Laura Linney

Acting

Born: 1964-02-05
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 2.1

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 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).

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Awards & Nominations9 won · 7 nominated

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama

Ozark

2023
🏆 Won

Crystal Award

2013
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

The Big C

2013
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

2010
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Awards

John Adams

2009
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

John Adams

2008
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

The Savages

2008
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

2005
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kinsey

2005
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Frasier

2004
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Wild Iris

2002
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

2002
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

You Can Count on Me

2001
🏆 Won

Theatre World Award

Sight Unseen

1992
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Acting109 titles

Directing2 titles

Production4 titles