Editing Laura Linney (section)

{{Short description|American actress (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Laura Linney
| image              = Laura Linney Berlinale 2017.jpg
| caption            = Linney in 2017
| birth_name         = Laura Leggett Linney
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1964|2|5}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| nationality        = 
| citizenship        =
| alma_mater         = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) <br/> [[Juilliard School]] ([[Graduate diploma|GrDip]])
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1990–present
| spouse             = {{ubl
|{{marriage|David Adkins|1995|2000|end=divorced}}
|{{marriage|Marc Schauer|2009}}
}}
| children           = 1
| father             = [[Romulus Linney (playwright)|Romulus Linney]]
| relatives          = [[Romulus Zachariah Linney]] (great-great-grandfather)
}}

'''Laura Leggett Linney''' (born February 5, 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Linney |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Linney |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160143/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Linney |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American actress. She is the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Laura Linney|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 (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in 1990 before receiving Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of ''[[The Crucible]],'' the original Broadway productions of ''[[Sight Unseen (play)|Sight Unseen]]'' (2004), ''[[Time Stands Still (play)|Time Stands Still]]'' (2010), ''[[My Name Is Lucy Barton#Stage adaptation|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 (film)|Wild Iris]]'' (2001), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom ''[[Frasier]]'' (2003–2004) and the miniseries ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[The Big C (TV 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 (TV series)|Ozark]]''.

As a film actress, Linney debuted 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 (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004), and ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' (2007). She is also known for her performances in ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' (1995), ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' (1996), ''[[The Truman Show]]'' (1998), ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]'' and ''[[Love Actually]]'' (both 2003), ''[[The Squid and the Whale]]'' (2005), ''[[The Nanny Diaries (film)|The Nanny Diaries]]'' (2007), ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]'' (2012), ''[[Mr. Holmes]]'' (2015), ''[[Sully (film)|Sully]]'' and ''[[Nocturnal Animals]]'' (both 2016).