Laura Linney is an American actress who has played roles in film, television and theater

Linney started her film career with minor roles in Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Dave (1993), Primal Fear (1996), and Absolute Power (1997). She rose to prominence earning Academy Award nominations for You Can Count on Me (2000), Kinsey (2004) and The Savages (2007). She earned acclaim for her roles The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River (2003), Love Actually and The Squid and the Whale (2005). Linney took supporting roles in films such as Man of the Year (2006), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015), Genius (2016), and Sully (2016).

Linney is also known for her starring roles in television. She came to prominence for her role in the television film Wild Iris (2001) and for her role as Charlotte in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2004). For her portrayal as Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008) she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She earned stardom and acclaim for her leading roles as Cathy Jamison in the Showtime comedy series The Big C (2010–2013) and as Wendy Byrde in the Netflix drama series Ozark (2017–2022).

She made her Broadway debut in the play Six Degrees of Separation in 1992. She went on to receive five Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nominations for her roles in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (2002), Donald Margulies Sight Unseen (2005), and Time Stands Still (2010), Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (2017), and Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton (2020). She also acted in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2008) and Summer, 1976 (2023).