Laura Linney
Born 05/02/1964
(60 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Laura Linney is an American actress who works in film, television and theatre. Her film work includes Genius directed by Michael Grandage, alongside Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals and The Dinner directed by Oren Moverman with Richard Gere, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall. She has been seen in Mr. Holmes directed by Bill Condon and starring Ian McKellan. She has appeared in You Can Count on Me, Kinsey, and The Savages, The Fifth Estate, Hyde Park on Hudson, The Squid and the Whale, Mystic River, Absolute Power, The Truman Show, Primal Fear, The Mothman Prophecies, Love Actually, P.S., The House of Mirth, The Details and Congo, among others.
She starred in and produced the Showtime Series The Big C for four seasons for which she won a few awards, as she did for her portrayal of Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams directed by Tom Hooper. Early in her career she starred as Mary Ann Singleton in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series, a job for which she continues to be most grateful and proud. She appeared as Kelsey Grammer's final girlfriend in the last six episodes of Frasier, was directed by Stanley Donen in Love Letters, and starred opposite Joanne Woodward in Blindspot.
Linney has appeared in many Broadway productions, most notably Time Times Still and Sight Unseen both directed by Daniel Sullivan and written by Donald Margulies, and Arthur Miller's The Crucible directed by Richard Eyre opposite Liam Neeson with whom she has worked many times. Other plays include Six Degrees of Separation, Honour, Uncle Vanya, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Holiday and The Seagull.
She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award, three times for the Tony Award, once for a BAFTA Award, and five times for the Golden Globe. She has won one SAG Award, one National Board of Review Award, two Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards. She holds two honorary Doctorates from her alma maters, Brown University and The Juilliard School.
Paramount Pictures
Actress
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2023 |
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields |
2022 |
A Farewell to Ozark |
Bonnie |
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2020 |
Coronavirus, Explained (series) - narrator |
The Race for a Vaccine - narrator (E02) |
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2018 |
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy |
Olympia |
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2017 |
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin |
2013 |
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy |
2008 |
Speechless (TV movie) |
2005 |
The American Experience: Mary Pickford (TV movie) |
2004 |
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter (TV movie) |
2003 |
Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part I |
2002 |
Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century |
2001 |
You Can Count on Me: A Look Inside |
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2012 |
Aimee Mann: Charmer |
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2009 |
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial |
Director
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2022 |
Ozark |
Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin' (S04E11) |
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