Laura Leggett Linney (born February , ) is an American actress and
singer. She is the recipient of 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
debut in before going on to receive Tony Award nominations for the
revival of The Crucible, the original Broadway productions of Sight
Unseen () and Time Stands Still (), and the revival of The Little
Foxes. On television, she won her first Emmy Award for the television
film Wild Iris (), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom Frasier
(â€") and the miniseries John Adams (). From to , she starred in the
Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in , and in
she began starring in the Netflix crime series Ozark.Linney is also an
established film actress. She made her film debut with a minor role in
Lorenzo's Oil () and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for
the dramas You Can Count On Me (), Kinsey (), and The Savages (). Her
other films include Primal Fear (), The Truman Show (), Mystic River
and Love Actually (both ), The Squid and the Whale (), The Nanny
Diaries (), Hyde Park on Hudson (), Mr. Holmes (), Sully and Nocturnal
Animals (both ).
singer. She is the recipient of 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
debut in before going on to receive Tony Award nominations for the
revival of The Crucible, the original Broadway productions of Sight
Unseen () and Time Stands Still (), and the revival of The Little
Foxes. On television, she won her first Emmy Award for the television
film Wild Iris (), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom Frasier
(â€") and the miniseries John Adams (). From to , she starred in the
Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in , and in
she began starring in the Netflix crime series Ozark.Linney is also an
established film actress. She made her film debut with a minor role in
Lorenzo's Oil () and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for
the dramas You Can Count On Me (), Kinsey (), and The Savages (). Her
other films include Primal Fear (), The Truman Show (), Mystic River
and Love Actually (both ), The Squid and the Whale (), The Nanny
Diaries (), Hyde Park on Hudson (), Mr. Holmes (), Sully and Nocturnal
Animals (both ).
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