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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.| nationality = | citizenship =Brown University (Bachelor of Arts>BA) Juilliard School (GrDip)| occupation = Actress| years_active = 1990–present| spouse = {{ublDavid Adkins2000|end=divorced}}Marc Schauer|2009}}}}| children = 1Romulus Linney (playwright)>Romulus Linney| relatives = Romulus Zachariah Linney (great-great-grandfather)}}Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964)WEB, Laura Linney,www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Linney, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9 December 2021, December 9, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211209160143/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Linney, live, 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 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 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 (2003–2004) 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 is 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).

Early life and education

Linney was born in Manhattan, New York City. Her mother, Miriam Anderson “Ann” Perse (née Leggett), was a nurse at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and her father, Romulus Zachariah Linney IV, was a playwright and professor. Linney would spend summers with her father in New Hampshire and fell in love with the stage, working with the local theatre group beginning at the age of eleven.WEB,movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026206/bio, Laura Linney Biography – Yahoo! Movies, Movies.yahoo.com, April 25, 2010, July 24, 2010,movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026206/bio," title="web.archive.org/web/20100724140022movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026206/bio,">web.archive.org/web/20100724140022movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026206/bio, live, Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2009BOOK, Cloninger Boggs, Mary Olivia, The indubitable Busbees and their kin, M.O.C. Boggs, 1981, 105, Linney’s paternal great-great-grandfather was Republican U.S. Congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney. She has a half-sister named Susan from her father’s second marriage.Linney is a 1982 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School, a preparatory school in Massachusetts (which she serves as the chair of the Arts Advisory Council). She then attended Northwestern University before transferring to Brown University, where she studied acting with Jim Barnhill and John Emigh and served on the board of Production Workshop, the university’s student theater group. During her senior year at Brown, she performed in one of her father’s plays as Lady Ada Lovelace in a production of Childe Byron, a drama in which the poet Lord Byron mends a taut, distant relationship with his daughter Ada.NEWS, Cohen, Patrica, Genuine Actress Flirts With Stardom,www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2010/01/24/genuine-actress-flirts-with-stardom/28918806007/, January 20, 2010, live,web.archive.org/web/20231112005835/https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2010/01/24/genuine-actress-flirts-with-stardom/28918806007/, November 12, 2023, Linney graduated from Brown in 1986.WEB,movies.nytimes.com/person/1548249/Laura-Linney/biography,movies.nytimes.com/person/1548249/Laura-Linney/biography," title="web.archive.org/web/20080213190813movies.nytimes.com/person/1548249/Laura-Linney/biography,">web.archive.org/web/20080213190813movies.nytimes.com/person/1548249/Laura-Linney/biography, dead, February 13, 2008, Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, Rebecca Flint, 2008, Laura Linney, April 7, 2012, and went on to study acting at the Juilliard School as a member of Group 19 (1986–90), which also included Jeanne Tripplehorn.WEB,www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php, Alumni News, The Juilliard School, September 2007, April 7, 2012,juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20111111121334juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php,">web.archive.org/web/20111111121334juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php, November 11, 2011, In 2003, Linney received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Brown.WEB, 02-138 (Honorary Degrees),www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-138.html, www.brown.edu, April 30, 2020, August 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200803015732/https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-138.html, live, She received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Juilliard when she delivered the school’s commencement address in 2009.WEB,www.juilliard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008-09/May2009_commencement.php, Laura Linney to Deliver Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at Juilliard’s 104th Commencement Ceremony, Press Release, The Juilliard School, May 2009, April 7, 2012,www.juilliard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008-09/May2009_commencement.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20110321023038www.juilliard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008-09/May2009_commencement.php,">web.archive.org/web/20110321023038www.juilliard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008-09/May2009_commencement.php, March 21, 2011,

