10.0
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Hannah Pitt
Laura Linney
Acting
Born:February 5, 1964(age 62)
Birthplace:Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Brown University, Juilliard School, Northwestern University, Northfield Mount Hermon School
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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 (74 movies)
8.2
8.2
The Truman Show
1998
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
8.0
8.0
Woodrow Wilson
2002
as voice
8.0
8.0
Olympia
2018
as Herself
7.7
7.7
Mystic River
2003
as Annabeth Markum
7.7
7.7
Primal Fear
1996
as Janet Venable
7.4
7.4
The Life of David Gale
2003
as Constance Hallaway
7.4
7.4
Nocturnal Animals
2016
as Anne Sutton
7.2
7.2
Sully
2016
as Lorrie Sullenberger
7.1
7.1
Love Actually
2003
as Sarah
7.1
7.1
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
as Young Teacher
7.1
7.1
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as School Teacher
7.0
7.0
Mary Pickford
2005
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Sarah (US version)
7.0
7.0
Wild Iris
2001
as Iris Bravard
7.0
7.0
The Squid and the Whale
2005
as Joan Berkman
6.9
6.9
The Savages
2007
as Wendy Savage
6.8
6.8
You Can Count on Me
2000
as Sammy
6.8
6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011
as North Pole Computer (voice)
6.7
6.7
Suncoast
2024
as Kristine
6.7
6.7
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Hannah Gill
6.7
6.7
Absolute Power
1997
as Kate Whitney
6.6
6.6
Dave
1993
as Randi
6.6
6.6
Breach
2007
as Kate Burroughs
6.6
6.6
Kinsey
2004
as Clara McMillen
6.6
6.6
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
as Erin Bruner
6.6
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Letter Reader
6.5
6.5
A Farewell to Ozark
2022
as Self
6.5
6.5
Genius
2016
as Louise Saunders
6.5
6.5
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Mrs. Munro
6.5
6.5
Falling
2020
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
6.4
6.4
The Nanny Diaries
2007
as Mrs. X
6.3
6.3
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self
6.3
6.3
The Miracle Club
2023
as Chrissie Ahearn
6.2
6.2
The Laramie Project
2002
as Sherry Johnson
6.2
6.2
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Connie Mills
6.2
6.2
The Armenian Genocide
2006
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
6.2
6.2
Annie Oakley
2006
as Narrator (voice)
6.1
6.1
The House of Mirth
2000
as Bertha Dorset
6.1
6.1
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as Nancy Lambert Newland
6.1
6.1
Driving Lessons
2006
as Laura Marshall
6.0
6.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Chief Vincent
6.0
6.0
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Sarah Shaw
6.0
6.0
Blind Spot
1993
as Phoebe
6.0
6.0
The Details
2012
as Lila
5.9
5.9
Man of the Year
2006
as Eleanor Green
5.8
5.8
Wildcat
2024
as Regina O'Connor
5.7
5.7
Sympathy for Delicious
2010
as Nina Hogue
5.7
5.7
The City of Your Final Destination
2009
as Caroline Gund
5.6
5.6
Congo
1995
as Dr. Karen Ross
5.6
5.6
Maze
2001
as Callie
5.6
5.6
P.S.
2004
as Louise Harrington
5.5
5.5
The Roads Not Taken
2020
as Rita
5.5
5.5
Jindabyne
2006
as Claire
5.4
5.4
The Other Man
2008
as Lisa
5.4
5.4
The Hottest State
2007
as Jesse
5.2
5.2
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Daisy
5.0
5.0
Bonnie
2022
as Self
5.0
5.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
2001
as Zelda Fitzgerald
4.8
4.8
Running Mates
2000
as Lauren Hartman
4.7
4.7
Love Letters
1999
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
4.6
4.6
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
4.5
4.5
The Dinner
2017
as Claire Lohman
4.3
4.3
Morning
2013
as Doctor Goodman
4.0
4.0
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
3.9
3.9
Class of '61
1993
as Lily Magraw
1.0
1.0
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
1.0
1.0
Lush
1999
as Rachel Van Dyke
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020
as Self
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005
as Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
2020
as Narrator
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003
as Self
But When We Dance
TBA
as Emma Dretzin
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