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).
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
![Wildcat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qRFlDK9cXKNF3UU1E567ZpsC4Rq.jpg)
Wildcat
![Suncoast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nmPLUp5lVMiGomkN3db1WPeNrz3.jpg)
Suncoast
![The Miracle Club](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5MOOL38IZTylA7K04FvJ4PaklaI.jpg)
The Miracle Club
![Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sgEzuz9UPdJz9Eu5fl6LMA1J2Gm.jpg)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
![The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ttrXY23y3olkeaEoZNOKXKdiuA7.jpg)
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later
![Bonnie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nVwgdHqaiQjRJE7nuE3kUhBHXZL.jpg)
Bonnie
![The Last Movie Stars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9L6AkTv9CDdxqwWICIB4OuLeNdM.jpg)
The Last Movie Stars
![A Farewell to Ozark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wNxnVljephNMyLKK9j4jRuByRFG.jpg)
A Farewell to Ozark
![Be My Guest with Ina Garten](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mWXC3EI44TQ3lQwR9p6df0HnObb.jpg)
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
![The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vqm6swZPwy4QZ0ptOlYkpQAEGFW.jpg)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
![Falling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dvPMCVr1ILhf1q4JMGymSB8OQGl.jpg)
Falling
![The Vote](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xxDqgOdgOwRxdBzO7zwccToYlkC.jpg)
The Vote
![Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8D3aeDgGwzuWdKqPB2ErRqokD2P.jpg)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
![Coronavirus, Explained](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6gcgnWLWbEURoeA0FCjUOtCfDrf.jpg)
Coronavirus, Explained
![The Roads Not Taken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7GtX3NDh8S8ImqtTp4Ww02SXh4B.jpg)
The Roads Not Taken
![The Kelly Clarkson Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![Tales of the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wAvniCqQPlgX4wEgfGimZs5rzVn.jpg)
Tales of the City
![Olympia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ncxrgTTktKgNoy56CAmXhcXvh6S.jpg)
Olympia
![Ozark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m73bD8VjibSKuTWg597GQVyVhSb.jpg)
Ozark
![The Dinner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8rhlkQo3fqPlC9MH8wOHCu4XQjN.jpg)
The Dinner
![Red Nose Day Actually](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m7gBvNIXFwvuZKXd0CdbX9vwj5B.jpg)
Red Nose Day Actually
![The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gipwWEFbicLGODM9zP3DkAeycip.jpg)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
![Masterpiece](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fa79oRxEbPSV1F5jN0Vp7MKmVj3.jpg)
Masterpiece
![Nocturnal Animals](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mdLDgQBD0va09npSQX5Zgo2evXM.jpg)
Nocturnal Animals
![Sully](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r09ivJ1GGh5WArqRViRYDQLrTVG.jpg)
Sully
![Genius](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xOA52PVZgS3ggpKwKBAuZlYvxgg.jpg)
Genius
![Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/euVaCiCWz3AALcQXHT6aUqdGUo6.jpg)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
![Mr. Holmes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nNHkoefLcdtaHyG08G8aDn1yFMw.jpg)
Mr. Holmes
![The Late Late Show with James Corden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPmVoG8G9tc1nN8ZwGV2zYcknit.jpg)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
![Variety Studio: Actors on Actors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pgWZXYG0gTKkwRH9pTxoscFmq4H.jpg)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
![The Men In Blazers Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uzXhRjsDzzIMNlr5CWCCx6Thp6S.jpg)
The Men In Blazers Show
