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).
Acting
Movie
The Truman Show
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
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Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
2016
Movie
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
2016
Movie
Mystic River
as Annabeth Markum
2003
Movie
Love Actually
as Sarah
2003
Movie
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
1996
Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
2016
Movie
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Erin Bruner
2005
TV
BoJack Horseman
as Laura Linney (voice)
2014
TV
Ozark
as Wendy Byrde
2017
TV
American Dad!
as Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005
Movie
The Life of David Gale
as Constance Hallaway
2003
Movie
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
2015
Movie
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
2011
Movie
The Mothman Prophecies
as Connie Mills
2002
Movie
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
1997
Movie
The Nanny Diaries
as Mrs. X
2007
Movie
The Fifth Estate
as Sarah Shaw
2013
Movie
The Squid and the Whale
as Joan Berkman
2005
Movie
Congo
as Dr. Karen Ross
1995
TV
Frasier
as Charlotte Connor
1993
TV
Frasier
as Mindy (voice)
1993
Movie
Dave
as Randi
1993
Movie
Genius
as Louise Saunders
2016
