Cast
Laura Linney
Acting
Cast
Laura Linney
Known for
Acting
Born
1964-02-05
From
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).
The Truman Show
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Love Actually
as Sarah
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Mystic River
as Annabeth Markum
Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Erin Bruner
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
Congo
as Dr. Karen Ross
The Mothman Prophecies
as Connie Mills
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
The Life of David Gale
as Constance Hallaway
The Nanny Diaries
as Mrs. X
The Fifth Estate
as Sarah Shaw
Suncoast
as Kristine
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as School Teacher
Man of the Year
as Eleanor Green
P.S.
as Louise Harrington
Breach
as Kate Burroughs
Genius
as Louise Saunders
Olympia
as Self
The Dinner
as Claire Lohman
Lorenzo's Oil
as Young Teacher
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
The Savages
as Wendy Savage
Dave
as Randi
Kinsey
as Clara McMillen
Bonnie
as Self
The Squid and the Whale
as Joan Berkman
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
Jindabyne
as Claire
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
The Laramie Project
as Sherry Johnson
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
Running Mates
as Lauren Hartman
A Simple Twist of Fate
as Nancy Lambert Newland
The Details
as Lila
You Can Count on Me
as Sammy
The Other Man
as Lisa
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Daisy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
The Hottest State
as Jesse
The Roads Not Taken
as Rita
The City of Your Final Destination
as Caroline Gund
Sympathy for Delicious
as Nina Hogue
Red Nose Day Actually
as Sarah (US version)
A Farewell to Ozark
as Self
Blind Spot
as Phoebe
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
The Armenian Genocide
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
Morning
as Doctor Goodman
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Hannah Gill
Driving Lessons
as Laura Marshall
Wild Iris
as Iris Bravard
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
Maze
as Callie
Class of '61
as Lily Magraw
Woodrow Wilson
as Self - voice
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt
Onward and Sideways
as Emma Dretzin
Lush
as Rachel Van Dyke
Mary Pickford
as Narrator
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Annie Oakley
as Narrator (voice)
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
as Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
as Narrator