breach
2007
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as Kate Burroughs
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Age: 43
Man of the Year
2006
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as Eleanor Green
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Age: 42
The Squid and the Whale
2005
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as Joan Berkman
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Age: 41
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
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as Erin Bruner
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Age: 41
P.S.
2004
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as Louise Harrington
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Age: 40
Kinsey
2004
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as Clara McMillen
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Age: 40
No Image
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
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as Self
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Age: 40
Mystic River
2003
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as Annabeth Markum
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Age: 39
Love Actually
2003
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as Sarah
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Age: 39
The Life of David Gale
2003
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as Constance Hallaway
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Age: 39
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
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as Connie Mills
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Age: 37
You Can Count on Me
2000
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as Sammy
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Age: 36
The House of Mirth
2000
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as Bertha Dorset
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Age: 36
Running Mates
2000
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as Lauren Hartman
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Age: 36
The Truman Show
1998
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as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
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Age: 34
Absolute Power
1997
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as Kate Whitney
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Age: 33
Primal Fear
1996
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as Janet Venable
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Age: 32
Congo
1995
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as Dr. Karen Ross
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Age: 31
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
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as Nancy Lambert Newland
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Age: 30
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
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as School Teacher
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Age: 29
Dave
1993
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as Randi
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Age: 29
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
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as Young Teacher
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Age: 28