Laura Linney

Laura Linney (2016)

Laura Leggett Linney (* 5. February 1964 in New York City ) is an American actress .

Life

Linney is the daughter of the playwright Romulus Linney and great-great-granddaughter of the politician Romulus Zachariah Linney . She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1986 and then took acting classes at the Juilliard School .

Her cinema career began in 1992 when she starred in Lorenzo's Oil alongside Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon . She was soon seen in exposed supporting roles alongside Richard Gere , Clint Eastwood and Jim Carrey . For the award-winning family drama You Can Count on Me and the biopic Kinsey - The Truth About Sex about the sex researcher Alfred Kinsey , she received nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe . She received another Golden Globe nomination for her role in the youth film The Squid and the Whale . She received the Emmy three times, including a guest role in Frasier .

Linney's choice of roles is essentially shaped by ensemble films . Among other things, she has played the role of Mary Ann Singleton three times in the film adaptation of Armistead Maupin's City Tales . In 2008 she received her third Oscar nomination for the female lead in Tamara Jenkins ' independent film Die Geschwister Savage , again for Best Actress .

Linney was married to actor David Adkins from 1995 to 2000. In May 2009 she married the real estate agent Marc Schauer. Their son was born in January 2014.

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: Lorenzo's Oil (Lorenzo's Oil)
• 1993: Dave
• 1993: Tales of the City ( Tales of the City , TV miniseries)
• 1995: Congo
• 1996: Twilight (Primal Fear)
• 1997: Absolute Power
• 1998: The Truman Show (The Truman Show)
• 2000: You Can Count on Me
• 2000: The nomination (Running Mates)
• 2000: Haus Bellomont (The House of Mirth)
• 2001: Wild Iris - The Dream of Life (TV movie)
• 2002: The Laramie Project (TV movie)
• 2002: The Mothman Prophecies (The Mothman Prophecies)
• 2003: The Life of David Gale (The Life of David Gale)
• 2003: Mystic River
• 2003: Actually ... love (Love Actually)
• 2003-2004: Frasier (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2004: PS - love at the beginning (PS)
• 2004: Kinsey - The Truth About Sex (Kinsey)
• 2005: The Squid and the Whale (The Squid and the Whale)
• 2005: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
• 2006: Jindabyne - Somewhere in Australia (Jindabyne)
• 2006: Driving Lessons - Full throttle into life (Driving Lessons)
• 2006: Man of the Year
• 2007: Nanny Diaries (The Nanny Diaries)
• 2007: Unmasked - Treason at the Highest Level (Breach)
• 2007: The Savages (The Savages)
• 2008: John Adams - Freedom for America ( John Adams , miniseries)
• 2008: The Other (The Other Man)
• 2010-2013: The Big C (TV series)
• 2011: Love and Other Little Things (The Details)
• 2012: Hyde Park on the Hudson
• 2013: Inside Wikileaks - The Fifth Estate
• 2015: Mr. Holmes
• 2016: Genius - The thousand sides of a friendship (Genius)
• 2016: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
• 2016: Nocturnal Animals
• 2016: Sully
• 2017: The Dinner
• since 2017: Ozark (TV series)
• 2018: BoJack Horseman (TV series, episode 5x02, voice)
• 2019: Stadtgeschichten (Tales of the City , mini-series)
• 2020: Falling
• 2020: Paths of Life - The Roads Not Taken (The Roads Not Taken)

Awards

Linney 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival

• 2001: Oscar nomination: Best Actress for You Can Count on Me
• 2002: Emmy - Won: Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Wild Iris
• 2004: Emmy - Won: Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Frasier
• 2005: Oscar nomination: Best Supporting Actress for Kinsey - The Truth About Sex
• 2008: Oscar nomination: Best Actress for Die Geschwister Savage ( The Savages )
• 2008: Emmy - Won: Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for TV for John Adams - Freedom for America
• 2009: Golden Globe Award - Won: Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie for John Adams - Freedom for America
• 2011: Golden Globe Award - Won: Best Series Lead Actress - Comedy or Musical for The Big C
• 2011: Emmy nomination: Best Actress in a Comedy Series for The Big C

Web links

Commons : Laura Linney  - Collection of Images

• Laura Linney in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Laura Linney in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Laura Linney in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Linney in the nndb (English)
• Laura Linney in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} entry at filmreference.com
2. ↑ http://www.gala.de/stars/news/laura-linney-mutter-mit-49-jahren_1046058.html