Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
Laura Linney is an American actress who works in film, television and theatre. She was most recently seen in Season 2 of “Ozark,†a Netflix original series where she plays Wendy Byrde opposite Jason Bateman and Julia Garner. Season 3 is set to premiere in late 2019. Also debuting in 2019 is the highly anticipated Netflix revival of “Tales of the City,†for which she served as an executive producer and will star opposite Olympia Dukakis and Ellen Paige. Laura is currently working on the film Molly opposite Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek, slated to premiere in 2020. In June 2018 Laura made her London theatre debut in Richard Eyre’s limited three-week run of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the stage play adapted from the Elizabeth Strout novel of the same name, and opened to rave reviews. Back by popular demand, the show returned to the London stage in 2019. Linney’s numerous film credits include, The Dinner, Nocturnal Animals, Sully, Genius, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, You Can Count On Me, Kinsey, The Savages, The Fifth Estate, Hyde Park On Hudson, The Squid And The Whale, Mystic River, Absolute Power, The Truman Show, Primal Fear, The Mothman Prophecies, Love Actually, P.S., The House Of Mirth, The Details and Congo, among many others. Laura starred in and served as an executive producer for the Showtime Series “The Big C†for four seasons for which she won a few awards. She also won multiple awards for her portrayal of Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries “John Adams,†directed by Tom Hooper. Early in her career, she starred as Mary Ann Singleton in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, a job for which she continues to be most grateful and proud. She appeared as Kelsey Grammer’s final girlfriend in the last six episodes of “Frasier†was directed by Stanley Donen in Love Letters, and starred opposite Joanne Woodward in Blind Spot. She has also appeared in many Broadway productions, most notably Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, Time Stands Still and Sight Unseen, directed by Daniel Sullivan and written by Donald Margulies at MTC. Additional credits include Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, directed by Richard Eyre opposite Liam Neeson, Six Degrees of Separation, Honour, Uncle Vanya, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Holiday and The Seagull. Linney has been nominated three times for an Academy Award, four times for a Tony Award, six times for a SAG award, once for a BAFTA Award, and five times for a Golden Globe. She has won one Screen Actors Guild Award, one National Board of Review Award, two Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards. She holds two honorary Doctorates from her alma maters, Brown University and The Juilliard School.
Laura Linney, Summer, 1976
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laura Linney, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Laura Linney, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laura Linney , Sight Unseen
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Laura Linney, The Crucible
Laura Linney, The Crucible
Laura Linney, Uncle Vanya
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Laura Linney has appeared on Broadway in 14 shows.
Laura Linney has not appeared in the West End.
Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Summer, 1976, Outstanding Solo Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for My Name is Lucy Barton, Outstanding Solo Performance (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for My Name is Lucy Barton, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for My Name is Lucy Barton, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Little Foxes, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Little Foxes, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Little Foxes, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Time Stands Still , Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Time Stands Still, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Time Stands Still, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sight Unseen, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Sight Unseen, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Crucible , Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Crucible, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Uncle Vanya, Outstanding Featured Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Sight Unseen and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Sight Unseen.
Laura Linney has won several awards, including Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for My Name is Lucy Barton, Outstanding Solo Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for My Name is Lucy Barton, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for The Little Foxes, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Little Foxes, and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for Sight Unseen.
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