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Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.
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Born 5 February 1964 · Q223281
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2026· 3 entries
AOL: Laura Linney Admits 1 of Her Worst Movies Was a ‘Delightmare’
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Yahoo: Laura Linney admits to starring in 'one of the great bad movies of our time': 'It's a delightmare'
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2025· 3 entries
UPI: Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans to star in 'But When We Dance'
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Moviefone: Laura Linney is Reportedly the Latest Cast Addition to HBO’s ‘Lanterns’
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2024· 1 entry
Decider: Laura Linney’s Oscar Campaign for Hulu’s ‘Suncoast’ Starts Now
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2023· 1 entry
Linney starred on Broadway in Summer, 1976 written by David Auburn opposite Jessica Hecht
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2022· 1 entry
Linney made her television directorial debut with the eleventh episode of Ozark's final season ("Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin'")
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2020· 5 entries
But was pulled from theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, subsequently releasing on video on demand on April 10
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With the play officially opening on January 15, Linney received rave reviews from critics, with The New York Times describing her as "luminous"
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It was reported that Linney would star in the Irish film drama, The Miracle Club, with Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates
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Linney starred in Falling opposite Viggo Mortensen, who also directed
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Linney reprised her role in My Name Is Lucy Barton, returning to Broadway in the American premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J
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2018· 1 entry
Linney starred in a monologue play adapted from the Elizabeth Strout novel by Rona Munro titled My Name Is Lucy Barton, at the Bridge Theatre in London directed by Richard Eyre
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2017· 1 entry
Starred in the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes alongside Cynthia Nixon at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J
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2016· 1 entry
Appeared in Clint Eastwood's Sully with Tom Hanks as Lorraine Sullenberger, the wife of Chesley Sullenberger
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Crystal Award (2013).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Big C (2013).
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And from 2017 to 2022 she starred in the Netflix crime series Ozark
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Won her fourth Primetime Emmy Award for the final season of the series
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2012· 1 entry
Starred in Roger Mitchell's Hyde Park on Hudson alongside Bill Murray as Franklin D
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2011· 1 entry
Won a Golden Globe Award for her performance
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2010· 1 entry
Linney starred in the Broadway production of Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies alongside Brian D'Arcy James and Alicia Silverstone at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J
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2009· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards for John Adams (2009).
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Linney took part of the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in which she read passages from Franklin D
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for John Adams (2008).
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Linney starred as Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams directed by Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Misérables)
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Starred as La Marquise de Merteuil in the Broadway revival of Christopher Hampton's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses alongside Mamie Gummer and Benjamin Walker at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theat
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2007· 2 entries
Became engaged to Marc Schauer, a drug and alcohol counselor from Telluride, Colorado
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Linney also appeared in Tamara Jenkins's The Savages with Philip Seymour Hoffman as Wendy Savage, a struggling playwright
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2006· 2 entries
Linney played as Maria Jacobsen for the 2006 television documentary film The Armenian Genocide, broadcast by PBS to spread awareness of the killing of one million Armenians during World War I
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Linney played the role of Claire in the Australian movie Jindabyne, alongside Gabriel Byrne
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2005· 1 entry
Linney starred in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama The Squid and the Whale alongside Jeff Daniels and Jesse Eisenberg
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Frasier (2004).
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Starred in the Broadway production of Sight Unseen at the Biltmore Theatre which ran from May 2004 through July 2004
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Reunited with her Love Actually co-star Liam Neeson in Kinsey, as the title character's wife
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2003· 2 entries
Linney received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Brown
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Linney appeared in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River alongside Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Marcia Gay Harden
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Wild Iris (2002).
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Starred in Wild Iris alongside Gena Rowlands and won her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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Starred in the Broadway revival of The Crucible alongside Liam Neeson at the Virginia Theatre, which ran from March 2002 through June 2002
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Linney appeared on Sandra Boynton's children's CD Philadelphia Chickens alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone
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2001· 1 entry
Reprised her role as Mary Ann Singleton in Further Tales of the City
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2000· 1 entry
Starred in Kenneth Lonergan's film You Can Count on Me alongside Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick
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1998· 1 entry
Praised for playing Jim Carrey's on-screen wife Meryl Burbank in Peter Weir's science-fiction comedy drama film The Truman Show
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1993· 1 entry
Linney starred in the television adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award for Sight Unseen (1992).
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1990· 2 entries
As Nina in the Off Broadway adaptation of The Seagull set in the Hamptons
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Before receiving 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
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1986· 1 entry
And went on to study acting at the Juilliard School as a member of Group 19 (1986–90), which also included Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tim Blake Nelson
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-02-05.
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