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).
TV Shows(40)
American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean
2026
The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2025
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self
2023
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self
2022
The Vote
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2019
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills
2018
Ozark
Wendy Byrde
2017
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
The Big C
Cathy Jamison
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
John Adams
Abigail Adams
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
RI:SE
2002
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2001
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1998
The View
Self
1997
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice)
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1993
Frasier
Charlotte Connor
1993
Law & Order
Martha Bowen
1990
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Movies(74)
Suncoast
Kristine
2024
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
2023
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Bonnie
Self
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Narrator
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
2020
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
2020
Olympia
Self
2018
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
2016
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
2016
Genius
Louise Saunders
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
2016
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
2015
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
2013
Morning
Doctor Goodman
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
2012
The Details
Lila
2012
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
2011
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
2010
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
The Other Man
Lisa
2008
The Savages
Wendy Savage
2007
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
2007
The Hottest State
Jesse
2007
Breach
Kate Burroughs
2007
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
2006
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
2006
Jindabyne
Claire
2006
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
2005
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
2005
Mary Pickford
Narrator
2005
P.S.
Louise Harrington
2004
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
2003
Love Actually
Sarah
2003
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
2003
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
2002
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
2002
Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
2002
Maze
Callie
2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
2001
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
2000
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
2000
You Can Count on Me
Sammy
2000
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
1999
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
1998
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
1997
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
1996
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
1995
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
1994
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
1993
Dave
Randi
1993
Blind Spot
Phoebe
1993
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
1993
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
1992
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
But When We Dance
Emma Dretzin