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Laura Linney

1964 - Today

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Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA. Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before receiving 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 (2003–2004) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Laura Linney is the 1,364th most popular actor (up from 1,614th in 2024), the 2,546th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,683rd in 2019) and the 670th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Laura Linney ranks 1,364 out of 13,578. Before her are Lyudmila Gurchenko, James Remar, Rosanna Arquette, Gong Yoo, Leif Erickson, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. After her are Rachel Félix, Tina Aumont, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Casey Affleck, and Rosie Perez.

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Among people born in 1964, Laura Linney ranks 73. Before her are Matt Dillon, Yolanda Hadid, David Ellefson, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Marisa Tomei, and Željko Komšić. After her are Rick Riordan, Rosie Perez, Arvydas Sabonis, Wendy Williams, Robert Trujillo, and John Leguizamo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Linney ranks 2,546 out of 20,380. Before her are Rosanna Arquette (1959), Jack Vance (1916), Tex Avery (1908), Leif Erickson (1911), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), and Charles Mingus (1922). After her are Margaret Keane (1927), George Wallace (1919), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Robert E. Park (1864), Tina Aumont (1946), and Ornette Coleman (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Laura Linney ranks 670. Before her are David Strathairn (1949), Mandy Patinkin (1952), Melvyn Douglas (1901), James Remar (1953), Rosanna Arquette (1959), and Leif Erickson (1911). After her are Tina Aumont (1946), Mimi Rogers (1956), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Casey Affleck (1975), Rosie Perez (1964), and Candy Darling (1944).

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