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Laura Linney

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... more

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 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 (2003–04) 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's 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).

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The Truman Show
(1998)
Comedy, Drama
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend is really an actor, paid to be part of his...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Peter Weir
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris
8.1
94%
90
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Mystic River
(2003)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Chapman
7.9
88%
84
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Love Actually
(2003)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
'Love Actually' follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives, in various loosely and interrelated tales, all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Runtime:
135 min
Director:
Richard Curtis
Cast:
Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson
7.6
64%
55
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Primal Fear
(1996)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters e...
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Gregory Hoblit
Cast:
Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard
7.7
76%
47
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Sully
(2016)
Drama, History
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigat...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Jerry Ferrara, Aaron Eckhart, Autumn Reeser
7.5
85%
74
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The Life of David Gale
(2003)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Alan Parker
Cast:
Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Rhona Mitra
7.5
19%
31
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The Squid and the Whale
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
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 with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Noah Baumbach
Cast:
Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin
7.3
92%
82
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
(2005)
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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 priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is t...
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Scott Derrickson
Cast:
Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Kenneth Welsh
6.7
20%
46
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John Adams
(2008)
Drama, History
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Runtime:
501 min
Director:
Tom Hooper
Cast:
Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson, David Morse
8.6
N/A
N/A
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Breach
(2007)
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Billy Ray
Cast:
Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert
7.0
84%
74
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Drama
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Steven Zaillian
Cast:
Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne
7.4
100%
89
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Kinsey
(2004)
Drama
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 endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Bill Condon
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton
7.1
90%
79
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Mr. Holmes
(2015)
Drama, Mystery
The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond ...
Runtime:
104 min
6.9
N/A
67
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You Can Count on Me
(2000)
Drama, Family
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Kenneth Lonergan
Cast:
Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Jon Tenney
7.5
95%
85
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Arthur Christmas
(2011)
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthori...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Barry Cook, Sarah Smith
Cast:
Bill Nighy, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Ramona Marquez
7.1
92%
69
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Dave
(1993)
Comedy
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 President of the United States.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Cast:
Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames
6.8
95%
76
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The Savages
(2007)
Drama
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Tamara Jenkins
Cast:
Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Cara Seymour, David Zayas
7.1
90%
85
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Absolute Power
(1997)
Action, Crime, Drama
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. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Laura Linney
6.7
56%
52
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The Mothman Prophecies
(2002)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
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 residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Mark Pellington
Cast:
Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Bob Tracey, Debra Messing
6.4
52%
52
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Lorenzo's Oil
(1992)
Drama
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7, until he started experiencing blackouts, memory lapses and other strange mental phenomena. Eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD—an extremely rare and incurable degenerative brain disorders—his parents, frustrated at the failings of conventional medicine, start their quest for a...
Runtime:
135 min
Director:
George Miller
Cast:
Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte, Peter Ustinov, Ann Hearn, Maduka Steady
7.3
92%
80
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The Nanny Diaries
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Cast:
Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Chris Evans, Paul Giamatti, Chris Evans
6.2
N/A
46
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Man of the Year
(2006)
Comedy, Romance, Thriller
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 expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum
6.2
21%
39
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The Fifth Estate
(2013)
Drama, Thriller
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Bill Condon
Cast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Dan Stevens, Daniel Brühl, Alicia Vikander, Carice van Houten
6.2
37%
49
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Driving Lessons
(2006)
Comedy, Drama
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.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Jeremy Brock
Cast:
Laura Linney, Rupert Grint, Julie Walters, Michelle Duncan, Oliver Milburn
6.7
48%
56
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Congo
(1995)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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 berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Frank Marshall
Cast:
Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov
5.3
22%
22
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The House of Mirth
(2000)
Drama, Romance
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Terence Davies
Cast:
Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia
7.0
82%
78
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The Laramie Project
(2002)
Crime, Drama
"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 version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year p...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Moisés Kaufman
Cast:
Kathleen Chalfant, Christina Ricci, Laura Linney, Peter Fonda, Steve Buscemi
7.1
92%
N/A
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The Details
(2011)
Comedy, Drama
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 chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Jacob Aaron Estes
Cast:
Elizabeth Banks, Kerry Washington, Tobey Maguire, Ray Liotta, Laura Linney
6.2
46%
56
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Hyde Park on Hudson
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, History
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 United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Runtime:
94 min
5.9
37%
55
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Jindabyne
(2006)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. The story of a murder and a ma...
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Ray Lawrence
Cast:
Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, Leah Purcell, Stelios Yiakmis
6.3
65%
65
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The Other Man
(2008)
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Richard Eyre
Cast:
Romola Garai, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Abigail Canton
5.4
15%
34
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Red Nose Day Actually
(2017)
Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
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, actually exists.
Runtime:
15 min
Cast:
Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson
7.2
N/A
N/A
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P.S.
(2004)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Thirty-nine-year old divorcé Louise Harrington (Linney) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is unnerved when she receives an application from F. Scott Feinstadt, the same name of her high school sweetheart who was killed in a car crash, and calls the student to arrange an interview. His appeara...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Dylan Kidd
Cast:
Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Lois Smith, Paul Rudd, Topher Grace
6.1
54%
55
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Tales of the City
(1993)
Drama
The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco. Based on the book by Armistead Maupin (A Man I Dreamt Up).
Runtime:
360 min
Director:
Alastair Reid
Cast:
Laura Linney
8.8
N/A
N/A
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A Simple Twist of Fate
(1994)
Comedy, Family
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 collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, a...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Gillies MacKinnon
Cast:
Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin
6.3
43%
N/A
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The City of Your Final Destination
(2009)
Drama
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 through to three people who were close to Gund - his brother, widow, and younger mistress - so he can get authorization to write the biography.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
James Ivory
Cast:
Nicholas Blandullo, Sofia Viruboff, Omar Metwally, Alexandra Maria Lara, Charlotte Gainsbourg
6.4
38%
52
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The Hottest State
(2006)
Drama, Music, Romance
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Ethan Hawke
Cast:
Mark Webber, Daniel Ross Owens, Glen Powell, Sônia Braga, Ethan Hawke
6.1
32%
45
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Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City
(1998)
In this sequel to the controversial PBS mini-series, Mona Ramsey is on a cross-country trip that takes her to a brothel which may hold a secret about her past. Michael "Mouse" Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton go on a cruise where they meet up with lovers old and new. Back in San Francisco, Brian Hawkins becomes involved with a mysteriou...
Runtime:
330 min
8.0
N/A
N/A
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Further Tales of the City
(2001)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
This sequel to More Tales of the City finds Mary Ann (Laura Linney) struggling to advance in her new career on television, while Michael (Paul Hopkins) is playing the field after his break-up with Jon (Billy Campbell). After her divorce, Prue (Mary Kay Place) finds comfort in a mysterious stranger. DeDe (Barbara Garrick) returns with a...
Runtime:
180 min
7.9
N/A
N/A
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Sympathy for Delicious
(2010)
Drama
A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Mark Ruffalo
Cast:
Christopher Thornton, Mark Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney
5.8
32%
44