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).
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suncoast (2024) | Kristine | - | - |
| 2 | Wildcat (2023) | Regina O'Connor | - | - |
| 3 | The Miracle Club (2023) | Chrissie Ahearn | 6 | |
| 4 | A Farewell to Ozark (2022) | Self | 7 | |
| 5 | Falling (2020) | Sarah (45 Yrs) | 7.3 | |
| 6 | The Roads Not Taken (2020) | Rita | - | - |
| 7 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017) | Self | 3 | |
| 8 | The Dinner (2017) | Claire Lohman | 6.3 | |
| 9 | Red Nose Day Actually (2017) | Sarah (US version) | 7 | |
| 10 | Sully (2016) | Lorrie Sullenberger | 7.3 | |
| 11 | Genius (2016) | Louise Saunders | 5.8 | |
| 12 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) | Chief Vincent | 6.1 | |
| 13 | Nocturnal Animals (2016) | Anne Sutton | 7.5 | |
| 14 | Mr. Holmes (2015) | Mrs. Munro | 6.6 | |
| 15 | The Fifth Estate (2013) | Sarah Shaw | 6.3 | |
| 16 | Morning (2013) | Doctor Goodman | - | - |
| 17 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) | Self - Letter Reader | - | - |
| 18 | Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) | Daisy | 5.8 | |
| 19 | The Details (2012) | Lila | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Arthur Christmas (2011) | North Pole Computer (voice) | 7.1 | |
| 21 | Sympathy for Delicious (2010) | Nina Hogue | 6.5 | |
| 22 | The City of Your Final Destination (2009) | Caroline Gund | 6 | |
| 23 | The Other Man (2008) | Lisa | 5.3 | |
| 24 | The Savages (2007) Oscars 2008 | Wendy Savage | 6.9 | |
| 25 | The Nanny Diaries (2007) | Mrs. X | 6 | |
| 26 | Breach (2007) | Kate Burroughs | 7.3 | |
| 27 | Jindabyne (2006) | Claire | 6 | |
| 28 | Driving Lessons (2006) | Laura Marshall | 6.4 | |
| 29 | Man of the Year (2006) | Eleanor Green | 5.5 | |
| 30 | The Squid and the Whale (2005) Oscars 2006 | Joan Berkman | 6.9 | |
| 31 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) | Erin Bruner | 6.6 | |
| 32 | Kinsey (2004) Oscars 2005 | Clara McMillen | 5.3 | |
| 33 | P.S. (2004) | Louise Harrington | - | - |
| 34 | The Life of David Gale (2003) | Constance Hallaway | 7.6 | |
| 35 | Love Actually (2003) | Sarah | 7.4 | |
| 36 | Mystic River (2003) Oscars 2004 | Annabeth Markum | 7.6 | |
| 37 | The Laramie Project (2002) | Sherry Johnson | 9 | |
| 38 | The Mothman Prophecies (2002) | Connie Mills | 6.6 | |
| 39 | Maze (2001) | Callie | - | - |
| 40 | You Can Count on Me (2000) Oscars 2001 | Sammy | 6.3 | |
| 41 | The House of Mirth (2000) | Bertha Dorset | - | - |
| 42 | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk (1998) | Hannah Gill | - | - |
| 43 | The Truman Show (1998) Oscars 1999 | Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill | 8 | |
| 44 | Absolute Power (1997) | Kate Whitney | 7 | |
| 45 | Primal Fear (1996) | Janet Venable | 7.6 | |
| 46 | Congo (1995) | Dr. Karen Ross | 5.7 | |
| 47 | A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) | Nancy Lambert Newland | - | - |
| 48 | Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) | School Teacher | 7.1 | |
| 49 | Dave (1993) | Randi | 7 | |
| 50 | Blind Spot (1993) | Phoebe | - | - |
| 51 | Lorenzo's Oil (1992) | Young Teacher | 7 |