Career

1990s

Linney made her New York stage debut in 1990 as Nina in the Off Broadway adaptation of The Seagull set in the Hamptons. Conceived and directed by Jeff Cohen, the acclaimed production was mounted at the RAPP Arts Center in Alphabet City to great critical acclaim. The New York Times wrote: “Best of all is Miss Linney’s Nina. From a naive, idealistic artist’s groupie with a streak of crazy determination, her Nina emerges as a woman who is a lot stronger and more complicated than the terminally wounded bird-woman that is the character’s traditional interpretation. Though deeply embittered at the end of the play, she is also fortifed by a hard-won self-knowledge. Miss Linney projects the character’s ambiguities with stinging force and clarity. She is clearly a talent of enormous potential.“NEWS, Holden, Stephen, 1990-12-24, Review/Theater; Modern Misery in ‘Sea Gull’ Update, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1990/12/24/theater/review-theater-modern-misery-in-sea-gull-update.html, 2023-03-14, 0362-4331, March 14, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230314000425/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/24/theater/review-theater-modern-misery-in-sea-gull-update.html, live, Linney first appeared in minor roles in a few early 1990s films, including Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and Dave (1993). In 1993, Linney starred in the television adaptation of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton. She returned as Mary Ann Singleton in 1998 in More Tales of the City. In October 1994, Linney guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order (episode “Blue Bamboo“) as Martha Bowen. She played a blonde American singer who successfully claimed “battered woman syndrome” as a defense to the murder of a Japanese businessman.Throughout the 1990s, Linney appeared on stage on Broadway and elsewhere including in Hedda Gabler, for which she won the 1994 Joe A. Callaway Award,.asp “The Joe A. Callaway Award List”{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} actorsequity.org, accessed January 31, 2011 and a revival of Holiday in December 1995 through January 1996 (the Philip Barry play upon which the 1938 movie starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn was based).NEWS, Canby, Vincent, 1995-12-04, THEATER REVIEW;The Wee Problems Of the Seriously Rich In the Frenzied 20’s, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/theater/theater-review-the-wee-problems-of-the-seriously-rich-in-the-frenzied-20-s.html, 2023-01-08, 0362-4331, December 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221231164533/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/theater/theater-review-the-wee-problems-of-the-seriously-rich-in-the-frenzied-20-s.html, live, She was then cast in a series of thrillers, including Congo (1995), Primal Fear (1996) and Absolute Power (1997). She made her Hollywood breakthrough in 1998, praised for playing Jim Carrey’s on-screen wife Meryl Burbank in Peter Weir’s science-fiction comedy drama film The Truman Show.

