Acting • AGE 62
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated fo...


American Classic
Kristen Forrest Bean
2026

The American Revolution
Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
2025

Black Rabbit
Director
2025

Wildcat
Regina O'Connor
2024

Suncoast
Kristine
2024

The Miracle Club
Chrissie Ahearn
2023

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self
2023

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022

Bonnie
Self
2022

A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self
2022

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Hannah Pitt
2020

Falling
Sarah (45 Yrs)
2020

The Vote
2020

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020

Coronavirus, Explained
Self - Narrator
2020

The Roads Not Taken
Rita
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019

Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2019

Olympia
Self
2018

Sink Sank Sunk
Mitzi Mills
2018

Ozark
Wendy Byrde
2017

The Dinner
Claire Lohman
2017

Red Nose Day Actually
Sarah (US version)
2017

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017

Masterpiece
Self - Narrator
2017

Nocturnal Animals
Anne Sutton
2016

Sully
Lorrie Sullenberger
2016

Genius
Louise Saunders
2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chief Vincent
2016

Mr. Holmes
Mrs. Munro
2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014

BoJack Horseman
Laura Linney (voice)
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014

The Fifth Estate
Sarah Shaw
2013

Morning
Doctor Goodman
2013

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Letter Reader
2013

Hyde Park on Hudson
Daisy
2012

The Details
Lila
2012

Finding Your Roots
Self
2012

Arthur Christmas
North Pole Computer (voice)
2011

The Big C
Cathy Jamison
2010

Sympathy for Delicious
Nina Hogue
2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009

The City of Your Final Destination
Caroline Gund
2009

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009

The Other Man
Lisa
2008

John Adams
Abigail Adams
2008

The Savages
Wendy Savage
2007

The Nanny Diaries
Mrs. X
2007

The Hottest State
Jesse
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Breach
Kate Burroughs
2007

Man of the Year
Eleanor Green
2006

The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006

Driving Lessons
Laura Marshall
2006

Jindabyne
Claire
2006

Annie Oakley
Narrator (voice)
2006

The Armenian Genocide
Maria Jacobsen (voice)
2006

The Squid and the Whale
Joan Berkman
2005

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner
2005

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
2005

Mary Pickford
Narrator
2005

American Dad!
Doctor Gupta (voice)
2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005

P.S.
Louise Harrington
2004

Kinsey
Clara McMillen
2004

Mystic River
Annabeth Markum
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003

Love Actually
Sarah
2003

The Life of David Gale
Constance Hallaway
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003

The Mothman Prophecies
Connie Mills
2002

The Laramie Project
Sherry Johnson
2002

Woodrow Wilson
Self - voice
2002

Maze
Callie
2001

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Zelda Fitzgerald
2001

Further Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
2001

Wild Iris
Iris Bravard
2001

The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
2000

Running Mates
Lauren Hartman
2000

You Can Count on Me
Sammy
2000

Love Letters
Melissa Gardner Cobb
1999

Lush
Rachel Van Dyke
1999

Tru-Talk
Hannah Gill
1998

More Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1998

The Truman Show
Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
1998

The View
Self
1997

Absolute Power
Kate Whitney
1997

King of the Hill
Marlene (voice)
1997

The Daily Show
Self
1996

Primal Fear
Janet Venable
1996

Congo
Dr. Karen Ross
1995

A Simple Twist of Fate
Nancy Lambert Newland
1994

Tales of the City
Mary Ann Singleton
1993

Frasier
Charlotte Connor
1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer
School Teacher
1993

Dave
Randi
1993

Blind Spot
Phoebe
1993

Class of '61
Lily Magraw
1993

Lorenzo's Oil
Young Teacher
1992

Law & Order
Martha Bowen
1990

American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956

The Oscars
Self
1953