Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Actor (b. 1964)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Laura Linney (71.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 30 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Laura's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

30
Movies
71.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Laura Linney’s films lower than 53% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): The Truman Show (Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV) · The Mothman Prophecies (YouTube, The CW, Prime Video (free), Tubi) · Primal Fear (Kanopy, Hoopla) · Mystic River (Tubi) · Sully (YouTube) · Kinsey (Hoopla) and 8 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Clint Eastwood (4)Bill Condon (3)Dennis Haysbert (3)Ed Harris (2)Paul Giamatti (2)

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 for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards. Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before going on to receive 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 (2003–04) 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. Linney is also an established film actress. She made her film debut 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 (2004), and The Savages (2007). She's also known for her performances in Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River and Love Actually (both 2003), The Squid and the Whale (2005), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015), Sully and Nocturnal Animals (both 2016).

Born 1964-02-05 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

On ThumbScore, Laura Linney appears in 30 films with an average audience score of 71.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Laura Linney movie, ranked by audience score

Lorenzo's Oil
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
👍 92%
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
1998
👍 90%
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
👍 85%
Love Actually
Love Actually
2003
👍 84%
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
1996
👍 81%
The Life of David Gale
The Life of David Gale
2003
👍 81%
Mystic River
Mystic River
2003
👍 80%
Sully
Sully
2016
👍 78%
Kinsey
Kinsey
2004
👍 77%
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
👍 75%
Absolute Power
Absolute Power
1997
👍 74%
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale
2005
👍 72%
Man of the Year
Man of the Year
2006
👍 72%
The Savages
The Savages
2007
👍 72%
You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me
2000
👍 71%
A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
👍 70%
The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries
2007
👍 68%
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes
2015
👍 67%
Breach
Breach
2007
👍 67%
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals
2016
👍 66%
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas
2011
👍 66%
Dave
Dave
1993
👍 66%
Driving Lessons
Driving Lessons
2006
👍 66%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
👍 65%
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
2013
👍 61%
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
👍 61%
Genius
Genius
2016
👍 60%
The Details
The Details
2012
👍 60%
The Other Man
The Other Man
2008
👍 58%
Congo
Congo
1995
👍 54%