Laura Linney
Acting
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).
Known for
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tvAmerican Classic
2026
Kristen Forrest Bean
tvThe American Revolution
2025
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
movieWildcat
2024
Regina O'Connor
movieSuncoast
2024
Kristine
movieThe Miracle Club
2023
Chrissie Ahearn
movieBonnie
2022
Self
movieFalling
2020
Sarah (45 Yrs)
tvCoronavirus, Explained
2020
Self - Narrator
tvTales of the City
2019
Mary Ann Singleton
movieOlympia
2018
Self
tvSink Sank Sunk
2018
Mitzi Mills
tvOzark
2017
Wendy Byrde
movieThe Dinner
2017
Claire Lohman
movieRed Nose Day Actually
2017
Sarah (US version)
tvMasterpiece
2017
Self - Narrator
movieNocturnal Animals
2016
Anne Sutton
movieSully
2016
Lorrie Sullenberger
movieGenius
2016
Louise Saunders
movieMr. Holmes
2015
Mrs. Munro
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Laura Linney (voice)
movieThe Fifth Estate
2013
Sarah Shaw
movieMorning
2013
Doctor Goodman
movieLetters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Self - Letter Reader
movieArthur Christmas
2011
North Pole Computer (voice)
tvThe Big C
2010
Cathy Jamison
movieSympathy for Delicious
2010
Nina Hogue
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieThe City of Your Final Destination
2009
Caroline Gund
tvJohn Adams
2008
Abigail Adams
movieThe Savages
2007
Wendy Savage
movieBreach
2007
Kate Burroughs
movieMan of the Year
2006
Eleanor Green
tvThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieDriving Lessons
2006
Laura Marshall
movieJindabyne
2006
Claire
movieAnnie Oakley
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Armenian Genocide
2006
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
movieThe Squid and the Whale
2005
Joan Berkman
movieThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Erin Bruner
movieMary Pickford
2005
Narrator
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Doctor Gupta (voice)
movieP.S.
2004
Louise Harrington
movieKinsey
2004
Clara McMillen
movieMystic River
2003
Annabeth Markum
movieThe Life of David Gale
2003
Constance Hallaway
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
movieThe Mothman Prophecies
2002
Connie Mills
movieThe Laramie Project
2002
Sherry Johnson
movieWoodrow Wilson
2002
Self - voice
movieMaze
2001
Callie
movieF. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
2001
Zelda Fitzgerald
tvFurther Tales of the City
2001
Mary Ann Singleton
movieWild Iris
2001
Iris Bravard
movieThe House of Mirth
2000
Bertha Dorset
movieRunning Mates
2000
Lauren Hartman
movieLove Letters
1999
Melissa Gardner Cobb
movieLush
1999
Rachel Van Dyke
movieTru-Talk
1998
Hannah Gill
tvMore Tales of the City
1998
Mary Ann Singleton
movieThe Truman Show
1998
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieAbsolute Power
1997
Kate Whitney
tvKing of the Hill
1997
Marlene (voice)
moviePrimal Fear
1996
Janet Venable
movieCongo
1995
Dr. Karen Ross
movieA Simple Twist of Fate
1994
Nancy Lambert Newland
tvTales of the City
1993
Mary Ann Singleton
tvFrasier
1993
Charlotte Connor / Mindy (voice)
movieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
School Teacher
movieDave
1993
Randi
movieBlind Spot
1993
Phoebe
movieClass of '61
1993
Lily Magraw
movieLorenzo's Oil
1992
Young Teacher
tvLaw & Order
1990
Martha Bowen
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Mary Ann Singleton
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Onward and Sideways
Emma Dretzin
Production4
tvAmerican Classic
2026
Executive Producer
tvTales of the City
2019
Executive Producer
tvOzark
2017
Co-Executive Producer
tvThe Big C
2010
Executive Producer
Directing2
tvBlack Rabbit
2025
Director
tvOzark
2017
Director