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Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Highest Rated: 95% Dave (1993)

Lowest Rated: 0% Lush (2000)

Birthday: Feb 5, 1964

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

An award-winning stage actress who grew up around New York theaters, Laura Linney's distinctive artistry immediately stood out from the Hollywood crowd when she began hitting film screens in the 1990s. Her multi-layered portrayal of hired actress-wife to unwitting husband Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show" (1998) was a breakout supporting role. Only two years later, she topped critics' year-end lists and earned an Academy Award nomination for her lead in the refreshingly realistic family portrait, "You Can Count on Me" (2000). While residing comfortably under the radar of general public recognition, Linney's rare qualities were coveted by quality filmmakers, and the actress shone in Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" (2004), Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale" (2005), and was Oscar-nominated as well for "Kinsey" (2004) and "The Savages" (2007). A multiple Emmy winner and star of the successful "John Adams" (HBO, 2008) miniseries, Linney returned to television to headline her own show, "The Big C" (Showtime, 2010-13) opposite Oliver Platt, and reunited with Eastwood for a key supporting role in "Sully" (2016), a biopic starring Tom Hanks as instantly famous airline pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger. On stage, film or television, there seemed no limit to the range of this classically-trained chameleon.

Highest rated movies

95% 88% You Can Count on Me
95% 72% Dave
94% 89% The Truman Show 92% 81% The Squid and the Whale
92% 80% The Laramie Project
90% 75% The Savages
90% 75% Kinsey
89% 89% Mystic River

Filmography

Movies

Credit
77% 83% Suncoast Kristine (Character) - 2024
58% 69% Wildcat Regina (Character) - 2023
66% 83% The Miracle Club Chrissie (Character) $2.4M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonnie Self - 2022
66% 63% Falling Sarah (Character) - 2020
90% No Score Yet Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy Self - 2020
43% 28% The Roads Not Taken Rita (Character) $3.3K 2020
84% 97% Olympia Self - 2018
46% 15% The Dinner Claire Lohman (Character) $1.3M 2017
No Score Yet 61% Red Nose Day Actually Unknown (Character) - 2017
74% 73% Nocturnal Animals Anne Sutton (Character) $10.4M 2016
85% 84% Sully Lorrie Sullenberger (Character) $125.0M 2016
52% 46% Genius Louise Saunders (Character) $1.4M 2016
38% 47% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Chief Rebecca Vincent (Character) $82.0M 2016
88% 70% Mr. Holmes Mrs. Munro (Character) $17.7M 2015
36% 36% The Fifth Estate Sarah Shaw (Character) $3.3M 2013
37% 31% Hyde Park on Hudson Daisy (Character) $6.4M 2012
47% 34% The Details Lila (Character) $63.6K 2011
92% 77% Arthur Christmas North Pole Computer (Voice) $46.4M 2011
45% 25% Morning Dr. Goodman (Character) $2.9K 2010
31% 39% Sympathy for Delicious Nina Hogue (Character) $13.1K 2010
16% 18% The Other Man Lisa (Character) - 2008
39% 39% The City of Your Final Destination Caroline (Character) - 2007
90% 75% The Savages Wendy Savage (Character) $6.6M 2007
34% 51% The Nanny Diaries Mrs. X (Character) $25.9M 2007
84% 67% Breach Kate Burroughs (Character) $33.0M 2007
32% 52% The Hottest State Jesse (Character) $30.6K 2006
48% 71% Driving Lessons Laura Marshall (Character) $238.8K 2006
65% 49% Jindabyne Claire (Character) $399.9K 2006
22% 45% Man of the Year Eleanor (Character) $37.4M 2006
92% 81% The Squid and the Whale Joan Berkman (Character) $7.4M 2005
45% 60% The Exorcism of Emily Rose Erin Bruner (Character) $75.1M 2005
55% 40% P.S. Louise Harrington (Character) $175.4K 2004
90% 75% Kinsey Clara McMillen (Character) $10.2M 2004
64% 72% Love Actually Sarah (Character) $60.1M 2003
89% 89% Mystic River Annabeth Markum (Character) $90.1M 2003
19% 81% The Life of David Gale Constance Harraway (Character) $19.6M 2003
92% 80% The Laramie Project Sherry Johnson (Character) - 2002
52% 56% The Mothman Prophecies Connie Parker (Character) $35.2M 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Further Tales of the City Mary Ann Singleton (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Iris Iris Bravard (Character) - 2001
0% No Score Yet Lush Rachel Van Dyke (Character) - 2000
39% 44% Maze Callie (Character) $26.9K 2000
82% 72% The House of Mirth Bertha Dorset (Character) $3.0M 2000
95% 88% You Can Count on Me Sammy Prescott (Character) $9.2M 2000
14% 30% Running Mates Lauren Hartman (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 59% Love Letters Melissa Gardner Cobb (Character) - 1999
94% 89% The Truman Show Meryl Burbank/Hannah Gill (Character) $125.6M 1998
56% 52% Absolute Power Kate Whitney (Character) $50.0M 1997
77% 89% Primal Fear Janet Venable (Character) $56.1M 1996
23% 29% Congo Dr. Karen Ross (Character) $80.1M 1995
43% 55% A Simple Twist of Fate Nancy Lambert Newland (Character) $3.4M 1994
No Score Yet 31% Class of '61 Lily Magraw (Character) - 1993
95% 72% Dave Randi (Character) $61.0M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Spot Phoebe (Character) - 1993

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2019 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Be My Guest With Ina Garten Self 2023
100% 81% The Last Movie Stars Unknown (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2022
82% 85% Ozark Wendy Byrde (Character) 2017-2018 2020 2022
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2015-2019 2022
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2018 2020
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2017 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2019-2020
82% 59% Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Mary Ann (Character),
Executive Producer
2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Portrait Artist of the Year Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2017
No Score Yet 14% The View Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2015
55% 80% The Big C Cathy Jamison (Character),
Executive Producer
2010-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Classic Host 2009-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nate Berkus Show Guest 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 2009
82% 85% John Adams Abigail Adams (Character) 2008
No Score Yet 91% American Dad! Dr. Gupta (Guest Voice) 2006
95% 94% Frasier Charlotte (Guest Voice),
Mindy (Guest Star)
2003-2004
No Score Yet 72% King of the Hill Marlene (Guest Voice) 2002
78% No Score Yet Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet More Tales of the City Mary Ann Singleton (Character) 1998
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 1994