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