Laura Linney

Laura Linney

1964-02-05 New York City, New York, USA 71 Credits

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...

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Wildcat

Wildcat

2024

as Regina O'Connor

6.0
Acting

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her moth...

Suncoast

Suncoast

2024

as Kristine

6.7
Acting

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protestin...

The Miracle Club

The Miracle Club

2023

as Chrissie Ahearn

6.2
Acting

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesqu...

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

2022

as Self

4.0
Acting

ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer marks the 20th anniversary of the making of the holiday classic movie “Love Actually” in this primetime special. Featurin...

Bonnie

Bonnie

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

A Farewell to Ozark

A Farewell to Ozark

2022

as Self

6.5
Acting

Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and other cast members open up about the show's characters and creators, plus what they'll miss most.

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

as Hannah Pitt

10.0
Acting

An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

Falling

Falling

2020

as Sarah (45 Yrs)

6.5
Acting

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los An...

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

2020

as Self

Acting

What do Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Patti LuPone and Alex Sharp have in common? They are but a few of the extraordinary actors who have studied und...

The Roads Not Taken

The Roads Not Taken

2020

as Rita

5.5
Acting

The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but str...

Olympia

Olympia

2018

as Herself

8.0
Acting

Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treas...

The Dinner

The Dinner

2017

as Claire Lohman

4.5
Acting

Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As...

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually

2017

as Sarah (US version)

7.0
Acting

Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, act...

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

2017

as Self

6.6
Acting

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the O...

Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016

as Anne Sutton

7.4
Acting

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, s...

Sully

Sully

2016

as Lorrie Sullenberger

7.2
Acting

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River,...

Genius

Genius

2016

as Louise Saunders

6.5
Acting

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

2016

as Chief Vincent

6.0
Acting

After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to u...

Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

2015

as Mrs. Munro

6.5
Acting

In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he re...

The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

2013

as Sarah Shaw

6.0
Acting

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the ...

Morning

Morning

2013

as Doctor Goodman

4.7
Acting

Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance...

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's ...

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson

2012

as Daisy

5.2
Acting

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the ...

The Details

The Details

2012

as Lila

6.0
Acting

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chai...

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

2011

as North Pole Computer (voice)

6.8
Acting

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

Sympathy for Delicious

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

as Nina Hogue

5.7
Acting

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination

2009

as Caroline Gund

5.7
Acting

28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get throu...

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

2009

as Self

4.6
Acting

A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Lincoln Memorial and the Nationa...

The Other Man

The Other Man

2008

as Lisa

5.4
Acting

The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.

Mon Clown

Mon Clown

2008

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf in the 2007 film ...

The Savages

The Savages

2007

as Wendy Savage

6.9
Acting

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries

2007

as Mrs. X

6.4
Acting

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, an...

The Hottest State

The Hottest State

2007

as Jesse

5.4
Acting

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

Breach

Breach

2007

as Kate Burroughs

6.6
Acting

Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpect...

Man of the Year

Man of the Year

2006

as Eleanor Green

5.9
Acting

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he e...

Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

2006

as Laura Marshall

6.1
Acting

A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.

Jindabyne

Jindabyne

2006

as Claire

5.5
Acting

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

2006

as Narrator (voice)

6.2
Acting

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century ...

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide

2006

as Maria Jacobsen (voice)

6.2
Acting

Explores the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I. The film describes not only what happened before, during a...

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

2005

as Joan Berkman

7.0
Acting

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing w...

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

as Erin Bruner

6.6
Acting

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The pri...

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

2005

as Self

Acting

The making of 'The Truman Show'.

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

2005

as Narrator

Acting

It was the golden age of silent film, and she was the world's most celebrated actress. Known as America's sweetheart, Mary Pickford was famous for pla...

P.S.

P.S.

2004

as Louise Harrington

5.6
Acting

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in...

Kinsey

Kinsey

2004

as Clara McMillen

6.6
Acting

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endea...

Mystic River

Mystic River

2003

as Annabeth Markum

7.7
Acting

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

Love Actually

Love Actually

2003

as Sarah

7.1
Acting

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in Londo...

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003

as Constance Hallaway

7.4
Acting

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

as Connie Mills

6.2
Acting

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose reside...

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

2002

as Sherry Johnson

6.3
Acting

"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage versio...

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

2002

as voice

8.0
Acting

A gifted orator, Woodrow Wilson was supremely confident before crowds, yet uneasy in small groups. An intellectual with inflexible moral principles, h...

Maze

Maze

2001

as Callie

5.7
Acting

Artist Lyle Maze is reconciled to a life without romance thanks to his dual afflictions: Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But hi...

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

2001

as Zelda Fitzgerald

5.0
Acting

The dreams that all came true for Scott Fitzgerald - once he was in his grave.

Wild Iris

Wild Iris

2001

as Iris Bravard

7.0
Acting

A depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.

You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me

2000

as Samantha Prescott

6.8
Acting

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

2000

as Bertha Dorset

6.2
Acting

In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her fri...

Running Mates

Running Mates

2000

as Lauren Hartman

5.2
Acting

A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

Love Letters

Love Letters

1999

as Melissa Gardner Cobb

5.3
Acting

An ambitious U.S. Senator reflects back on his life after the death of a woman whom he loved and kept in contact with only through correspondence.

Lush

Lush

1999

as Rachel Van Dyke

1.0
Acting

Among the rich in New Orleans, it's the lush life for Lionel Exley, a golf hustler and heavy drinker. Released from an Arkansas jail, "Ex" returns to ...

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

8.1
Acting

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

1998

as Hannah Gill

6.7
Acting

A promotional featurette for 1998's 'The Truman Show', 'TruTalk' is a "60 Minutes"-style mockumentary taking place inside the film's universe.

Absolute Power

Absolute Power

1997

as Kate Whitney

6.6
Acting

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. H...

Primal Fear

Primal Fear

1996

as Janet Venable

7.7
Acting

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has ...

Congo

Congo

1995

as Dr. Karen Ross

5.6
Acting

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone bers...

A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

as Nancy Lambert Newland

6.1
Acting

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collec...

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as School Teacher

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Dave

Dave

1993

as Randi

6.7
Acting

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Blind Spot

Blind Spot

1993

as Phoebe

6.0
Acting

Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, i...

Class of '61

Class of '61

1993

as Lily Magraw

4.1
Acting

Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot invo...

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

as Young Teacher

7.1
Acting

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the...

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

1985

Acting

The violent love between poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.