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Laura Linney
Birthdate: February 5, 1964

Laura Linney

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1990s
2.9441
8
total ranking of 2.9441
2000s
3.1522
19
total ranking of 3.1522
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Laura Linney is ranked overall as 3.3109 of of 4 stars3.3109

Laura Linney Movie Rankings

1
Laura Linney starring in Truman Show
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.4809 out of 4 stars for Truman Show3.4809
Truman's whole world is a fabrication. Everything in his life is scripted, filmed and controlled by television producers. Until one day, Truman begins to suspect something in his world isn't quite right and discovers his whole life has been a TV show. ...more about Truman Show
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
2
Laura Linney starring in You Can Count On Me
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.1829 out of 4 stars for You Can Count On Me3.1829
A lot happens at once to Sammy, a single mom living in the Catskill town of her birth, where her parents died in a car crash when she was small. ...more about You Can Count On Me
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actress
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  • Vancouver Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
3
Laura Linney starring in Mystic River
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.1132 out of 4 stars for Mystic River3.1132
Childhood friends Jimmy Markum (Penn), Sean Devine (Bacon) and Dave Boyle (Robbins) reunite following the death of Jimmy's oldest daughter, Katie (Rossum). ...more about Mystic River
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
4
Squid and the Whale, The (2005)
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.0711 out of 4 stars for Squid and the Whale3.0711
The patriarch (Jeff Daniels) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. ...more about Squid and the Whale
Actor Awards
  • Austin Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  • Satellite Awards - Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
5
Kinsey (2004)
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.0372 out of 4 stars for Kinsey3.0372
Life story of Alfred Kinsey, a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and a journey into the mystery of human behavior. ...more about Kinsey
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Glitter Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
6
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Laura Linney scores a combined 3.0015 out of 4 stars for Searching for Bobby Fischer3.0015
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. ...more about Searching for Bobby Fischer
7
Breach (2007)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.9492 out of 4 stars for Breach2.9492
Eric is selected to be protege to FBI agent Robert Hanssen. Eric believes he is Hanssen's partner, but soon learns he was hired to prove Hanssen has been selling government secrets to the Soviet Union. ...more about Breach
8
Savages, The (2007)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.9460 out of 4 stars for Savages2.9460
A sister (Linney) and brother (Hoffman) face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father. ...more about Savages
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
9
House of Mirth, The (2000)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.9389 out of 4 stars for House of Mirth2.9389
Terence Davies' The House of Mirth, is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Based on the classic Edith Wharton novel. ...more about House of Mirth
10
Love Actually (2003)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.9026 out of 4 stars for Love Actually2.9026
The characters are falling in love, falling out of love, some are with right people, some are with the wrong people, some are looking to have an affair, some are in the period of mourning; a capsule summary of reality. Love begins and love ends. ...more about Love Actually
11
Primal Fear (1996)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.8658 out of 4 stars for Primal Fear2.8658
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer (Richard Gere) who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy (Edward Norton) accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest. ...more about Primal Fear
12
Dave (1993)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7712 out of 4 stars for Dave2.7712
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. ...more about Dave
13
Jindabyne (2007)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7412 out of 4 stars for Jindabyne2.7412
Stewart Kane (Gabriel Byrne), an Irishman and local from the Australian town of Jindabyne is on a fishing trip with three other men when they discover the dead body of a young woman in the river. ...more about Jindabyne
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Lead Actress
  • Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards - Best Actress in a Lead Role
  • IF Awards - Best Actress
  • Not Available on DVD
14
P.S. (2004)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7352 out of 4 stars for P.S.2.7352
Louise Harrington, a divorced, thirty-something admission's office at Columbia University's School of Fine Arts is intelligent, pretty, and successful, yet unfulfilled. ...more about P.S.
Actor Awards
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
15
Mothman Prophecies, The (2002)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7125 out of 4 stars for Mothman Prophecies2.7125
When John Klein, a Washington Post journalist, and his wife Mary finally find the house of their dreams, they just can't believe their luck. ...more about Mothman Prophecies
16
Absolute Power (1997)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7071 out of 4 stars for Absolute Power2.7071
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. ...more about Absolute Power
17
Laramie Project, The (2002)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.7050 out of 4 stars for Laramie Project2.7050
'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. ...more about Laramie Project
18
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.6810 out of 4 stars for Exorcism of Emily Rose2.6810
A young girl (Jennifer Carpenter) dies under the care of her parish priest (Tom Wilkinson). While attending college, Emily believed she became possessed. After medical care ceases to work, she turned to her faith. ...more about Exorcism of Emily Rose
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
19
Life of David Gale, The (2003)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.3599 out of 4 stars for Life of David Gale2.3599
Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks. ...more about Life of David Gale
20
Congo (1995)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.3090 out of 4 stars for Congo2.3090
Greed is bad, this simple morality tale cautions. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. ...more about Congo
21
Driving Lessons (2006)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.2903 out of 4 stars for Driving Lessons2.2903
We first meet Ben, a shy, bookish 17-year-old, as he begins a very unpromising summer vacation. ...more about Driving Lessons
22
Simple Twist of Fate, A (1994)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.2418 out of 4 stars for Simple Twist of Fate2.2418
Michael McCann is a man who feels totaly betrayed by the world, after his wife revealed to him that their child was not his. A few years after his break up we find him living alone in a small town. ...more about Simple Twist of Fate
23
Maze (2001)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.2013 out of 4 stars for Maze2.2013
Lyle Maze, a sensitive and charming sculptor with Tourette Syndrome, falls in love with Callie, his best friend Mike's pregnant girlfriend while Mike is working in Africa. ...more about Maze
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Nanny Diaries, The (2007)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.1954 out of 4 stars for Nanny Diaries2.1954
Scarlett Johansson is an impoverished New Jersey nanny who goes to work with a posh Manhattan family in this delightful comedy. ...more about Nanny Diaries
25
Man of the Year (2006)
Laura Linney scores a combined 2.0614 out of 4 stars for Man of the Year2.0614
Many talk show hosts harbor lofty ambitions, but few would go to the extremes of Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) in the gentle satire MAN OF THE YEAR. ...more about Man of the Year
26
Hottest State, The (2007)
Laura Linney scores a combined 1.8992 out of 4 stars for Hottest State1.8992
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter. ...more about Hottest State
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Lush (1999)
Laura Linney scores a combined 1.5917 out of 4 stars for Lush1.5917
Among the rich in New Orleans, it's the lush life for Lionel Exley, a golf hustler and heavy drinker. Released from an Arkansas jail, "Ex" returns to the Big Easy and starts a friendship with another heavy drinker, attorney Firman Carter. ...more about Lush
Actor Awards
  • DVD Exclusive Awards - Best Actress