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Laura Linney
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<p>Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of <a href="/facts/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Laura_Linney/LHIRl6qj">several awards</a>, including two <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Awards/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe Awards</a> and four <a href="/facts/Primetime_Emmy_Awards/4eAaPW0F">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, and has been nominated for three <a href="/facts/Academy_Awards/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Awards</a> and five <a href="/facts/Tony_Awards/Md77rBE0">Tony Awards</a>. </p><p>Linney made her <a href="/facts/Broadway_(theatre)/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> debut in 1990 before receiving Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of <i><a href="/facts/The_Crucible/wXf0fDWu">The Crucible</a>,</i> the original Broadway productions of <i><a href="/facts/Sight_Unseen_(play)/EDa95jJd">Sight Unseen</a></i> (2004), <i><a href="/facts/Time_Stands_Still_(play)/IQlLmA9F">Time Stands Still</a></i> (2010), <i><a href="/facts/My_Name_Is_Lucy_Barton/Kh2DVBLo">My Name Is Lucy Barton</a></i> (2020), and the 2017 revival of <i><a href="/facts/The_Little_Foxes/NbGBX635">The Little Foxes</a></i>. On television, she won her first Emmy Award for the television film <i><a href="/facts/Wild_Iris_(film)/wGRoGPNm">Wild Iris</a></i> (2001), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom <i><a href="/facts/Frasier/VBEd6I7T">Frasier</a></i> (2003–2004) and the miniseries <i><a href="/facts/John_Adams_(miniseries)/s2qCorIw">John Adams</a></i> (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the <a href="/facts/Showtime_(TV_network)/1yjns2Wy">Showtime</a> series <i><a href="/facts/The_Big_C_(TV_series)/yV0ALpro">The Big C</a></i>, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013, and from 2017 to 2022 she starred in the <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> crime series <i><a href="/facts/Ozark_(TV_series)/qAIqdNbE">Ozark</a></i>. </p><p>As a film actress, Linney debuted with a minor role in <i><a href="/facts/Lorenzo%2527s_Oil/r5kvBH50">Lorenzo's Oil</a></i> (1992) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the dramas <i><a href="/facts/You_Can_Count_on_Me/x4wvsjXV">You Can Count on Me</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/facts/Kinsey_(film)/tzprmRM2">Kinsey</a></i> (2004), and <i><a href="/facts/The_Savages_(film)/0hDW2TEA">The Savages</a></i> (2007). She is also known for her performances in <i><a href="/facts/Congo_(film)/Alnok9et">Congo</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/facts/Primal_Fear_(film)/vms4WcpG">Primal Fear</a></i> (1996), <i><a href="/facts/The_Truman_Show/U52ID1om">The Truman Show</a></i> (1998), <i><a href="/facts/Mystic_River_(film)/nd1WIVa8">Mystic River</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Love_Actually/DjvInvbh">Love Actually</a></i> (both 2003), <i><a href="/facts/The_Squid_and_the_Whale/Nd0vVduy">The Squid and the Whale</a></i> (2005), <i><a href="/facts/The_Nanny_Diaries_(film)/bNGXRyEp">The Nanny Diaries</a></i> (2007), <i><a href="/facts/Hyde_Park_on_Hudson/zhah2m7p">Hyde Park on Hudson</a></i> (2012), <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Holmes/0l7mNsRV">Mr. Holmes</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/facts/Sully_(film)/p3DYJTly">Sully</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Nocturnal_Animals/FlrYG6v5">Nocturnal Animals</a></i> (both 2016). </p>