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===1990s=== Linney made her New York stage debut in 1990 as Nina in the Off Broadway adaptation of ''[[The Seagull]]'' set in the Hamptons. Conceived and directed by [[Jeff Cohen (playwright and theater director)|Jeff Cohen]], the acclaimed production was mounted at the RAPP Arts Center in Alphabet City to great critical acclaim. ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Best of all is Miss Linney's Nina. From a naive, idealistic artist's groupie with a streak of crazy determination, her Nina emerges as a woman who is a lot stronger and more complicated than the terminally wounded bird-woman that is the character's traditional interpretation. Though deeply embittered at the end of the play, she is also fortified by a hard-won self-knowledge. Miss Linney projects the character's ambiguities with stinging force and clarity. She is clearly a talent of enormous potential."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=1990-12-24 |title=Review/Theater; Modern Misery in 'Sea Gull' Update |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/24/theater/review-theater-modern-misery-in-sea-gull-update.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314000425/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/24/theater/review-theater-modern-misery-in-sea-gull-update.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Linney first appeared in minor roles in a few early 1990s films, including ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992), ''[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]'' (1993), and ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' (1993). In 1993, Linney starred in the [[Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)|television adaptation]] of [[Armistead Maupin]]'s ''[[Tales of the City]]'' as Mary Ann Singleton. She returned as Mary Ann Singleton in 1998 in ''[[More Tales of the City (miniseries)|More Tales of the City]]''. In October 1994, Linney guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Law & Order]]'' (episode "Blue Bamboo") as Martha Bowen. She played a blonde American singer who successfully claimed "[[battered person syndrome|battered woman syndrome]]" as a defense to the murder of a Japanese businessman. Throughout the 1990s, Linney appeared on stage on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and elsewhere including in ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', for which she won the 1994 [[Joe A. Callaway Award]],<ref>[http://www.actorsequity.org/aboutequity/equityawards/callaway_award .asp "The Joe A. Callaway Award List"]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} actorsequity.org, accessed January 31, 2011</ref> and a revival of ''Holiday'' in December 1995 through January 1996 (the Philip Barry play upon which the [[Holiday (1938 film)|1938 movie]] starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]] was based).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1995-12-04|title=THEATER REVIEW;The Wee Problems Of the Seriously Rich In the Frenzied 20's|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/theater/theater-review-the-wee-problems-of-the-seriously-rich-in-the-frenzied-20-s.html|access-date=2023-01-08|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164533/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/theater/theater-review-the-wee-problems-of-the-seriously-rich-in-the-frenzied-20-s.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She was then cast in a series of thrillers, including ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' (1995), ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' (1996) and ''[[Absolute Power (film)|Absolute Power]]'' (1997). She made her [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] breakthrough in 1998, praised for playing [[Jim Carrey]]'s on-screen wife Meryl Burbank in [[Peter Weir]]'s science-fiction comedy drama film ''[[The Truman Show]]''.<ref name=actors/>
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