Laura Linney
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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).
Known for
Credits
The Truman Show (1998)
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Love Actually (2003)
as Sarah
Primal Fear (1996)
as Janet Venable
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
as Chief Vincent
Mystic River (2003)
as Annabeth Markum
Sully (2016)
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
as Anne Sutton
Absolute Power (1997)
as Kate Whitney
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Mrs. Munro
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as North Pole Computer (voice)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Erin Bruner
The Life of David Gale (2003)
as Constance Hallaway
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
as Connie Mills
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Sarah Shaw
Euphoria: A Look Back (2026)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
as Mrs. X
Man of the Year (2006)
as Eleanor Green
Wildcat (2024)
as Regina O'Connor
Breach (2007)
as Kate Burroughs
Congo (1995)
as Dr. Karen Ross
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
as Joan Berkman
The Miracle Club (2023)
as Chrissie Ahearn
The Savages (2007)
as Wendy Savage
Dave (1993)
as Randi
The Dinner (2017)
as Claire Lohman
You Can Count on Me (2000)
as Sammy
Genius (2016)
as Louise Saunders
P.S. (2004)
as Louise Harrington
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
as Daisy
The Other Man (2008)
as Lisa
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Young Teacher
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as School Teacher
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
as Caroline Gund
Falling (2020)
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Kinsey (2004)
as Clara McMillen
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Sarah (US version)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Letter Reader
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
as Nancy Lambert Newland
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self
Suncoast (2024)
as Kristine
The House of Mirth (2000)
as Bertha Dorset
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
as Rita
A Farewell to Ozark (2022)
as Self
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Sherry Johnson
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Onwards and Sideways (2026)
as Emma Dretzin
The Hottest State (2007)
as Jesse
The Details (2012)
as Lila
Driving Lessons (2006)
as Laura Marshall
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Hannah Pitt
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk (1998)
as Hannah Gill
Jindabyne (2006)
as Claire
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
as Self
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
as Nina Hogue
Olympia (2018)
as Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
as Maria Jacobsen (voice)
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005)
as Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
as Self
Blind Spot (1993)
as Phoebe
Running Mates (2000)
as Lauren Hartman
The Joy of Sex (—)
as Ruth Comfort
Annie Oakley (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Maze (2001)
as Callie
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
Wild Iris (2001)
as Iris Bravard
Rode to Ruin (2027)
Actor
Morning (2013)
as Doctor Goodman
Mary Pickford (2005)
as Narrator
Woodrow Wilson (2002)
as Self - voice
Class of '61 (1993)
as Lily Magraw
Love Letters (1999)
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
Lush (1999)
as Rachel Van Dyke
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001)
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment (2020)
as Narrator
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985)
Actor