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