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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Movies (77)
Rode to Ruin
2027
Onwards and Sideways
2026 · Emma Dretzin
Euphoria: A Look Back
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wildcat
2024 · Regina O'Connor
Suncoast
2024 · Kristine
El Club de los Milagros
2023 · Chrissie Ahearn
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022 · Self
Bonnie
2022 · Self
A Farewell to Ozark
2022 · Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
2020 · Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · Hannah Pitt
Un hombre solo
2020 · Sarah (45 Yrs)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020 · Self
Los caminos que no escogemos
2020 · Rita
Olympia
2018 · Self
La cena
2017 · Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Sarah (US version)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Self
Animales nocturnos
2016 · Anne Sutton
Sully: Hazaña en el Hudson
2016 · Lorrie Sullenberger
Pasión por las letras
2016 · Louise Saunders
Tortugas Ninja 2: Fuera de las sombras
2016 · Chief Vincent
Mr. Holmes
2015 · Mrs. Munro
El quinto poder
2013 · Sarah Shaw
Morning
2013 · Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Letter Reader
La visita del rey
2012 · Daisy
Los Pequeños Detalles
2012 · Lila
Operación Regalo
2011 · North Pole Computer (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious
2010 · Nina Hogue
The City of Your Final Destination
2009 · Caroline Gund
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009 · Self
Crónica de un engaño
2008 · Lisa
La Familia Savages
2007 · Wendy Savage
Una niñera en apuros
2007 · Mrs. X
The Hottest State
2007 · Jesse
La conspiración
2007 · Kate Burroughs
El hombre del año
2006 · Eleanor Green
Driving Lessons
2006 · Laura Marshall
Jindabyne
2006 · Claire
Annie Oakley
2006 · Narrator (voice)
The Armenian Genocide
2006 · Maria Jacobsen (voice)
Historias de Familia
2005 · Joan Berkman
El exorcismo de Emily Rose
2005 · Erin Bruner
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005 · Self
Mary Pickford
2005 · Narrator
P.S.
2004 · Louise Harrington
Kinsey, el científico del sexo
2004 · Clara McMillen
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004 · Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003 · Self
Río Místico
2003 · Annabeth Markum
Realmente amor
2003 · Sarah
La vida de David Gale
2003 · Constance Hallaway
El mensajero de la oscuridad
2002 · Connie Mills
Proyecto de un crimen
2002 · Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
2002 · Self - voice
Maze
2001 · Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
2001 · Zelda Fitzgerald
Wild Iris
2001 · Iris Bravard
The House of Mirth
2000 · Bertha Dorset
Running Mates
2000 · Lauren Hartman
Puedes contar conmigo
2000 · Sammy
Love Letters
1999 · Melissa Gardner Cobb
Lush
1999 · Rachel Van Dyke
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998 · Hannah Gill
The Truman Show
1998 · Meryl
Absolute Power
1997 · Kate Whitney
Primal Fear
1996 · Janet Venable
Congo
1995 · Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 · Nancy Lambert Newland
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · School Teacher
Dave
1993 · Randi
Blind Spot
1993 · Phoebe
Class of '61
1993 · Lily Magraw
Lorenzo's Oil
1992 · Young Teacher
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
The Joy of Sex
· Ruth Comfort
TV shows (44)
Lanterns
2026 · Lianna
American Classic
2026 · Kristen Forrest Bean, Executive Producer
The American Revolution
2025 · Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
Black Rabbit
2025 · Director
La historia de Brooke Shields
2023 · Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Self
The Vote
2020
Coronavirus, en pocas palabras
2020 · Self - Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Historias de San Francisco
2019 · Mary Ann Singleton, Executive Producer
Sink Sank Sunk
2018 · Mitzi Mills
Ozark
2017 · Wendy Byrde, Director, Co-Executive Producer
Masterpiece
2017 · Self - Narrator
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Men in Blazers Show
2014 · Self
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Laura Linney (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Con C mayúscula
2010 · Cathy Jamison, Executive Producer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
John Adams
2008 · Abigail Adams
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005 · Doctor Gupta (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
RI:SE
2002
Further Tales of the City
2001 · Mary Ann Singleton
More Tales of the City
1998 · Mary Ann Singleton
The View
1997 · Self
King of the Hill
1997 · Marlene (voice)
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
Tales of the City
1993 · Mary Ann Singleton
Frasier
1993 · Charlotte Connor, Mindy (voice)
Law & Order
1990 · Martha Bowen
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
American Playhouse
1982 · Mary Ann Singleton
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953 · Self