Person Details
Birthday: 1964-02-05 01:14:14
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 52
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
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 for three Academy Awards and four 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) and Time Stands Still (2010), 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 in 2017 she began starring 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). Her other films include 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Linney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Martha BowenFinding Your Roots
(2012) SelfOzark
(2017) Wendy ByrdeTales of the City
(1993) Mary Ann SingletonJohn Adams
(2008) Abigail AdamsAmerican Experience
(1988) Narrator (voice)Tony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterTales of the City
(2019) Mary Ann SingletonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Kristine | |
2023 | Regina Cline | |
Chrissie Ahearn | ||
Self | ||
2022 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Joanne Woodward (voice) | ||
Self / Joanne Woodward | ||
Self | ||
2020 | Hannah Pitt | |
Sarah (45 Yrs) | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Self - Narrator | ||
Rita | ||
2019 | N/A | |
Mary Ann Singleton | ||
2018 | Herself | |
2017 | Wendy Byrde | |
Claire Lohman | ||
Sarah (US version) | ||
Self | ||
Self - Narrator | ||
2016 | Anne Sutton | |
Lorraine Sullenberger | ||
Louise Saunders | ||
Chief Vincent | ||
2015 | Mrs. Munro | |
Self | ||
2014 | Self | |
Self | ||
Laura Linney (voice) | ||
Self | ||
2013 | Sarah Shaw | |
Doctor Goodman | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2012 | Daisy | |
Lila | ||
Self | ||
2011 | North Pole Computer (voice) | |
2010 | Cathy Jamison | |
Nina Hogue | ||
2009 | Self - Guest | |
Caroline Gund | ||
Self | ||
2008 | Lisa | |
Abigail Adams | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
2007 | Wendy Savage | |
Mrs. X | ||
Self | ||
Kate Burroughs | ||
2006 | Eleanor Green | |
N/A | ||
Laura Marshall | ||
Jesse | ||
Claire | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Maria Jacobsen (voice) | ||
2005 | Joan Berkman | |
Erin Bruner | ||
Narrator | ||
Doctor Gupta (voice) | ||
Self | ||
2004 | Louise Harrington | |
Clara McMillen | ||
2003 | Self | |
Sarah | ||
Annabeth Markum | ||
Constance Hallaway | ||
N/A | ||
2002 | N/A | |
Connie Mills | ||
Sherry Johnson | ||
voice | ||
2001 | Callie | |
Zelda Fitzgerald | ||
Mary Ann Singleton | ||
Iris Bravard | ||
2000 | Samantha Prescott | |
Bertha Dorset | ||
Lauren Hartman | ||
1999 | Melissa Gardner Cobb | |
Rachel Van Dyke | ||
1998 | Mary Ann Singleton | |
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill | ||
Hannah Gill | ||
1997 | Self | |
Kate Whitney | ||
Marlene (voice) | ||
1996 | Self | |
Janet Venable | ||
1995 | Dr. Karen Ross | |
1994 | Nancy Lambert Newland | |
1993 | Mary Ann Singleton | |
Mindy (voice) | ||
Charlotte Connor | ||
School Teacher | ||
Randi | ||
Phoebe | ||
Lily Magraw | ||
1992 | Young Teacher | |
1990 | Martha Bowen | |
1988 | Narrator (voice) | |
N/A | ||
Self - Guest | ||
1985 | N/A | |
1956 | Self - Presenter | |
1953 | Self | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2019 | Executive Producer | |
2010 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |