
Laura Linney
- Date of Birth: 1964-02-05
- Place of Birth: 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 fo... 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).

Class of '61
Adventure, Action, Drama, TV Movie • 1993 April

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Talk • 2014 December

The Megan Mullally Show
Talk • 2006 September

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Documentary • 2022 November

RI:SE
• 2002 April

Lush
• 1999 January

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Drama • 1985 January

American Classic
Comedy • 2025 June

Mary Pickford
Documentary • 2005 April

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Documentary • 2020 June