2000s

In 2000, she starred in Kenneth Lonergan’s film You Can Count on Me alongside Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick. The film was met with positive reviews from critics with an approval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus reading, ”You Can Count on Me may look like it belongs on the small screen, but the movie surprises with its simple yet affecting story. Beautifully acted and crafted, the movie will simply draw you in.“WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_can_count_on_me, You Can Count on Me (2000), www.rottentomatoes.com, March 16, 2019, August 3, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230803230148/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_can_count_on_me, live, Linney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as the small town single mother Sammy Prescott. In 2001, she reprised her role as Mary Ann Singleton in Further Tales of the City. In 2002, she starred in Wild Iris alongside Gena Rowlands and won her first Emmy AwardWEB,www.emmys.com/bios/laura-linney, Laura Linney, Television Academy, March 22, 2019, February 27, 2019,www.emmys.com/bios/laura-linney," title="web.archive.org/web/20190227113156www.emmys.com/bios/laura-linney,">web.archive.org/web/20190227113156www.emmys.com/bios/laura-linney, live, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.In 2002, she starred in the Broadway revival of The Crucible alongside Liam Neeson at the Virginia Theatre, which ran from March 2002 through June 2002. She received a Best Actress Tony Award nomination for her performance as John Proctor’s prudish wife Elizabeth.NEWS, Brantley, Ben, 2002-03-08, THEATER REVIEW; Two Against Mob Rule Who Can Turn Up the Heat, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/movies/theater-review-two-against-mob-rule-who-can-turn-up-the-heat.html, 2023-01-08, 0362-4331, January 14, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230114152936/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/movies/theater-review-two-against-mob-rule-who-can-turn-up-the-heat.html, live, NEWS, Pogrebin, Robin, 2002-05-07, ‘Millie’ Leads the Tony Nominations With 11; ‘Morning’s’ Earns 9, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/theater/millie-leads-the-tony-nominations-with-11-morning-s-earns-9.html, 2023-01-08, 0362-4331, January 14, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230114152930/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/theater/millie-leads-the-tony-nominations-with-11-morning-s-earns-9.html, live, Also in 2002, Linney appeared on Sandra Boynton’s children’s CD Philadelphia Chickens alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. Linney sings the song “Please Can I Keep It?”.WEB,www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7611-2636-2, Children’s Book Review: Philadelphia Chickens [With CD] by Sandra Boynton, Author, Michael Ford, Composer Workman $16.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-7611-2636-2, Publishersweekly.com, October 14, 2002, March 22, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709175339/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7611-2636-2, live, In 2003, Linney appeared in Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River alongside Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Marcia Gay Harden. The film received an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics’ consensus reading, “Anchored by the exceptional acting of its strong cast, Mystic River is a somber drama that unfolds in layers and conveys the tragedy of its story with visceral power.“WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mystic_river, Mystic River (2003), www.rottentomatoes.com, March 16, 2019, June 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230629135056/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mystic_river, live, Linney received a BAFTA Award nomination for her performance as Annabeth Markum, the devoted second wife to Sean Penn’s grief-stricken and revengeful character.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/ian-mckellen-and-laura-linney-among-bafta-nominees-com-117438, Ian McKellen and Laura Linney Among BAFTA Nominees, Andrew, Gans, January 20, 2004, Playbill, March 16, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709051416/https://playbill.com/article/ian-mckellen-and-laura-linney-among-bafta-nominees-com-117438, live, That same year she also starred in the holiday film Love Actually alongside Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, and Liam Neeson.WEB,www.bustle.com/p/laura-linneys-love-actually-comments-will-make-you-feel-better-about-how-her-characters-story-ended-video-15862043, Laura Linney’s ‘Love Actually’ Comments Will Make You Feel Better About Sarah’s Story, Sabienna, Bowman, Bustle, January 19, 2019, March 16, 2019, March 21, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230321015122/https://www.bustle.com/p/laura-linneys-love-actually-comments-will-make-you-feel-better-about-how-her-characters-story-ended-video-15862043, live, She also appeared in Alan Parker’s The Life of David Gale (2003) alongside Kate Winslet and Kevin Spacey.In 2004, she reunited with her Love Actually co-star Liam Neeson in Kinsey, as the title character’s wife. