Laura Linney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1964
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
- The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex TBA
as Ruth Comfort
- Rode to Ruin
Rode to Ruin 2027
Actor
Onwards and Sideways 2026
as Emma Dretzin
Euphoria: A Look Back 2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wildcat 2024
as Regina O'Connor
Suncoast 2024
as Kristine
The Miracle Club 2023
as Chrissie Ahearn
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special 2022
as Self
Bonnie 2022
as Self
A Farewell to Ozark 2022
as Self
- Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment 2020
as Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 2020
as Hannah Pitt
Falling 2020
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy 2020
as Self
The Roads Not Taken 2020
as Rita
Olympia 2018
as Self
The Dinner 2017
as Claire Lohman
Red Nose Day Actually 2017
as Sarah (US version)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin 2017
as Self
Nocturnal Animals 2016
as Anne Sutton
Sully 2016
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Genius 2016
as Louise Saunders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016
as Chief Vincent
Mr. Holmes 2015
as Mrs. Munro
The Fifth Estate 2013
as Sarah Shaw
Morning 2013
as Doctor Goodman
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 2013
as Self - Letter Reader
Hyde Park on Hudson 2012
as Daisy
The Details 2012
as Lila
Arthur Christmas 2011
as North Pole Computer (voice)
Sympathy for Delicious 2010
as Nina Hogue
The City of Your Final Destination 2009
as Caroline Gund
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 2009
as Self
The Other Man 2008
as Lisa
The Savages 2007
as Wendy Savage
The Nanny Diaries 2007
as Mrs. X
The Hottest State 2007
as Jesse
Breach 2007
as Kate Burroughs
Man of the Year 2006
as Eleanor Green
Driving Lessons 2006
as Laura Marshall
Jindabyne 2006
as Claire
Annie Oakley 2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Armenian Genocide 2006
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
The Squid and the Whale 2005
as Joan Berkman
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005
as Erin Bruner
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' 2005
as Self
Mary Pickford 2005
as Narrator
P.S. 2004
as Louise Harrington
Kinsey 2004
as Clara McMillen
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface 2004
as Self
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Mystic River: From Page to Screen 2003
as Self
Mystic River 2003
as Annabeth Markum
Love Actually 2003
as Sarah
The Life of David Gale 2003
as Constance Hallaway
The Mothman Prophecies 2002
as Connie Mills
The Laramie Project 2002
as Sherry Johnson
Woodrow Wilson 2002
as Self - voice
Maze 2001
as Callie
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams 2001
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Wild Iris 2001
as Iris Bravard
The House of Mirth 2000
as Bertha Dorset
Running Mates 2000
as Lauren Hartman
You Can Count on Me 2000
as Sammy
Love Letters 1999
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
Lush 1999
as Rachel Van Dyke
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk 1998
as Hannah Gill
The Truman Show 1998
as Meryl
Absolute Power 1997
as Kate Whitney
Primal Fear 1996
as Janet Venable
Congo 1995
as Dr. Karen Ross
A Simple Twist of Fate 1994
as Nancy Lambert Newland
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
as School Teacher
Dave 1993
as Randi
Blind Spot 1993
as Phoebe
Class of '61 1993
as Lily Magraw
Lorenzo's Oil 1992
as Young Teacher
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud 1985
Actor
Credits from TMDB.