Linda Emond
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BIO
On Broadway, Linda has starred in Death of a Salesman opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by Mike Nichols; Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes; Life x 3 with John Turturro, Helen Hunt, and Brent Spiner; and 1776, again opposite Mr. Spiner. She has long collaborated with Tony Kushner, beginning with his play Homebody/Kabul. Her off- Broadway work also includes The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui opposite Al Pacino, and in premieres by Craig Lucas, Yasmina Reza, Kander and Ebb, A.R. Gurney, Peter Hedges, and Kushner. In London, she starred in The Master Builder at The Old Vic, opposite Ralph Fiennes. Linda has been nominated for three Tony Awards and has received an Obie Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Backstage West Garland Award, two Chicago Jeff Awards, along with nominations for the Drama Desk, Drama League, LA Drama Critics and LA Ovation Awards, as well as a SAG Award nomination. Feature film work includes Causeway, The Unforgivable, Gemini Man, The Big Sick, Song to Song, Indignation, Three Generations, The Family Fang, Jenny’s Wedding, Oldboy, Stop-Loss, Across the Universe, North Country, City by the Sea, and Julie & Julia. Television: The Miniature Wife (upcoming, recurring), Only Murders in the Building (recurring; SAG Award Ensemble nominee), Death and Other Details (series regular), The Patient (series regular), Lodge 49 (series regular), and The Sopranos. Also recurring roles on multiple Law & Order series, as well as The Gilded Age, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife/The Good Fight, and Succession.
STAGE CREDITS
Additional Credits
Broadway credits include Life x 3 (Tony nomination) and 1776. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures and Homebody/Kabul, along with premieres of works by Craig Lucas, Yazmina Reza, Kander & Ebb, A.R. Gurney and Peter Hedges. Her film work includes Julie & Julia, The Loop, The Missing Person, Stop-Loss, Trade, Across the Universe, North Country, Dark Water, The Dying Gaul and City by the Sea. TV credits include "Georgia O'Keefe," "A Dog Named Christmas," "American Experience: John & AbiGail Adams," and episodes of "The Good Wife," "The Sopranos," "Wonderland," "Gossip Girl" and all four "Law & Order" series.
Movies
[ 1989 ] Gwyneth
[ 2000 ] Martha Holmes
[ 2001 ] Nina Ellington
[ 2002 ] Margery
[ 2002 ] Meredith Price
[ 2005 ] Dr. Foss
[ 2005 ] Leslie Conlin
[ 2005 ] Mediator
[ 2007 ] Lucy's Mother
[ 2007 ] Patty Sheridan
[ 2008 ] Ida King
[ 2009 ] Mrs. Fullmer
[ 2009 ] Simone Beck
[ 2011 ] Margie
[ 2013 ] Edwina Burke
[ 2015 ] Frances
[ 2015 ] Miss Delano
[ 2015 ] Rose
[ 2016 ] Esther Messner
[ 2016 ] Momma
[ 2017 ] BV's Mother Judy
[ 2017 ] Dr. Cunningham
[ 2018 ] Barbara
[ 2019 ] Janet Lsiter
[ 2021 ] Rachel Malcolm
[ 2022 ] Gloria
TV Shows
Headmistress Queller
Rosalie Helton, Carolyn Tyler, Laura Cochran
Dr. Emily Sopher
Connie Clark
Carol Jackson
Judge Leora Kuhn
Agent Hilde Eriksen
[ 2025-2025 ] Diane
Awards and Nominations
Linda Emond, Cabaret
Linda Emond, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman
winner
Linda Emond, Life (x) 3
Linda Emond, Life (x) 3
winner
Linda Emond, Homebody/Kabul
winner
Linda Emond, Homebody/Kabul
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Linda Emond has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Linda Emond has not appeared in the West End.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Cabaret, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures , Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Life (x) 3 , Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Life (x) 3, Performance (Obie Awards) for Homebody/Kabul and Outstanding Lead Actress (The Lortels) for Homebody/Kabul.
Linda Emond has won the Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Life (x) 3. She also received the Performance award from the Obie Awards for Homebody/Kabul. Additionally, she won Outstanding Lead Actress at The Lortels for Homebody/Kabul.
Videos