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award. That same year Linney had a recurring role in the comedy series Frasier as Charlotte, the final love interest of Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) durring the 1993-2004 series. She won her second Primetime Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Also in 2004, she starred in the Broadway production of Sight Unseen at the Biltmore Theatre which ran from May 2004 through July 2004. She earned her second Tony Award nomination for her performance.Gans, Andrew; Allen, Morgan; Simonson, Robert. “2004–2005 Tony Nominations Announced; Spamalot Garners 14 Nominations” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104000201www.playbill.com/news/article/92856-2004-2005-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Spamalot-Garners-14-Nominations |date=November 4, 2013}} playbill.com, May 10, 2005NEWS, Brantley, Ben, 2004-05-26, THEATER REVIEW; A Fragile Victim of Love Long Past, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/theater/theater-review-a-fragile-victim-of-love-long-past.html, 2023-01-08, 0362-4331, January 14, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230114212619/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/theater/theater-review-a-fragile-victim-of-love-long-past.html, live, In 2005, Linney starred in Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama The Squid and the Whale alongside Jeff Daniels and Jesse Eisenberg. It received rave reviews from critics earning a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus reading, “this is a piercingly honest, acidly witty look at divorce and its impact on a family.“WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/m/squid_and_the_whale, The Squid and the Whale (2005), www.rottentomatoes.com, March 16, 2019, September 1, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230901180908/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/squid_and_the_whale, live, She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance.WEB, Silverman, Stephen, Brokeback, Housewives Top Globe Nods,people.com/celebrity/brokeback-housewives-top-globe-nods/, People, January 10, 2018, December 13, 2005, January 10, 2018,people.com/celebrity/brokeback-housewives-top-globe-nods/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180110175316people.com/celebrity/brokeback-housewives-top-globe-nods/,">web.archive.org/web/20180110175316people.com/celebrity/brokeback-housewives-top-globe-nods/, live, Linney appeared in the political satire Man of the Year (2006) alongside Robin Williams and the comedy-drama The Nanny Diaries opposite Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans, based on the book by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.WEB,www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=2363, Linney Opens The Nanny Diaries, Cinemablend.com, March 14, 2006, April 25, 2010, May 24, 2011,www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=2363," title="web.archive.org/web/20110524043032www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=2363,">web.archive.org/web/20110524043032www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=2363, live, Also in 2006 Linney played the role of Claire in the Australian movie Jindabyne, alongside Gabriel Byrne. It was shot on location in the town of the same name in south west NSW.File:Laura Linney during the inaugural opening ceremonies.jpg|thumb|right|Linney at the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama ]]In 2007, Linney also appeared in Tamara Jenkins’s The Savages with Philip Seymour Hoffman as Wendy Savage, a struggling playwright. She received a third Academy Award nomination for her performance.WEB,comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13494, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Next is The Savages, Comingsoon.net, April 25, 2010, May 13, 2014,www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13494," title="web.archive.org/web/20140513123136www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13494,">web.archive.org/web/20140513123136www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13494, dead, In 2008, Linney starred as Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams directed by Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables). Paul Giamatti played John Adams. The series was a critical and awards season hit and won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards overtaking Angels in America (11 wins) as the miniseries with the most Emmy wins in history.WEB,www.emmys.com/shows/john-adams, John Adams, Television Academy, March 16, 2019, March 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230315095737/https://www.emmys.com/shows/john-adams, live, She won her third Primetime Emmy Award for her performance. Also in 2008, she 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 Theatre.WEB, Smith, Liz,www.nypost.com/seven/03132008/gossip/liz/watch_the_hot_actress_thrive__101713.htm, Watch the hot actress thrive!, New York Post, March 13, 2008, April 25, 2010, dead,www.nypost.com/seven/03132008/gossip/liz/watch_the_hot_actress_thrive__101713.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20090417143759www.nypost.com/seven/03132008/gossip/liz/watch_the_hot_actress_thrive__101713.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20090417143759www.nypost.com/seven/03132008/gossip/liz/watch_the_hot_actress_thrive__101713.htm, April 17, 2009, Since 2009, Linney has served as host of the PBS television series Masterpiece Classic. She became a popular meme and vine for her introductions when saying, “Hi, I’m Laura Linney and this is Masterpiece Classic”.WEB,www.pinterest.com/pin/23010648066757571/, Pinterest, Pinterest, March 22, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709050555/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/23010648066757571/, live, In 2009, Linney took part of the (We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial) in which she read passages from Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. The event, which was free and open to the public at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. According to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, “The Sunday afternoon performance will be grounded in history and brought to life with entertainment that relates to the themes that shaped Barack Obama, and which will be the hallmarks of his administration.” Obama spoke at the end of the event which featured actors reading historical passages as well as musical performances.WEB,www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99389770, We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration, NPR, January 18, 2009, November 30, 2020, January 21, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210121110708/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99389770, live,

