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Laura Linney

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Known For

61 Years Old

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).

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 5th February 1964

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