Laura Linney

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Known Credits 87

Gender Female

Birthday 1964-02-05 (57 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

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Laura Linney

Biography

Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress and singer. 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.

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Acting

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2020		The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Hannah Pitt
2020		Falling as Sarah
2020		The Vote: Part 2
2020		Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy as Herself
2020		Coronavirus, Explained (1 episode) as Self - Narrator
2020		The Roads Not Taken as Rita

2019

(10 episodes) as Mary Ann Singleton

2018

as Herself

2017		Ozark (30 episodes) as Wendy Byrde
2017		The Dinner as Claire Lohman
2017		Red Nose Day Actually as Sarah
2017		The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Herself

2016		Nocturnal Animals as Anne Sutton
2016		Sully as Lorraine Sullenberger
2016		Genius as Louise Saunders
2016		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Chief Vincent

2015		Mr. Holmes as Mrs. Munro
2015		The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode)

2014

(1 episode) as Laura Linney (voice)

2013		The Fifth Estate as Sarah Shaw
2013		Morning as Doctor Goodman
2013		Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)

2012		Hyde Park on Hudson as Daisy
2012		Finding Your Roots (2 episodes) as Self

2011		Arthur Christmas as North Pole Computer (voice)
2011		The Details as Lila

2010		The Big C (40 episodes) as Cathy Jamison
2010		Sympathy for Delicious as Nina Hogue

2009		The City of Your Final Destination as Caroline Gund
2009		We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama as Self

2008		The Other Man as Lisa
2008		John Adams (7 episodes) as Abigail Adams

2007		The Nanny Diaries as Mrs. X
2007		The Graham Norton Show (1 episode) as Herself
2007		Breach as Kate Burroughs
2007		The Savages as Wendy Savage

2006		Driving Lessons as Laura Marshall
2006		Man of the Year as Eleanor Green
2006		The Megan Mullally Show (2 episodes)
2006		The Hottest State as Jesse
2006		Jindabyne as Claire
2006		American Experience: Annie Oakley as Narrator
2006		The Armenian Genocide as Maria Jacobsen (voice)

2005		The Squid and the Whale as Joan Berkman
2005		The Exorcism of Emily Rose as Erin Bruner
2005		American Dad! (1 episode)

2004		P.S. as Louise Harrington
2004		Kinsey as Clara McMillen

2003		The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode) as Self
2003		Love Actually as Sarah
2003		The Life of David Gale as Constance Hallaway
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2003		Mystic River as Annabeth Markum

2002		RI:SE (1 episode)
2002		The Mothman Prophecies as Connie Mills
2002		The Laramie Project as Sherry Johnson

2001		F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams as Zelda Fitzgerald
2001		Further Tales of the City (4 episodes) as Mary Ann Singleton
2001		Wild Iris as Iris Bravard

2000		You Can Count on Me as Samantha Prescott
2000		Maze as Callie
2000		The House of Mirth as Bertha Dorset
2000		Running Mates as Lauren Hartman

1999		Love Letters as Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999		Lush as Rachel Van Dyke

1998		More Tales of the City (6 episodes) as Mary Ann Singleton
1998		The Truman Show as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998		TruTalk as Hannah Gill

1997		The View (3 episodes) as Self
1997		Absolute Power as Kate Whitney

1996		The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (1 episode)
1996		Primal Fear as Janet Venable

1995

as Dr. Karen Ross

1994

as Nancy Lambert Newland

1993		Tales of the City (5 episodes) as Mary Ann Singleton
1993		Frasier (5 episodes) as Charlotte Connor (1 episode) as Mindy (voice)
1993		Searching for Bobby Fischer as School Teacher
1993		Dave as Randi
1993		Blind Spot as Phoebe
1993		Class of '61 as Lily Magraw

1992

as Young Teacher

1990

(1 episode) as Martha Bowen

1988		American Experience (2 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1988		LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (1 episode)

1985

1953

(2 episodes) as Self

Production

2010

(40 episodes) … Producer

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