2010s

In 2010, 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. Friedman Theatre from January 28, 2010, through March 27, 2010. She received her third Tony Award nomination for her performance. The play returned to Broadway with most of the original cast in September 2010 and closed on January 30, 2011.Jones, Kenneth. “Broadway’s ‘Time Stands Still’, Acclaimed Drama About War Scars, Closes Jan. 30” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202061031www.playbill.com/news/article/147129-Broadways-Time-Stands-Still-Acclaimed-Drama-About-War-Scars-Closes-Jan-30 |date=February 2, 2011 }} playbill.com, January 30, 2011 That same year, Linney returned to television in Showtime’s half-hour series about cancer, The Big C. She served as both an actress and executive producer on the show. She starred as a suburban wife and mother who explores the emotional ups and downs of suffering cancer, and the changes it brings to her life and her sense of who she is.NEWS, Adam, Bryant, Showtime and Laura Linney to Tackle Cancer in New Series,www.tvguide.com/News/Laura-Linney-Showtime-1009247.aspx, TV Guide, August 27, 2009, August 27, 2009, August 31, 2009,www.tvguide.com/News/Laura-Linney-Showtime-1009247.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20090831095242www.tvguide.com/News/Laura-Linney-Showtime-1009247.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20090831095242www.tvguide.com/News/Laura-Linney-Showtime-1009247.aspx, live, In 2011, she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. In 2013, she won her fourth Primetime Emmy Award for the final season of the series.(File:Laura Linney at the Berlinale party (24766856460).jpg|thumb|left|Linney at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin (2016))In 2012, she starred in Roger Mitchell’s Hyde Park on Hudson alongside Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film also starred Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams and Samuel West. Murray was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance. In 2015, she starred in Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes alongside Ian McKellen. The film received rave reviews, earning an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus reading, “Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the mysteries, and while it may lack Baker Street thrills, it more than compensates with tenderly wrought, well-acted drama.“WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_holmes, Mr. Holmes (2015), www.rottentomatoes.com, March 16, 2019, November 27, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171127042243/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_holmes/, live, In 2016, she appeared in Clint Eastwood’s Sully with Tom Hanks as Lorraine Sullenberger, the wife of Chesley Sullenberger. The film was a critical and commercial success making almost US$240 million at the box office.WEB,www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sully.htm, Sully (2016) - Box Office MOJO, Box Office Mojo, March 16, 2019, January 9, 2018,www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sully.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20180109100130www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sully.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20180109100130www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sully.htm, live, She starred in Genius (2016) alongside Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Dominic West. She appeared briefly in Tom Ford’s critical hit Nocturnal Animals alongside Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michael Shannon. The consensus from the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is, “Well-acted and lovely to look at, Nocturnal Animals further underscores writer-director Tom Ford’s distinctive visual and narrative skill”.WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nocturnal_animals, Nocturnal Animals (2016), www.rottentomatoes.com, March 16, 2019, October 11, 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161011054919/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nocturnal_animals, live, From 2017 to 2022, she appeared in Netflix’s crime drama series Ozark alongside Jason Bateman.WEB,deadline.com/2016/07/laura-linney-star-jason-bateman-netflix-drama-series-ozark-1201783401/, Laura Linney To Star In Jason Bateman’s Netflix Drama Series Ozark, Petski, Denise, Deadline Hollywood, July 27, 2016, August 3, 2017, July 28, 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160728141320/https://deadline.com/2016/07/laura-linney-star-jason-bateman-netflix-drama-series-ozark-1201783401/, live, She was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances in both seasons one and two and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for seasons two, three and four.In 2017, she starred in the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes alongside Cynthia Nixon at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre from April 19 to July 2, 2017. She alternated the roles of Regina and Birdie with Nixon.Clement, Olivia. “Broadway’s ‘The Little Foxes’ Opens April 19” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420131900www.playbill.com/article/broadways-the-little-foxes-opens-april-19 |date=April 20, 2017 }} Playbill, April 19, 2017 She received her fourth Tony Award nomination for her performance.WEB,www.broadway.com/buzz/188895/cynthia-nixon-takes-home-her-second-tony-award-for-the-little-foxes/, Cynthia Nixon Takes Home Her Second Tony Award for The Little Foxes, Broadway.com, March 16, 2019, November 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181105194219/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/188895/cynthia-nixon-takes-home-her-second-tony-award-for-the-little-foxes/, live, In 2018, 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. It previewed on June 2, 2018, and opened on June 6.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/what-did-critics-think-of-my-name-is-lucy-barton-starring-laura-linney, What Did Critics Think of My Name Is Lucy Barton, Starring Laura Linney?, Gans, Andrew, June 7, 2018, Playbill, en, June 13, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709213805/https://playbill.com/article/what-did-critics-think-of-my-name-is-lucy-barton-starring-laura-linney, live, Linney reprised her role as Mary Ann Singleton in the 2019 Netflix miniseries Tales of the City based on the Tales of the City series alongside Olympia Dukakis and Elliot Page.

