Laura Linney

Laura Linney

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Birthday: 
5 February 1964, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: 
Laura Leggett Linney
Height: 
170 cm
Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent playwright Romulus Linney, whose own great-grandfather was a congressman from North Carolina. Her mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), is a nurse. Although she did not live in her father's house (her parents having divorced when sh... Show more »
Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent playwright Romulus Linney, whose own great-grandfather was a congressman from North Carolina. Her mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), is a nurse. Although she did not live in her father's house (her parents having divorced when she was an infant), Linney's world revolved, in part, around his profession from the earliest age. She graduated from Brown University in 1986 and studied acting at Juilliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow and, thereafter, embarked on a career on the Broadway stage receiving favorable notices for her work in such plays as "Hedda Gabler" and "Six Degrees of Separation".Linney's film career began in the early 1990s with small roles in Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and Dave (1993). She landed the role of Mary Anne Singleton in the PBS film adaptations of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" series, playing her in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993), Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001). Linney's first substantial big-screen role was as the ex-girlfriend of Richard Gere's character in Primal Fear (1996) and her superb performance brought her praise and a better selection of roles. Clint Eastwood chose Linney to play his daughter, another prominent role, in 1997's Absolute Power (1997), followed by another second billing in the following year's The Truman Show (1998).Always a strong performer, Linney truly came into her own after 2000, starting the decade auspiciously with her widely-praised, arguably flawless performance in You Can Count on Me (2000). She found herself nominated for an Academy Award for this, her first lead role, for which her salary had been $10,000. Linney won numerous critics' awards for her role as Sammy, a single mother whose life is complicated by a new boss and the arrival in town of her aimless brother. On the heels of this success came her marvelous turn as Bertha Dorset in The House of Mirth (2000), clearly the best performance in a film of strong performances. Since then, Linney has frequently been offered challenging dramatic roles, and always rises to the occasion, such as in Mystic River (2003), in which she worked again with Clint Eastwood, and Kinsey (2004), for which she received another Academy Award nomination. Show less «

Laura Linney's FILMOGRAPHY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 11

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Finding Your Roots - Season 10

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Suncoast (2024)

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The Kelly Clarkson Show - Season 5

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Watch What Happens: Live - Season 21

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Whos Talking to Chris Wallace - Season 5

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The Talk - Season 14

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Lorraine - Season 14

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 10

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Finding Your Roots - Season 9

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American Experience - Season 35

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Portrait Artist of the Year - Season 10

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 31

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American Masters - Season 37

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Be My Guest with Ina Garten - Season 3

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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields - Season 1

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American Dad - Season 20

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 9

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The Miracle Club

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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 11

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Watch What Happens: Live - Season 20

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 9

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Finding Your Roots - Season 8

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Laura Linney'S roles

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Erin Bruner
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Meryl Burbank
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Janet Venable
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Kate Burroughs
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Mrs. Munro
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Daisy
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Annabeth Markum
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Marlene
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Nina Hogue
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Claire
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Charlotte
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Anne Sutton
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Wendy Byrde
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