Actor

Laura Linney

February 5, 1964 · Manhattan, 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).

Notable work

8.2
The Truman Show (1998)
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
7.4
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
as Anne Sutton
7.2
Sully (2016)
as Lorrie Sullenberger
7.7
Mystic River (2003)
as Annabeth Markum
7.1
Love Actually (2003)
as Sarah
7.7
Primal Fear (1996)
as Janet Venable
6.1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
as Chief Vincent
6.6
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Erin Bruner
8.5
BoJack Horseman (2014)
as Laura Linney (voice)
8.2
Ozark (2017)
as Wendy Byrde and Director
7
American Dad! (2005)
as Doctor Gupta (voice)
7.4
The Life of David Gale (2003)
as Constance Hallaway

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