![BoJack Horseman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pB9L0jAnEQLMKgexqCEocEW8TA.jpg)
BoJack Horseman
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![The Fifth Estate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pUrL2eacUjAxkOS403DaOyXpgAG.jpg)
The Fifth Estate
![Morning](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5OE6guYVi5TlPjg2EaBQ5Afsg0D.jpg)
Morning
![Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tXs57SFZfoivRYVMsQNaOxkQ1at.jpg)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
![Hyde Park on Hudson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fPqQ4lM1f4bkbpJ9J5Gt8QJRY5D.jpg)
Hyde Park on Hudson
![The Details](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gTY9TRryFXCUaGXUhebtQ3FTCdg.jpg)
The Details
![Finding Your Roots](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d4CSYByEefe43AXMlMyKEihEPGU.jpg)
Finding Your Roots
![Arthur Christmas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yF7SNheAGWavNnjbAronedwjC1N.jpg)
Arthur Christmas
![The Big C](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eOZ3dN6XqUIXPabxdUNOG9qfZTw.jpg)
The Big C
![Sympathy for Delicious](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/26kKZWAm6FaDXKFi30qUdv8oxpv.jpg)
Sympathy for Delicious
![Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onSD9UXfJwrMXWhq7UY7hGF2S1h.jpg)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
![The City of Your Final Destination](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cZnLXkvocKkB2FVBNycouH5AopG.jpg)
The City of Your Final Destination
![We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aqFHftRn2gRe5psczpv37J0Aqsi.jpg)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
![The Other Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qtHxTrhdLjToXz1nR0lTYf75t5k.jpg)
The Other Man
![John Adams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/34qRIcLKkTpmM9x9gzm9nKvo5pW.jpg)
John Adams
![Mon Clown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Tiiat9lZD3ZRjoj9EbGefEBLBw.jpg)
Mon Clown
![The Savages](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nY54gSmTOmSXlQpWDB7DWp4u8a7.jpg)
The Savages
![The Nanny Diaries](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8hX6rcxnCidaqegPCyeFm9PODBn.jpg)
The Nanny Diaries
![The Graham Norton Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrbqaBXB8AALynQzpWz6JdCPEJS.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show
![Breach](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m2iVkJPxDrrink7NiE412nFBMQj.jpg)
Breach
![Man of the Year](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s1etp9ZqcRqZVfonrdFJbQ6mgk9.jpg)
Man of the Year
![Driving Lessons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uPRFM5co4v12ksWaZKr8niIHBrC.jpg)
Driving Lessons
![The Hottest State](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pJvnZRzOaK0aevbLgESfmI05mSu.jpg)
The Hottest State
![Jindabyne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zozfpvbl8OezjqBsgFByTGkbnw8.jpg)
Jindabyne
![Annie Oakley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w1z0YJVE0UdEaEc9JK1WiiM9Stx.jpg)
Annie Oakley
![The Armenian Genocide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lEugRWPzxHsqpd00V15A5DYxSVj.jpg)
The Armenian Genocide
![The Squid and the Whale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9NbXn1NMdfGM491V3EFjZADR9SX.jpg)
The Squid and the Whale
![The Exorcism of Emily Rose](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qMN0HIP34f736kkQcfvTfmL9TP3.jpg)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
![Mary Pickford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6k7AaGhqQ8ynU884e748rOUmTXy.jpg)
Mary Pickford
![American Dad!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xnFFz3etm1vftF0ns8RMHA8XdqT.jpg)
American Dad!
![The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gGC7zSDgG0FY0MbM1pjfhTCWQBI.jpg)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
![P.S.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hcf2pZUjtqa6BpV84VwNZvZf6mg.jpg)
P.S.
