Acting · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Born February 5, 1964
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).
TVAmerican Classic
2026
as Kristen Forrest Bean
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
MovieWildcat
2024
as Regina O'Connor
MovieSuncoast
2024
as Kristine
MovieThe Miracle Club
2023
as Chrissie Ahearn
TVPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self
MovieThe Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
MovieBonnie
2022
as Self
MovieA Farewell to Ozark
2022
as Self
TVBe My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
2020
as Narrator
MovieThe Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Hannah Pitt
MovieFalling
2020
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
TVThe Vote
2020
MovieCreating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020
as Self
TVCoronavirus, Explained
2020
as Self - Narrator
MovieThe Roads Not Taken
2020
as Rita
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVTales of the City
2019
as Mary Ann Singleton
MovieOlympia
2018
as Self
TVSink Sank Sunk
2018
as Mitzi Mills
TVOzark
2017
as Wendy Byrde
MovieThe Dinner
2017
as Claire Lohman
MovieRed Nose Day Actually
2017
as Sarah (US version)
MovieThe Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self
TVMasterpiece
2017
as Self - Narrator
MovieNocturnal Animals
2016
as Anne Sutton
MovieSully
2016
as Lorrie Sullenberger
MovieGenius
2016
as Louise Saunders
MovieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Chief Vincent
MovieMr. Holmes
2015
as Mrs. Munro
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
TVThe Men in Blazers Show
2014
as Self
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Laura Linney (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieThe Fifth Estate
2013
as Sarah Shaw
MovieMorning
2013
as Doctor Goodman
MovieLetters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Letter Reader
MovieHyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Daisy
MovieThe Details
2012
as Lila
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieArthur Christmas
2011
as North Pole Computer (voice)
TVThe Big C
2010
as Cathy Jamison
MovieSympathy for Delicious
2010
as Nina Hogue
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieThe City of Your Final Destination
2009
as Caroline Gund
MovieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
MovieThe Other Man
2008
as Lisa
TVJohn Adams
2008
as Abigail Adams
MovieThe Savages
2007
as Wendy Savage
MovieThe Nanny Diaries
2007
as Mrs. X
MovieThe Hottest State
2007
as Jesse
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieBreach
2007
as Kate Burroughs
MovieMan of the Year
2006
as Eleanor Green
TVThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieDriving Lessons
2006
as Laura Marshall
MovieJindabyne
2006
as Claire
MovieAnnie Oakley
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Armenian Genocide
2006
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
MovieThe Squid and the Whale
2005
as Joan Berkman
MovieThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
as Erin Bruner
MovieHow's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005
as Self
MovieMary Pickford
2005
as Narrator
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Doctor Gupta (voice)
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieP.S.
2004
as Louise Harrington
MovieKinsey
2004
as Clara McMillen
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003
as Self
MovieMystic River
2003
as Annabeth Markum
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieLove Actually
2003
as Sarah
MovieThe Life of David Gale
2003
as Constance Hallaway
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
RI:SE
2002
MovieThe Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Connie Mills
MovieThe Laramie Project
2002
as Sherry Johnson
MovieWoodrow Wilson
2002
as Self - voice
MovieMaze
2001
as Callie
MovieF. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
2001
as Zelda Fitzgerald
TVFurther Tales of the City
2001
as Mary Ann Singleton
MovieWild Iris
2001
as Iris Bravard
MovieThe House of Mirth
2000
as Bertha Dorset
MovieRunning Mates
2000
as Lauren Hartman
MovieYou Can Count on Me
2000
as Sammy
MovieLove Letters
1999
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
MovieLush
1999
as Rachel Van Dyke
MovieTru-Talk
1998
as Hannah Gill
TVMore Tales of the City
1998
as Mary Ann Singleton
MovieThe Truman Show
1998
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieAbsolute Power
1997
as Kate Whitney
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Marlene (voice)
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MoviePrimal Fear
1996
as Janet Venable
MovieCongo
1995
as Dr. Karen Ross
MovieA Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as Nancy Lambert Newland
TVTales of the City
1993
as Mary Ann Singleton
TVFrasier
1993
as Charlotte Connor
MovieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as School Teacher
MovieDave
1993
as Randi
MovieBlind Spot
1993
as Phoebe
MovieClass of '61
1993
as Lily Magraw
MovieLorenzo's Oil
1992
as Young Teacher
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Martha Bowen
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieAssassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Mary Ann Singleton
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Onward and Sideways
as Emma Dretzin
