Acting credits
107
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Laura Linney
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 69Series: 39Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 350
IMDb ID: nm0001473
Known for: Acting
Born: February 5, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q223281
Other jobs
Director (2)Executive Producer (2)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Laura Linney.
6.7
Suncoast
as Kristine
2024 Movie
5.6
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
2023 Movie
6.3
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
2023 Movie
7.0
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
2022 Movie
5.3
Bonnie
as Self
2022 Movie
6.5
A Farewell to Ozark
as Self
2022 Movie
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt
2020 Movie
6.4
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020 Movie
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
2020 Movie
5.5
The Roads Not Taken
as Rita
2020 Movie
8.0
Olympia
as Herself
2018 Movie
4.5
The Dinner
as Claire Lohman
2017 Movie
7.0
Red Nose Day Actually
as Sarah (US version)
2017 Movie
6.3
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
2017 Movie
7.4
Nocturnal Animals
as Anne Sutton
2016 Movie
7.2
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
2016 Movie
6.5
Genius
as Louise Saunders
2016 Movie
6.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Chief Vincent
2016 Movie
6.5
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
2015 Movie
6.0
The Fifth Estate
as Sarah Shaw
2013 Movie
4.3
Morning
as Doctor Goodman
2013 Movie
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
2013 Movie
5.3
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Daisy
2012 Movie
6.0
The Details
as Lila
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Laura Linney.
In 2 weeks
American Classic
as Kristen • 8 eps
2026 Series
5.6
The American Revolution
as Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice) • 5 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Black Rabbit
Director • 2 eps
2025 Series
7.4
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.7
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.0
The Vote
2 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Tales of the City
as Mary Ann Singleton • 10 eps
2019 Series
1.0
Sink Sank Sunk
as Mitzi Mills • 3 eps
2018 Series
8.2
Ozark
as Wendy Byrde • 44 eps
2017 Series
9.0
Masterpiece
as Self - Narrator • 149 eps
2017 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.5
The Men in Blazers Show
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Laura Linney (voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.1
The Big C
as Cathy Jamison • 40 eps
2010 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 7 eps
2009 Series
7.7
John Adams
as Abigail Adams • 7 eps
2008 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
4.2
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2006 Series