Laura Linney's biography

Laura Legett Linney is 58 years old television actor born at Manhattan. Laura was born on Wednesday 5th of February 1964. According to year of birth 1964 she belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 5th of February means she is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

She is native english speaker. Laura is white american. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know Laura also as film actor, character actor, stage actor. Laura is recently known as actor. Laura received Theatre World Award Sight Unseen in 1992

Laura Linney's dad

Laura Linney's father's name is Romulus Linney. He is known as playwright. Laura´s father was born on Sunday 21st of September 1930 in Philadelphia. Laura´s father died on Saturday 15th of January 2011 in Germantown. Romulus Linney was 47 years old, when this happened.

Laura Linney's schools

We found 4 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Brown University, Juilliard School, Northwestern University, Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Detailed informations about Laura´s schools

Attended and graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (1986).
Attended and graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City (1990).
Attended and graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School (1982). A fellow alumnus is Kim Raver, who graduated in 1985.
Attended Northwestern University for one year before transferring to Brown University.

Laura Linney's career

Laura´s main focus is to be television actor. Laura is famous thanks to Meryl on The Truman Show. You could see Laura also in Sight Unseen, John Adams, Wild Iris, The Big C, Frasier and many more.

Is Laura Linney gay ?

Laura is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Laura Linney's Awards

Was nominated for Broadway's 2002 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying Elizabeth Proctor in a revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".
Won the 1994 Joe A. Callaway Award, for Best Performance in a Classic Drama, for her performance as Thea Elvsted in "Hedda Gabler".
Nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for "Sight Unseen" (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play).
Won a Theatre World Award and received a Drama Desk nomination for her stage performance in "Sight Unseen".
Won both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for her work on The Big C (2010), but not for the same season. Both times she was unable to accept the award in person, due to personal reasons.
Nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for "The Little Foxes" (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play).
Nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for "Time Stands Still" (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play).
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6533 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 25, 2022.

Laura Linney's Nominations

Laura was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work Kinsey in 2004
Laura was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work You Can Count on Me in 2000
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Savages in 2007

What else you don't know about Laura Linney ?

Laura´s middle name is Legett.

What Laura Linney has done for a first time

Four weeks before turning age 50, she gave birth to her first child, a son Bennett Armistead Schauer on January 8, 2014. Child's father is her husband, Marc Schauer.

Laura Linney's quotes

[on her father]: My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with him, but I spent a lot of time around him and his influence on me has been profound.
[on her fame]: I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.
(On making You Can Count on Me (2000)) Kenneth Lonergan and I locked horns. It was about tiny things that would drive me crazy. He was very specific about his script being word perfect.
When you work and live on a film set for 12, 14 hours a day and moving from location to location, it's hard just to exist.
People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.
I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
A lifetime of work, particularly where you get to see an actor grow and change, is better than becoming a rock & roll movie star.
[on how she has benefited from receiving Oscar nominations]: It's helped me to keep working, quite frankly.
Really, any sense of spirituality, which I do have, really comes from the arts that are sort of my inspiration.
I guess whatever sense of community, discipline, the laws of truth for me have come from growing up in an artistic environment with people who are loving and look out for each other.
[on doing different kinds of work]: I just want to say, "Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!"
There are as many bad independent films as there are bad commercial films. I've been in some very good commercial films. Mystic River (2003) is a good movie. The Truman Show (1998) is a good movie.
I have small feet for someone my height. I'm 5'7" and my feet are size 7. I fall down a lot, and I think my balance would be better if my feet were an 8.
[excerpt from 2013 commencement speech] I hope you never give anyone the power to tell anyone how you feel about your own work. That is your responsibility alone. Critics are in a different profession than we are. Don't look to them for your truth.
[on working with Peter Weir on The Truman Show (1998)] Peter sparkles, you just want to keep up with him. That film just grows more relevant with every year. When we made it, that idea was unthinkable.

Laura Linney's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Laura Linney looks. We will focus on Laura´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). She weights 125lbs (57 kg). Body build is slim. Laura´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Laura´s shoe size is 7.

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