2020s

In 2020, Linney starred in Falling opposite Viggo Mortensen, who also directed.WEB,deadline.com/2019/03/laura-linney-viggo-mortensen-terry-chen-hannah-gross-falling-1202579844/, Laura Linney, Terry Chen & Hannah Gross Join Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut ‘Falling’, Shoot Underway In Toronto, Deadline Hollywood, Andreas, Wiseman, March 21, 2019, April 18, 2020, May 8, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210508213832/https://deadline.com/2019/03/laura-linney-viggo-mortensen-terry-chen-hannah-gross-falling-1202579844/, live, It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2020.WEB,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538?, Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama, The Hollywood Reporter, Tatiana, Siegel, December 4, 2019, April 18, 2020, December 8, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191208151948/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538, live, She next starred in The Roads Not Taken, directed by Sally Potter, alongside Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning.WEB,deadline.com/2018/12/javier-bardem-elle-fanning-salma-hayek-chris-rock-laura-linney-set-for-hanway-bleecker-street-sally-potter-movie-1202517177/, Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock & Laura Linney Set For Sally Potter Pic; HanWay & Bleecker Street Aboard, Andreas, Wiseman, December 10, 2018, March 16, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709050601/https://deadline.com/2018/12/javier-bardem-elle-fanning-salma-hayek-chris-rock-laura-linney-set-for-hanway-bleecker-street-sally-potter-movie-1202517177/, live, It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 26, 2020.WEB,variety.com/2020/film/festivals/berlin-film-festival-main-competition-lineup-1203485048/, Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara, Variety, January 29, 2020, April 18, 2020, April 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200413150518/https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/berlin-film-festival-main-competition-lineup-1203485048/, live, Its general release was on March 13, 2020, but was pulled from theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, subsequently releasing on video on demand on April 10.WEB,deadline.com/2020/04/the-roads-not-taken-streaming-bleecker-street-exhibition-coronavirus-1202901840/, Bleecker Street Teams With Exhibitors To Stream Sally Potter’s ‘The Roads Not Taken’, Deadline Hollywood, Anthony, D’Alessandro, April 6, 2020, April 6, 2020, January 25, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230125172812/https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-roads-not-taken-streaming-bleecker-street-exhibition-coronavirus-1202901840/, live, In 2020, Linney reprised her role in My Name Is Lucy Barton, returning to Broadway in the American premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Preview performances began on January 6, 2020, with the play officially opening on January 15, Linney received rave reviews from critics, with The New York Times describing her as “luminous”.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/laura-linney-to-return-to-broadway-in-my-name-is-lucy-barton, Laura Linney to Return to Broadway in My Name Is Lucy Barton, Clement, Olivia, April 29, 2019, Playbill, en, June 13, 2019, July 9, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230709105952/https://www.playbill.com/article/laura-linney-to-return-to-broadway-in-my-name-is-lucy-barton, live, For her performance she received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and her fifth nomination for a Tony Award.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/a-strange-loop-the-inheritance-moulin-rouge-win-big-at-2020-drama-desk-awards, A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards, Playbill, June 13, 2020, November 30, 2020, November 15, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201115005503/https://www.playbill.com/article/a-strange-loop-the-inheritance-moulin-rouge-win-big-at-2020-drama-desk-awards, live, WEB,variety.com/2020/legit/news/jake-gyllenhaal-jeremy-o-harris-tony-nominations-1234806325/, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeremy O. Harris, Laura Linney and More Celebrate Tony Award Nominations, Variety, October 15, 2020, November 30, 2020, November 17, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201117011723/https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/jake-gyllenhaal-jeremy-o-harris-tony-nominations-1234806325/, live, In 2020, it was reported that Linney would star in the Irish film drama, The Miracle Club, with Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates. Its plot was described as a “joyful and hilarious” journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.” As of December 2021 it was in pre-production, having received sustaining funding from the U.K. Global Screen Fund.WEB, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith Starring ‘The Miracle Club’ Among Nine Projects Supported by U.K. Global Screen Fund,variety.com/2021/film/global/laura-linney-kathy-bates-maggie-smith-uk-global-screen-fund-1235129755/, Variety, December 9, 2021, 30 January 2022, January 30, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220130063137/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/laura-linney-kathy-bates-maggie-smith-uk-global-screen-fund-1235129755/, live, The Miracle Club premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.WEB, Goldsmith, Jill, 2023-04-18, Tribeca Festival’s 2023 Film Lineup Includes ‘Maggie Moore(s)’ With Tina Fey & Jon Hamm, ‘First Time Female Director’, Marvel’s ‘Stan Lee’ Doc, More,deadline.com/2023/04/2023-tribeca-festival-film-lineup-1235328744/, 2023-04-18, Deadline, en-US, April 18, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230418152938/https://deadline.com/2023/04/2023-tribeca-festival-film-lineup-1235328744/, live, In 2022, Linney made her television directorial debut with the eleventh episode of Ozark’s final season (“Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin’“).WEB, Grobbar, Matt, March 31, 2022, ‘Ozark’s Laura Linney Makes Directorial Debut On Episode Late In Final Season,deadline.com/2022/03/ozarks-laura-linney-makes-directorial-debut-on-episode-late-in-final-season-1234992062/, May 7, 2022, Deadline Hollywood, Deadline, May 5, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220505132101/https://deadline.com/2022/03/ozarks-laura-linney-makes-directorial-debut-on-episode-late-in-final-season-1234992062/, live, In 2023, Linney starred on Broadway in Summer, 1976 written by David Auburn opposite Jessica Hecht. Performances began April 25, 2023 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The run ended on June 18, 2023.

