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Laura Linney

1964-02-05 (60 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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).

Movies

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Wildcat
54 %|May 3, 2024
Drama
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Suncoast
68 %|Feb 2, 2024
Drama, Comedy
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The Miracle Club
61 %|Jul 14, 2023
Comedy, Drama
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Bonnie
30 %|Nov 12, 2022
Documentary
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A Farewell to Ozark
65 %|Apr 29, 2022
Documentary
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Falling
64.71000000000001 %|Oct 2, 2020
Drama
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The Roads Not Taken
55 %|Mar 13, 2020
Drama
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Olympia
80 %|Nov 11, 2018
Documentary
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The Dinner
45.099999999999994 %|May 5, 2017
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Red Nose Day Actually
71 %|Mar 24, 2017
TV Movie, Comedy, Romance
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
66.05000000000001 %|Mar 11, 2017
Documentary
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Nocturnal Animals
74.27 %|Nov 4, 2016
Drama, Thriller
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Sully
71.92 %|Sep 7, 2016
Drama, History
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Genius
64.64 %|Jun 10, 2016
History, Drama
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
60.309999999999995 %|Jun 1, 2016
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
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Mr. Holmes
65 %|Jun 19, 2015
Drama, Crime, Family, Mystery
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The Fifth Estate
60 %|Oct 11, 2013
Drama, Thriller
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Morning
47 %|Sep 27, 2013
Drama
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Hyde Park on Hudson
53 %|Dec 7, 2012
Comedy, Drama, History
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The Details
60.11 %|Nov 2, 2012
Comedy, Drama
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Arthur Christmas
68 %|Nov 10, 2011
Drama, Animation, Family, Comedy
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Sympathy for Delicious
59 %|Apr 9, 2010
Drama
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
46 %|Jan 18, 2009
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
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The Other Man
54 %|Dec 25, 2008
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
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Mon Clown
70 %|Mar 14, 2008
Documentary, TV Movie
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The Savages
68 %|Nov 28, 2007
Drama, Comedy
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The Nanny Diaries
64 %|Aug 24, 2007
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Breach
66 %|Feb 12, 2007
Drama, Thriller, Crime, History
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Man of the Year
59 %|Oct 9, 2006
Comedy, Romance, Thriller
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Driving Lessons
62 %|Sep 6, 2006
Comedy, Drama
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The Hottest State
54 %|Sep 2, 2006
Music, Drama, Romance
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Jindabyne
54 %|Jul 20, 2006
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Annie Oakley
62 %|May 8, 2006
History, Documentary
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The Armenian Genocide
62 %|Apr 17, 2006
Documentary, History
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The Squid and the Whale
69.46 %|Oct 5, 2005
Comedy, Drama
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
66 %|Sep 9, 2005
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Mary Pickford
0 %|Apr 4, 2005
Documentary
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P.S.
54.64 %|Oct 15, 2004
Drama, Romance
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Kinsey
66 %|Sep 4, 2004
Drama
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Mystic River
77.41 %|Oct 7, 2003
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Love Actually
71.16 %|Sep 7, 2003
Comedy, Romance, Drama
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The Life of David Gale
74.26 %|Feb 21, 2003
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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The Mothman Prophecies
61.83 %|Jan 25, 2002
Drama, Horror, Mystery
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The Laramie Project
64 %|Jan 10, 2002
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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Woodrow Wilson
80 %|Jan 6, 2002
Documentary
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Maze
57 %|Nov 9, 2001
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
50 %|Oct 14, 2001
Documentary
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Wild Iris
74 %|Jan 1, 2001
Drama, TV Movie
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You Can Count on Me
68 %|Nov 17, 2000
Drama
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The House of Mirth
61.83 %|Sep 23, 2000
Drama, Romance
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Running Mates
53 %|Aug 13, 2000
TV Movie, Drama, Comedy
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Love Letters
53 %|May 12, 1999
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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Lush
0 %|Jan 1, 1999
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The Truman Show
81 %|Jun 4, 1998
Comedy, Drama
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
67 %|Jan 1, 1998
TV Movie, Comedy
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Absolute Power
66 %|Feb 14, 1997
Crime, Drama, Action
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Primal Fear
77 %|Mar 6, 1996
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Congo
55 %|Jun 9, 1995
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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A Simple Twist of Fate
60.410000000000004 %|Sep 2, 1994
Family, Comedy, Drama
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
71 %|Aug 13, 1993
Drama
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Dave
67 %|May 7, 1993
Comedy
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Blind Spot
60 %|May 2, 1993
Drama, TV Movie
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Class of '61
44 %|Apr 12, 1993
Adventure, Action, Drama, TV Movie
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Lorenzo's Oil
71 %|Dec 30, 1992
Drama

Series

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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
72 %|Apr 3, 2023
Documentary
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The Vote
80 %|Jul 6, 2020
Documentary
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Coronavirus, Explained
69 %|Apr 26, 2020
Documentary
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Tales of the City
72.12 %|Jun 7, 2019
Drama, Mystery
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Ozark
82.17 %|Jul 21, 2017
Crime, Drama
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Masterpiece
0 %|Jan 15, 2017
Drama
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
54.13 %|Mar 23, 2015
Talk
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The Men In Blazers Show
50 %|Sep 22, 2014
Talk
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BoJack Horseman
85.58999999999999 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Finding Your Roots
62 %|Mar 24, 2012
Documentary
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The Big C
71 %|Aug 16, 2010
Comedy, Drama
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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John Adams
76.58 %|Mar 16, 2008
Drama
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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The Megan Mullally Show
42 %|Sep 18, 2006
Talk
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American Dad!
70 %|Feb 6, 2005
Animation, Comedy
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
67 %|Jan 3, 2005
Comedy, Talk
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
57.77 %|Sep 8, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
actor
RI:SE
20 %|Apr 29, 2002
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Further Tales of the City
66 %|May 6, 2001
Drama, Mystery
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More Tales of the City
74 %|Jun 7, 1998
Drama, Mystery
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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King of the Hill
73.25999999999999 %|Jan 12, 1997
Animation, Comedy, Family
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Tales of the City
79 %|Sep 28, 1993
Drama, Mystery
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Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
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Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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American Experience
75 %|Oct 4, 1988
Documentary
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Tony Awards
50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953