![Kinsey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cODCjWNRcZkwe4ONQs1GzRqYtRb.jpg)
Kinsey
![Mystic River](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hCHVDbo6XJGj3r2i4hVjKhE0GKF.jpg)
Mystic River
![The Ellen DeGeneres Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/PhUYIGUUk1RzWq2Aw3TqH65McE.jpg)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
![Love Actually](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1ODdWLpyOnIVl0l67GrdaFDlJGf.jpg)
Love Actually
![The Life of David Gale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7tcAvE82JyxIi79cwQV5br90KVz.jpg)
The Life of David Gale
![Jimmy Kimmel Live!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6uKEYejjR88GwHgNq6NAQ30glTx.jpg)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
![The Mothman Prophecies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z2PiOTyjbCOnMHY2QJdq3I4jU44.jpg)
The Mothman Prophecies
![The Laramie Project](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Aj4DdvSZp7XRpIVbBXN3EccDwX.jpg)
The Laramie Project
![Woodrow Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iiAROHwRaggx7lEe6hNpAitUcvq.jpg)
Woodrow Wilson
![Maze](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gUAGQdhqeY26WcU1qQla4geZIkm.jpg)
Maze
![F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uC4znbVhyinrhWkgOayIVkJLpnF.jpg)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
![Further Tales of the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b4RIni6M3xCYpGR4w2sUOnZOXlp.jpg)
Further Tales of the City
![Wild Iris](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ilKlFXQ7tZfGiaryGMxS77VBRsX.jpg)
Wild Iris
![You Can Count on Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7mGFmij1FZD5eUnNwvUjmpqrDl6.jpg)
You Can Count on Me
![The House of Mirth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gCEboOrNXFmqE5pKUn42fTHZx8R.jpg)
The House of Mirth
![Running Mates](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t235oGe4DUcOOAM4Ttpbw96nRYm.jpg)
Running Mates
![Love Letters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b5dbfzgpSvgbhQ0JZMG6YAGmEV2.jpg)
Love Letters
![Lush](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kBr920mW6XyEERPisdIrzD0hDNc.jpg)
Lush
![More Tales of the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xa4obRTNrfrz7lirnNrgG2qCBE5.jpg)
More Tales of the City
![The Truman Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vuza0WqY239yBXOadKlGwJsZJFE.jpg)
The Truman Show
![The Truman Show: Tru-Talk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t3E53ANUPVsmD5COmw8tqXiDoT2.jpg)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
![The View](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn5ZtKXYo8XOoXUgtQxw7q2CjVt.jpg)
The View
![Absolute Power](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xX9gmwtnTi0Y8WcTF7Jsg9Hdp6W.jpg)
Absolute Power
![King of the Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3MnkwPdqQ4if7HL4rYTy6eUyq8q.jpg)
King of the Hill
![The Daily Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ixcfyK7it6FjRM36Te4OdblAq4X.jpg)
The Daily Show
![Primal Fear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qJf2TzE8nRTFbFMPJNW6c8mI0KU.jpg)
Primal Fear
![Congo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hPNSToNIIpRO6y5Rh973leqQqNr.jpg)
Congo
![A Simple Twist of Fate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Jorj80Y4EVEAPDRVVdDXKSVUTw.jpg)
A Simple Twist of Fate
![Tales of the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mmWd7KVDBDn272Z5bUSPi0oa51U.jpg)
Tales of the City
![Frasier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gYAb6GCVEFsU9hzMCG5rxaxoIv3.jpg)
Frasier
![Searching for Bobby Fischer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oAJpHkMpfXiFY9F3HocIz9fhHLc.jpg)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
![Dave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wIUuf1NFchdCJe833JBTiSMzqfv.jpg)
Dave
![Blind Spot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sTU8oOHjunKXmjOgvlrtkfKtZpF.jpg)
Blind Spot
![Class of '61](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r6Rb65B1GcmPtsFmnY5ZZWYTmED.jpg)
Class of '61
![Lorenzo's Oil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/suRf59zRu1h8Zq4Gxekn6UiLGaM.jpg)
Lorenzo's Oil
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![American Experience](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iABtkX1IZXijc4VIbkgOLMDjmCT.jpg)
American Experience
![LIVE with Kelly and Mark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b90Z7Nlw1EzPz38oL3utlvFjmFR.jpg)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
![Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aF5S0cjHgaf8FM54r6qHx6MZDng.jpg)
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
![Tony Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6pxoHfywO6bFDOQa9bmWZ1hyKBt.jpg)
Tony Awards
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars