Laura Linney

At 60 years old, Laura Linney has this physical status:

Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress and singer.

She has been nominated for three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards, and four for four Tony Awards. Linney appeared on Broadway in 1990 and later on received Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of The Crucible, the original Broadway performances of Sight Unseen (2004) and Time Keeps Still (2010), as well as the 2017 revival of The Little Foxes.

She received her first Emmy Award for the television film Wild Iris (2001), as well as subsequent victories for the sitcom Frasier (2003-2004) and the miniseries John Adams (2008).

She appeared on Showtime's The Big C, winning her her her fourth Emmy in 2013, and in 2017, she starred in Netflix's crime series Ozark. Linney is also a well-known film actress.

She made her film debut in Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the dramas You Can Count On Me (2004), Kinsey (2004), and The Savages (2006).

Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (2004), Love Actually (2003), The Squid and the Whale (2004), The Nanny Diaries (2004), Mr. Holmes (2015), Sully (2016), and Nocturnal Animals (2016).

Early life and education

Linney was born in Manhattan, New York City. Miriam Anderson "Ann" Perse (née Leggett), 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 dad in New Hampshire and fell in love with the stage company beginning at the age of eleven. Linney's paternal great-grandfather, George Washington, was a Republican in the United States. Romulus Zachariah Linney, a congressman, was a member of Congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney. Susan is her half-sister from her father's second marriage.

Linney, a 1982 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School, a preparatory school in New England, for which she currently serves as the chair of the Arts Advisory Council. She then attended Northwestern University before transferring to Brown University, where she studied with Jim Barnhill and John Emigh as a member of the Production Workshop, the university's student theater company. Lady Ada Lovelace in a production of Childe Byron, a drama in which poet Lord Byron mends a taut and distant friendship with his daughter Ada during her senior year at Brown.

Linney graduated from Brown in 1986. She went on to study acting at the Juilliard School as a member of Group 19 (1986–90), which also included Jeanne Tripplehorn. Linney received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Brown in 2003. When she gave Juilliard's commencement address in 2009, she received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree.

Personal life

Linney married actor David Adkins in 1995; the couple divorced in 2000. She married Marc Schauer, a drug and alcohol specialist from Telluride, Colorado, in 2007. Liam Neeson, an actress, walked her down the aisle on her wedding day in May 2009. Linney gave birth to a boy on January 8, 2014. Linney was a guest and host at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.

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Career

Linney appeared in minor roles in a handful of early 1990s films, including Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and Dave (1993). Linney appeared in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City as Mary Ann Singleton in 1993. In More Tales of the City, she resurfaced as Mary Ann Singleton in 1998. Linney appeared on Law & Order ("Blue Bamboo") as Martha Bowen in October 1994. She played a blonde American singer who sang "battered woman syndrome" as a defense to the assassination of a Japanese businessman.

Linney appeared on Broadway and elsewhere, including in Hedda Gabler, and a revival of Holiday in December 1995, which starred Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the 1938 film "Underground".

She was then cast in a series of high-profile thrillers, including Congo (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and Absolute Power (1997). She made her Hollywood debut in 1998, when she was praised for portraying Jim Carney's on-screen wife in Peter Weir's science-fiction comedy drama The Truman Show.

She appeared in Kenneth Lonergan's film You Can Count on Me with Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick in 2000. The film received high praise from critics with a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus finding, "You Can Count on Me" appears to be appropriate on the small screen, but it is still moving to the director's surprising tale. The film will simply pull you in," it was beautifully acted and crafted. Linney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her appearance. In 2001, she reprised her role as Mary Ann Singleton in More Tales of the City. She appeared in Wild Iris with Gena Rowlands in 2002 and received her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

She appeared in The Crucible's revival in 2002, opposite Liam Neeson at the Virginia Theatre, which ran from March 2002 to June 2002. She was nominated for her role in the Best Actress Tony Award for her role. Linney appeared on Sandra Boynton's Children's CD Philadelphia Chickens in 2002, as Meryl Stine, Kevin Kline, and Patti LuPone. "Please Can I Keep It" Linney sings. "Italian history is part of this story"

Linney appeared in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River with Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Marcia Gay Harden in 2003. The film earned 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics' consensus reading, "Mystic River, a somber tale with impeccable acting, unfolds in layers and conveys the tragedy of its tale with visceral power." Linney received a BAFTA Award for her efforts. Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, and Liam Neeson appeared in the well-known holiday film Love Actually the same year. She appeared in Alan Parker's The Life of David Gale (2003) alongside Kate Winslet and Kevin Spacey.

She reunited with her Love Actually co-star Liam Neeson in Kinsey in 2004 as the title character's wife. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe Prize. Charlotte, the last love interest of Frasier Crane, appeared in the acclaimed comedy film Frasier in the same year as Jessica (Kelsey Grammer). In a Comedy Series, she received her second Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress. She appeared in the Broadway production Sight Unseen at the Biltmore Theatre in 2004, which ran from May 2004 to July 2004. For her appearance, she received her second Tony Award nomination.

Linney appeared in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama The Squid and the Whale with Jeff Daniels and Jesse Eisenberg in 2005. "This is a piercingly honest, acidly witty look at divorce and its effect on a family," it received from critics who earned a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, according to the consensus's verdict. She was nominated for her work with the Golden Globe Award. 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 Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus' book.

Claire Bell was also a protagonist in the Australian film 'Jindabyne' in 2006, along with Gabriel Byrne. In south west NSW, it was shot on location in the town of the same name. In the film, a group of men on a fishing trip make the morally questionable decision not to announce the finding of a deceased Aboriginal woman's body. Claire, the wife of one of the men (played by Gabriel Byrne), struggles to comprehend the reasons behind such eptitude and marriage is brought to a halt. Jindabyne discusses a gulf between articulate women and moody silent males, both the whites and the patronized Aboriginal people, as well as the terrified human race and Australia's vast landscape.

Linney appeared in Tamara Jenkins' The Savages alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman. For her appearance, she was given her third Academy Award nomination.

Linney appeared as Abigail Adams in the prestigious HBO miniseries John Adams starring Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Miserables) in 2008. John Adams was played by Paul Giamatti. The series was a critical and awards season, with 13 Primetime Emmy Awards overtaking Angels in America (11 wins) as the Miniseries with the most Emmy awards in history. She received her third Primetime Emmy Award for her role in 2008. In 2008, she appeared in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, alongside Mamie Gummer and Benjamin Walker at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. Linney has been hosting the PBS television series Masterpiece Classic since 2009. "Hi, I'm Laura Linney, and this is the Masterpiece Classic," she introduced.

Linney performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009, where she read passages from Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was free and open to the public. "The Sunday afternoon performance will be grounded in history and brought to life with entertainment that connects to Barack Obama's philosophy and which will be the foundations of his administration," the White House's Advisory Committee notes. At the end of the festival, Obama spoke directly about historical passages as well as musical performances.

Linney appeared in the Broadway production Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies with Brian D'Arcy James and Alicia Silverstone at the Cort Theatre from January 28, 2010 to March 27, 2010. She received her third Tony Award nomination for her appearance. In September 2010, the play revived with the majority of the original cast members, but it was closed on January 30, 2011. Linney appeared on television in Showtime's half-hour series about cancer, The Big C. She appeared as both an actress and executive producer on the show that year. She played a suburban wife and mother who explored the emotional and physical effects of cancer, as well as the challenges it brings to her life and her identity as a woman. She received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 for her work. In 2013, she received her fourth Primetime Emmy Award for the final season of the series.

She appeared in Roger Mitchell's Hyde Park on Hudson with Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt in 2012. Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, and Samuel West appeared in the film as well. Murray was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his work. She appeared in Bill Condon's Mr. Holmes alongside Ian McKellen in 2015. "Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the mysteries," the film received rave reviews, with an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes as the consensus read. "Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the intrigues, and although it lacks Baker Street thrills, it more than compensates with tenderly wrought, well-acted drama." In 2016, she appeared in Clint Eastwood's Sully with Tom Hanks. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing almost US$240 million at the box office.

Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce, and Dominic West appeared in Genius (2016). Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michael Shannon appeared briefly in Tom Ford's critically acclaimed Nocturnal Animals. With the consensus, "Well-acted and lovely to look at, Nocturnal Animals brings writer-director Tom Ford's unique visual and narrative ability."

She appeared in Netflix's crime drama series Ozark from 2017 to 2022 alongside Jason Bateman. She has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances in both seasons one and two, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for seasons two and three.

Cynthia Nixon appeared in the revival of The Little Foxes in Broadway with Cynthia Nixon at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, which opened on April 19, 2017 and closed on July 2, 2017. Regina and Birdie were interchanged with Nixon as Regina and Birdie. She was given her fourth Tony Award nomination for her appearance. Linney appeared in a monologue play based on Rona Munro's Elizabeth Strout book "My Name Is Lucy Barton," which opened at the Bridge Theatre in London in 2018 with direction by Richard Eyre. Previews launched on June 2, 2018 and then officially opened on June 6.

Linney re-starred in the 2019 Netflix miniseries Tales of the City based on the Tales of the City series, alongside Olympia Dukakis and Elliot Page.

Linney starred in Falling opposite Viggo Mortensen, who also produced. On January 31, 2020, it made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Sally Potter, directed by Sally Potter, and Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning appeared in The Roads Not Taken. On February 26, 2020, it was the world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. On March 13, 2020, it was published in theaters but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was removed from theaters, but it was eventually pulled from theaters, who were on demand on April 10.

Linney reimagined her role in My Name Is Lucy Barton in 2020, as the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre's American premiere returned to Broadway. Preview performances began on January 6, 2020, with Linney's debut on January 15, according to The New York Times, who called her "luminous." She received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and her fifth Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.

Linney will appear in The Miracle Club, an Irish drama film starring Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates in 2020. The film's plot is described as a "joyful and amusing" journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France, enables them to discover each other's friendship and personal miracles. It was still in pre-production as of December 2021, despite receiving additional funds from the UK. The Global Screen Fund.

Linney made her television directorial debut in 2022 with the eleventh episode of Ozark's last season ("Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin").

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