Laura Linney

Laura Linney made her New York stage debut in 1990 in an Off-Broadway production of *The Seagull*. Early screen credits included *Lorenzo's Oil* (1992), *Searching for Bobby Fischer* (1993), and *Dave* (1993). She starred as Mary Ann Singleton in the television adaptation of *Tales of the City* (1993), reprising the role in *More Tales of the City* (1998), *Further Tales of the City* (2001), and the Netflix miniseries *Tales of the City* (2019). During the 1990s, she also appeared on stage in productions including *Hedda Gabler* and *Holiday* (1995–96), and in films such as *Congo* (1995), *Primal Fear* (1996), *Absolute Power* (1997), and *The Truman Show* (1998).

In the 2000s, Linney starred in *You Can Count on Me* (2000), *Wild Iris* (2002), *Mystic River* (2003), *Love Actually* (2003), *The Life of David Gale* (2003), *Kinsey* (2004), *The Squid and the Whale* (2005), *Man of the Year* (2006), *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), *Jindabyne* (2006), and *The Savages* (2007). She appeared on Broadway in *The Crucible* (2002), *Sight Unseen* (2004), and *Les Liaisons Dangereuses* (2008). On television, she had a recurring role on *Frasier* (2004), portrayed Abigail Adams in HBO's *John Adams* (2008), and became host of PBS's *Masterpiece Classic* in 2009.

Linney starred in the Broadway production of *Time Stands Still* (2010–11) and led the Showtime series *The Big C* (2010–2013), serving as both star and executive producer. Her film work during the decade included *Hyde Park on Hudson* (2012), *Mr. Holmes* (2015), *Sully* (2016), *Genius* (2016), and *Nocturnal Animals* (2016). From 2017 to 2022, she starred opposite Jason Bateman in Netflix's crime drama series *Ozark*. She also appeared on Broadway in *The Little Foxes* (2017) and starred in the stage adaptation of *My Name Is Lucy Barton* in London (2018).

In 2020, Linney appeared in *Falling* and *The Roads Not Taken*, and brought *My Name Is Lucy Barton* to Broadway. She later starred in *The Miracle Club* (2023), which premiered at the Tribeca Festival. In 2022, she made her television directing debut by directing an episode of *Ozark*. In 2023, she returned to Broadway opposite Jessica Hecht in David Auburn's *Summer, 1976*.