Laura Linney
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Martha Bowen
1990
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005
Series
BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice)
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Frasier
Charlotte Connor
1993
Series
Frasier
Mindy (voice)
1993
Series
King of the Hill
Marlene (voice)
1997
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Ozark
Wendy Byrde
2017
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998
Series
Masterpiece
Self - Narrator
2017
Series
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Big C
Cathy Jamison
2010
Series
John Adams
Abigail Adams
2008
Series
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Film
Love Actually
Sarah
2003
RI:SE
2002
Film
Primal Fear
Janet Venable
1996
Series
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
Film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
2016
Film
Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
2016
Film
Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
2003
Series
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2019
Series
The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2025
Series
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self
2023
Film
Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
2016
Series
Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1993
Film
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
2005
Series
American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean
2026
Film
Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
2015
Film
Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
1995
Film
The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
2002
Film
Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
2011
Film
Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
1997
Series
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self
2022
Film
The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
2003
Film
The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
2007
Series
Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2001
Series
Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator
2020
Series
More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1998
Film
The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
2013
Film
Suncoast
Kristine
2024
Film
Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
1993
Film
Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
2006
Film
P.S.
Louise Harrington
2004
Film
Breach
Kate Burroughs
2007
Film
Genius
Louise Saunders
2016
Film
Olympia
Self
2018
Film
The Dinner
Claire Lohman
2017
Film
Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
1992
Film
Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020
Film
The Savages
Wendy Savage
2007
Film
Dave
Randi
1993
Film
Kinsey
Clara McMillen
2004
Film
Bonnie
Self
2022
Film
The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
2005
Film
Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
2023
Film
Jindabyne
Claire
2006
Film
The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
2023
Film
The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
2002
Series
The Vote
2020
Film
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
Film
Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
2000
Film
A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
1994
Film
The Details
Lila
2012
Film
You Can Count on Me
Sammy
2000
Series
Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills
2018
Film
The Other Man
Lisa
2008
Film
Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
2012
Film
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
2013
Film
The Hottest State
Jesse
2007
Film
The Roads Not Taken
Rita
2020
Film
The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
2009
Film
Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
2010
Film
Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
2017
Film
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022
Film
Blind Spot
Phoebe
1993
Film
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
2000
Film
The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006
Film
Morning
Doctor Goodman
2013
Film
Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
1998
Film
Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
2006
Film
Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
2001
Film
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003
Film
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020
Film
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Film
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999
Film
Maze
Callie
2001
Film
Class of '61
Lily Magraw
1993
Film
Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
2002
Film
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
2020
Onward and Sideways
Emma Dretzin
Film
Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
1999
Film
Mary Pickford
Narrator
2005
Film
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
Film
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
Film
Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
2005
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Narrator
2020