Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/5/1964
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Laura Linney
Biography
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 Wi...
Known For
The Truman Show
as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Love Actually
as Sarah
Mystic River
as Annabeth Markum
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Munro
Primal Fear
as Janet Venable
Sully
as Lorrie Sullenberger
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner Cobb
Breach
as Kate Burroughs
Absolute Power
as Kate Whitney
Kinsey
as Clara McMillen
The Savages
as Wendy Savage
Blind Spot
as Phoebe
Suncoast
as Kristine
Wild Iris
as Iris Bravard
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
Wildcat
as Regina O'Connor
The Miracle Club
as Chrissie Ahearn
Arthur Christmas
as North Pole Computer (voice)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Erin Bruner
You Can Count on Me
as Sammy
Career Timeline
2025
2022
2020
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
as Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt
Falling
as Sarah (45 Yrs)
The Vote
Role unknown
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator
The Roads Not Taken
as Rita