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).

Cast

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