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Laura Linney
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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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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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tony Awards
Law & Order
The Daily Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
King of the Hill
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Frasier
BoJack Horseman
Finding Your Roots
The Late Late Show with James Corden
American Dad!
Coronavirus, Explained
The Men In Blazers Show
Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Laramie Project
Sully
Nocturnal Animals
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Dave
The Fifth Estate
Love Actually
Arthur Christmas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
The House of Mirth
Mystic River
The Last Movie Stars
Genius
Breach
Further Tales of the City
More Tales of the City
Wild Iris
Ozark
Primal Fear
John Adams
Wildcat
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
The Truman Show
Suncoast
The Nanny Diaries
Masterpiece
The Big C
Congo
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Tales of the City
You Can Count on Me
Production Credits
Black Rabbit
The Big C
Tales of the City
Ozark
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