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).

The Truman Show

8.1

Nocturnal Animals

7.4

Sully

7.2

Love Actually

7.1

Mystic River

7.7

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

6.0

Primal Fear

7.7

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

6.6

BoJack Horseman

8.5

Ozark

8.2

American Dad!

7.0

The Life of David Gale

7.4

Mr. Holmes

6.5

Arthur Christmas

6.8

The Nanny Diaries

6.4

The Mothman Prophecies

6.2

Absolute Power

6.6

The Fifth Estate

6.0

The Squid and the Whale

6.9

Congo

5.6

Frasier

7.7

Dave

6.7

Genius

6.5

Law & Order

7.4

Breach

6.6

King of the Hill

7.3

Searching for Bobby Fischer

7.1

The Daily Show

6.4

Lorenzo's Oil

7.1

Kinsey

6.6

Man of the Year

5.9

The Savages

6.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

You Can Count on Me

6.8

John Adams

7.7

The Dinner

4.5

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

Red Nose Day Actually

7.1

The Other Man

5.4

Hyde Park on Hudson

5.3

Falling

6.5

The Details

6.0

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Driving Lessons

6.1

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.8

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.4

A Simple Twist of Fate

6.1

Suncoast

6.7

The Miracle Club

6.1

The Big C

7.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.4

The View

4.5

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.8

The Roads Not Taken

5.5

P.S.

5.5

The House of Mirth

6.2

Jindabyne

5.4

The Oscars

6.9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.8

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3

The Laramie Project

6.5

The City of Your Final Destination

5.7

Coronavirus, Explained

6.9

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.4

The Hottest State

5.5

Sympathy for Delicious

5.8

American Experience

7.5

Tales of the City

8.0

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

7.2

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

6.6

A Farewell to Ozark

6.5

More Tales of the City

7.5

Wildcat

5.9

Further Tales of the City

6.8

Finding Your Roots

6.2

Class of '61

4.4

Maze

5.7

Tony Awards

4.6

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

6.6

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.4

Running Mates

5.3

Morning

4.7

Love Letters

5.3

The Armenian Genocide

6.2

Wild Iris

7.4

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

4.6

The Megan Mullally Show

4.2

Blind Spot

6.0

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

6.7

Olympia

8.0

Mon Clown

7.0

Annie Oakley

6.2

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

10.0

The Men In Blazers Show

6.5

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

7.0

Bonnie

3.0

Woodrow Wilson

8.0

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

5.0

RI:SE

2.0

Masterpiece

9.0

The Vote

8.0

Lush

0.0

Mary Pickford

0.0

The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later

0.0

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

0.0

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

0.0