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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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
American Dad!
The Last Movie Stars
Coronavirus, Explained
The Men in Blazers Show
Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Laramie Project
Nocturnal Animals
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Sully
Dave
The Fifth Estate
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Arthur Christmas
Love Actually
Mystic River
The House of Mirth
Genius
Breach
Man of the Year
Further Tales of the City
The Truman Show
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Ozark
Suncoast
Wildcat
Wild Iris
The Nanny Diaries
John Adams
Primal Fear
Masterpiece
Tales of the City
The Big C
More Tales of the City
Congo
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
You Can Count on Me
Production Credits
Tales of the City
Black Rabbit
The Big C
Ozark
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