The Truman Show1998
As Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Laura Linney
Born
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 Wild Iris (2001), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom Frasier (2003–04) and the miniseries John Adams (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013, and from 2017 to 2022 she starred in the Netflix crime series Ozark. Linney is also an established film actress. She made her film debut with a minor role in Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the dramas You Can Count on Me (2000), Kinsey (2004), and The Savages (2007). She's also known for her performances in Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River and Love Actually (both 2003), The Squid and the Whale (2005), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015), Sully and Nocturnal Animals (both 2016).
Filmography (77)
Primal Fear1996
As Janet Venable
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Love Actually2003
As Sarah
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Sully2016
As Lorrie Sullenberger
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Mystic River2003
As Annabeth Markum
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Nocturnal Animals2016
As Anne Sutton
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows2016
As Chief Vincent
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Arthur Christmas2011
As North Pole Computer (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Exorcism of Emily Rose2005
As Erin Bruner
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Absolute Power1997
As Kate Whitney
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mr. Holmes2015
As Mrs. Munro
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Congo1995
As Dr. Karen Ross
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Breach2007
As Kate Burroughs
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Euphoria: A Look Back2026
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Squid and the Whale2005
As Joan Berkman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Mothman Prophecies2002
As Connie Mills
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Man of the Year2006
As Eleanor Green
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Fifth Estate2013
As Sarah Shaw
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dave1993
As Randi
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Life of David Gale2003
As Constance Hallaway
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Genius2016
As Louise Saunders
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Nanny Diaries2007
As Mrs. X
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Other Man2008
As Lisa
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Miracle Club2023
As Chrissie Ahearn
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Searching for Bobby Fischer1993
As School Teacher
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Dinner2017
As Claire Lohman
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Lorenzo's Oil1992
As Young Teacher
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Kinsey2004
As Clara McMillen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Falling2020
As Sarah (45 Yrs)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Savages2007
As Wendy Savage
TMDb 6.9 / 10
You Can Count on Me2000
As Sammy
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Suncoast2024
As Kristine
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hyde Park on Hudson2012
As Daisy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The City of Your Final Destination2009
As Caroline Gund
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Simple Twist of Fate1994
As Nancy Lambert Newland
TMDb 6.1 / 10
P.S.2004
As Louise Harrington
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Red Nose Day Actually2017
As Sarah (US version)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bonnie2022
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Jindabyne2006
As Claire
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Roads Not Taken2020
As Rita
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Olympia2018
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The House of Mirth2000
As Bertha Dorset
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Driving Lessons2006
As Laura Marshall
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Details2012
As Lila
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Onwards and Sideways2026
As Emma Dretzin
The Laramie Project2002
As Sherry Johnson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Wildcat2024
As Regina O'Connor
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Farewell to Ozark2022
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Hottest State2007
As Jesse
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013
As Self - Letter Reader
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mary Pickford2005
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Annie Oakley2006
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sympathy for Delicious2010
As Nina Hogue
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Running Mates2000
As Lauren Hartman
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2017
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk1998
As Hannah Gill
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Armenian Genocide2006
As Maria Jacobsen (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rode to Ruin
Rode to Ruin2027
The Joy of Sex
The Joy of SexRelease date TBA
As Ruth Comfort
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020
As Hannah Pitt
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy2020
As Self
Wild Iris2001
As Iris Bravard
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Lush1999
As Rachel Van Dyke
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Class of '611993
As Lily Magraw
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Morning2013
As Doctor Goodman
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Woodrow Wilson2002
As Self - voice
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Maze2001
As Callie
TMDb 5.8 / 10
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial2009
As Self
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Blind Spot1993
As Phoebe
TMDb 6.2 / 10
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'2005
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud1985
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface2004
As Self
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Love Letters1999
As Melissa Gardner Cobb
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Mystic River: From Page to Screen2003
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment
Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment2020
As Narrator
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams2001
As Zelda Fitzgerald
TMDb 5.0 / 10
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