Laura Linney

Laura Linney

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

The ThumbScore for Laura Linney (72.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 24 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.

24
Movies
72.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

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 (2003โ€“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 24 films with an average audience score of 72.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Lorenzo's Oil
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
๐Ÿ‘ 92%
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
1998
๐Ÿ‘ 90%
Love Actually
Love Actually
2003
๐Ÿ‘ 85%
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
๐Ÿ‘ 85%
Sully
Sully
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 83%
Mystic River
Mystic River
2003
๐Ÿ‘ 82%
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
1996
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
The Life of David Gale
The Life of David Gale
2003
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 78%
Kinsey
Kinsey
2004
๐Ÿ‘ 77%
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
๐Ÿ‘ 75%
Absolute Power
Absolute Power
1997
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale
2005
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
Man of the Year
Man of the Year
2006
๐Ÿ‘ 72%
The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries
2007
๐Ÿ‘ 68%
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes
2015
๐Ÿ‘ 67%
Breach
Breach
2007
๐Ÿ‘ 67%
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas
2011
๐Ÿ‘ 66%
Dave
Dave
1993
๐Ÿ‘ 66%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 65%
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
2013
๐Ÿ‘ 61%
Genius
Genius
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 60%
The Details
The Details
2012
๐Ÿ‘ 60%
Congo
Congo
1995
๐Ÿ‘ 54%
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