Laura Linney

ActorDirectorProducerProduction Feb 5 (age 62) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1985–2026 (41 year career)

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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

Film

The Truman Show

Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

Film

Mystic River

Annabeth Markum

Film

Nocturnal Animals

Anne Sutton

Film

Ozark

Wendy Byrde

Film

Sully

Lorrie Sullenberger

Film

Love Actually

Sarah

Film

Primal Fear

Janet Venable

Film

The Life of David Gale

Constance Hallaway

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (74)

Suncoast

as Kristine

Wildcat

as Regina O'Connor

The Miracle Club

as Chrissie Ahearn

A Farewell to Ozark

as Self

Bonnie

as Self

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

as Self

The Roads Not Taken

as Rita

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

2020

as Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

as Hannah Pitt

Falling

as Sarah (45 Yrs)

Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment

2020

as Narrator

Olympia

as Herself

The Dinner

as Claire Lohman

Red Nose Day Actually

2017

as Sarah (US version)

7.0

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

2017

as Self

6.3

Sully

2016

as Lorrie Sullenberger

7.2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

as Chief Vincent

Nocturnal Animals

as Anne Sutton

Genius

as Louise Saunders

Mr. Holmes

as Mrs. Munro

The Fifth Estate

as Sarah Shaw

Morning

as Doctor Goodman

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013

as Self - Letter Reader

The Details

as Lila

Hyde Park on Hudson

as Daisy

Arthur Christmas

as North Pole Computer (voice)

6.8

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

as Nina Hogue

5.7

The City of Your Final Destination

2009

as Caroline Gund

5.7

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

as Self

The Other Man

as Lisa

The Savages

as Wendy Savage

The Nanny Diaries

as Mrs. X

Breach

as Kate Burroughs

The Hottest State

as Jesse

Jindabyne

as Claire

Man of the Year

as Eleanor Green

Driving Lessons

as Laura Marshall

The Armenian Genocide

2006

as Maria Jacobsen (voice)

6.2

Annie Oakley

2006

as Narrator (voice)

6.2

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

2005

as Self

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

as Erin Bruner

6.6

The Squid and the Whale

as Joan Berkman

Mary Pickford

as Narrator

Kinsey

as Clara McMillen

P.S.

as Louise Harrington

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

2004

as Self

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

2003

as Self

Love Actually

as Sarah

Mystic River

as Annabeth Markum

The Life of David Gale

2003

as Constance Hallaway

7.4

The Mothman Prophecies

as Connie Mills

The Laramie Project

as Sherry Johnson

Woodrow Wilson

as Self - voice

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

as Zelda Fitzgerald

Maze

as Callie

Wild Iris

as Iris Bravard

The House of Mirth

as Bertha Dorset

You Can Count on Me

as Sammy

Running Mates

as Lauren Hartman

Love Letters

as Melissa Gardner Cobb

Lush

as Rachel Van Dyke

The Truman Show

as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

8.2

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

as Hannah Gill

Absolute Power

as Kate Whitney

Primal Fear

as Janet Venable

Congo

as Dr. Karen Ross

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

as Nancy Lambert Newland

6.1

Dave

1993

as Randi

6.6

Searching for Bobby Fischer

as School Teacher

Blind Spot

as Phoebe

Class of '61

as Lily Magraw

Lorenzo's Oil

as Young Teacher

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

1985

1.0

But When We Dance

as Emma Dretzin

Television (40)

American Classic

2026

as Kristen Forrest Bean

10.0

The American Revolution

2025

as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)

5.5

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023

as Self

7.5

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

2022

as Self

7.7

Coronavirus, Explained

as Self - Narrator

The Vote

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Tales of the City

2019

as Mary Ann Singleton

Sink Sank Sunk

as Mitzi Mills

Ozark

as Wendy Byrde

Masterpiece

as Self - Narrator

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

BoJack Horseman

2014

as Laura Linney (voice)

8.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

The Men in Blazers Show

as Self

Finding Your Roots

as Self

The Big C

as Cathy Jamison

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

John Adams

as Abigail Adams

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Megan Mullally Show

2006

as Self - Guest

4.2

American Dad!

2005

as Doctor Gupta (voice)

7.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

RI:SE

Further Tales of the City

2001

as Mary Ann Singleton

6.5

More Tales of the City

1998

as Mary Ann Singleton

The View

as Self

King of the Hill

as Marlene (voice)

The Daily Show

as Self

Frasier

as Mindy (voice)

Tales of the City

as Mary Ann Singleton

7.7

Law & Order

1990

as Martha Bowen

7.3

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (5)

Television (5)

Black Rabbit

Director

Tales of the City

Executive Producer

Ozark

Co-Executive Producer

Ozark

Director

The Big C

Executive Producer