Personal life

Linney married actor David Adkins in 1995; they divorced in 2000.NEWS, Laura Linney: The great pretender, November 25, 2005, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/laura-linney-the-great-pretender-6115995.html,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/laura-linney-the-great-pretender-6115995.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20151003123409www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/laura-linney-the-great-pretender-6115995.html,">web.archive.org/web/20151003123409www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/laura-linney-the-great-pretender-6115995.html, dead, October 3, 2015, October 1, 2015, WEB, Heller, Corinne, OTRC: LAURA LINNEY, 49, WELCOMES FIRST CHILD WITH HUSBAND MARC SCHAUER, KABC-TV,abc7.com/archive/9397758/, October 1, 2015, October 5, 2015,abc7.com/archive/9397758/," title="web.archive.org/web/20151005225644abc7.com/archive/9397758/,">web.archive.org/web/20151005225644abc7.com/archive/9397758/, dead, In 2007, she became engaged to Marc Schauer, a drug and alcohol counselorWEB, Lawrence, Jessica, July 3, 2017, Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery, friendship, and her stellar career,www.you.co.uk/hollywood-veteran-laura-linney-plastic-surgery-friendship-stellar-career/, September 21, 2020, YOU Magazine, en-US, September 23, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200923122500/https://www.you.co.uk/hollywood-veteran-laura-linney-plastic-surgery-friendship-stellar-career/, live, from Telluride, Colorado.WEB,www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052610,00.html, Laura Linney Is Engaged, People.com, August 20, 2007, April 25, 2010, June 6, 2016,www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052610,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160606141040www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052610,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160606141040www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052610,00.html, live, On her wedding day in May 2009, actor Liam Neeson walked her down the aisle.WEB,nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/liam_neeson_walked_laura_linne.html, Liam Neeson walked Laura Linney down the aisle, nymag.com, July 28, 2010, December 30, 2010, November 5, 2010,nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/liam_neeson_walked_laura_linne.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20101105145802nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/liam_neeson_walked_laura_linne.html,">web.archive.org/web/20101105145802nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/liam_neeson_walked_laura_linne.html, live, On January 8, 2014, Linney gave birth to a son.WEB,celebritybabies.people.com/2014/01/17/laura-linney-welcomes-son-bennett-armistead/, Surprise! Laura Linney Welcomes a Son, People, January 17, 2014, January 17, 2014,celebritybabies.people.com/2014/01/17/laura-linney-welcomes-son-bennett-armistead/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160501203230celebritybabies.people.com/2014/01/17/laura-linney-welcomes-son-bennett-armistead/,">web.archive.org/web/20160501203230celebritybabies.people.com/2014/01/17/laura-linney-welcomes-son-bennett-armistead/, May 1, 2016, dead, Linney was a guest and presenter at the (We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial) on January 18, 2009.WEB,www.hbo.com/weareone/,www.hbo.com/weareone/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090118205924www.hbo.com/weareone/,">web.archive.org/web/20090118205924www.hbo.com/weareone/, dead, HBO.com – We Are One, January 18, 2009,

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Linney has received numerous accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has received nominations for a BAFTA Award, and five Tony Awards. Linney has also been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for:

• 73rd Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, for You Can Count on Me (2000)
• 77th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for Kinsey (2004)
• 80th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, for The Savages (2007)

References

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External links

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• www.blackfilm.com/20050826/features/lauralinney.shtml" title="web.archive.org/web/20130909110229www.blackfilm.com/20050826/features/lauralinney.shtml">BlackFilm interview (August 2005)
• combustiblecelluloid.com/interviews/linney.shtml" title="web.archive.org/web/20190524120427combustiblecelluloid.com/interviews/linney.shtml">Combustible Celluloid interview (February 17, 2003)
• Laura Linney Profile by The New York Times Magazine (July 2010)

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