Laura Linney

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 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).

Known For

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (74)

• Wildcat2024 · as Regina O'Connor
• Suncoast2024 · as Kristine
• The Miracle Club2023 · as Chrissie Ahearn
• The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special2022 · as Self
• Bonnie2022 · as Self
• A Farewell to Ozark2022 · as Self
• Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment2020 · as Narrator
• The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020 · as Hannah Pitt
• Falling2020 · as Sarah (45 Yrs)
• Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy2020 · as Self
• The Roads Not Taken2020 · as Rita
• Olympia2018 · as Self
• The Dinner2017 · as Claire Lohman
• Red Nose Day Actually2017 · as Sarah (US version)
• The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2017 · as Self
• Nocturnal Animals2016 · as Anne Sutton
• Sully2016 · as Lorrie Sullenberger
• Genius2016 · as Louise Saunders
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows2016 · as Chief Vincent
• Mr. Holmes2015 · as Mrs. Munro
• The Fifth Estate2013 · as Sarah Shaw
• Morning2013 · as Doctor Goodman
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013 · as Self - Letter Reader
• Hyde Park on Hudson2012 · as Daisy
• The Details2012 · as Lila
• Arthur Christmas2011 · as North Pole Computer (voice)
• Sympathy for Delicious2010 · as Nina Hogue
• The City of Your Final Destination2009 · as Caroline Gund
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial2009 · as Self
• The Other Man2008 · as Lisa
• The Savages2007 · as Wendy Savage
• The Nanny Diaries2007 · as Mrs. X
• The Hottest State2007 · as Jesse
• Breach2007 · as Kate Burroughs
• Man of the Year2006 · as Eleanor Green
• Driving Lessons2006 · as Laura Marshall
• Jindabyne2006 · as Claire
• Annie Oakley2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Armenian Genocide2006 · as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
• The Squid and the Whale2005 · as Joan Berkman
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose2005 · as Erin Bruner
• How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'2005 · as Self
• Mary Pickford2005 · as Narrator
• P.S.2004 · as Louise Harrington
• Kinsey2004 · as Clara McMillen
• Mystic River: Beneath the Surface2004 · as Self
• Mystic River: From Page to Screen2003 · as Self
• Mystic River2003 · as Annabeth Markum
• Love Actually2003 · as Sarah
• The Life of David Gale2003 · as Constance Hallaway
• The Mothman Prophecies2002 · as Connie Mills
• The Laramie Project2002 · as Sherry Johnson
• Woodrow Wilson2002 · as Self - voice
• Maze2001 · as Callie
• F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams2001 · as Zelda Fitzgerald
• Wild Iris2001 · as Iris Bravard
• The House of Mirth2000 · as Bertha Dorset
• Running Mates2000 · as Lauren Hartman
• You Can Count on Me2000 · as Sammy
• Love Letters1999 · as Melissa Gardner Cobb
• Lush1999 · as Rachel Van Dyke
• Tru-Talk1998 · as Hannah Gill
• The Truman Show1998 · as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
• Absolute Power1997 · as Kate Whitney
• Primal Fear1996 · as Janet Venable
• Congo1995 · as Dr. Karen Ross
• A Simple Twist of Fate1994 · as Nancy Lambert Newland
• Searching for Bobby Fischer1993 · as School Teacher
• Dave1993 · as Randi
• Blind Spot1993 · as Phoebe
• Class of '611993 · as Lily Magraw
• Lorenzo's Oil1992 · as Young Teacher
• Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud1985
• Onward and Sideways— · as Emma Dretzin

All TV Shows (42)

• American Classic2026 · as Kristen Forrest Bean
• The American Revolution2025 · as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields2023 · as Self
• Be My Guest with Ina Garten2022 · as Self
• The Vote2020
• Coronavirus, Explained2020 · as Self - Narrator
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Tales of the City2019 · as Mary Ann Singleton
• Sink Sank Sunk2018 · as Mitzi Mills
• Ozark2017 · as Wendy Byrde
• Masterpiece2017 · as Self - Narrator
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Men in Blazers Show2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Laura Linney (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• The Big C2010 · as Cathy Jamison
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• John Adams2008 · as Abigail Adams
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• American Dad!2005 · as Doctor Gupta (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• RI:SE2002
• Further Tales of the City2001 · as Mary Ann Singleton
• More Tales of the City1998 · as Mary Ann Singleton
• The View1997 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Marlene (voice)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Tales of the City1993 · as Mary Ann Singleton
• Frasier1993 · as Charlotte Connor
• Frasier1993 · as Mindy (voice)
• Law & Order1990 · as Martha Bowen
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self