Laura Linney: movies and TV shows
Laura Linney has 123 credits in the archive: 74 films and 49 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Masterpiece (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 1993 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | American Classic | Kristen Forrest Bean | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 2026 | American Classic | TV | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2025 | Black Rabbit | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2024 | Suncoast | Kristine | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2024 | Wildcat | Regina O'Connor | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club | Chrissie Ahearn | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2022 | Be My Guest with Ina Garten | Self | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2022 | Bonnie | Self | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2022 | A Farewell to Ozark | Self | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 2022 | The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained | Self - Narrator | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2020 | Falling | Sarah (45 Yrs) | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2020 | The Roads Not Taken | Rita | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2020 | Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 2020 | The Vote | TV | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2020 | Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Hannah Pitt | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2019 | Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2019 | Tales of the City | TV | 6.8 | 55 | |
| 2018 | Olympia | Self | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2018 | Sink Sank Sunk | Mitzi Mills | TV | 1.0 | 54 |
| 2017 | Ozark | Wendy Byrde | TV | 8.2 | 53 |
| 2017 | Ozark | TV | 8.2 | 53 | |
| 2017 | Ozark | TV | 8.2 | 53 | |
| 2017 | Masterpiece | Self - Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Sarah (US version) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2017 | The Dinner | Claire Lohman | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2016 | Sully | Lorrie Sullenberger | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Chief Vincent | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Anne Sutton | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 2016 | Genius | Louise Saunders | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV | 5.1 | 51 |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Mrs. Munro | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 50 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Laura Linney (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 50 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 50 |
| 2014 | The Men in Blazers Show | Self | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Sarah Shaw | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2013 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Self - Letter Reader | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2013 | Morning | Doctor Goodman | Film | 4.2 | 49 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | Daisy | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2012 | The Details | Lila | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | North Pole Computer (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2010 | The Big C | Cathy Jamison | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 2010 | The Big C | TV | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious | Nina Hogue | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2009 | The City of Your Final Destination | Caroline Gund | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 2009 | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | Film | 4.6 | 45 |
| 2008 | John Adams | Abigail Adams | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 2008 | The Other Man | Lisa | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Nanny Diaries | Mrs. X | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2007 | Breach | Kate Burroughs | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Savages | Wendy Savage | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Hottest State | Jesse | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 42 |
| 2006 | Annie Oakley | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Claire | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Eleanor Green | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 2006 | The Armenian Genocide | Maria Jacobsen (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons | Laura Marshall | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Doctor Gupta (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Erin Bruner | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Joan Berkman | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2005 | Mary Pickford | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2005 | How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Clara McMillen | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 2004 | P.S. | Louise Harrington | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 2004 | Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Self | Film | 9.5 | 40 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 39 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 39 |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Annabeth Markum | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Sarah | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | Constance Hallaway | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 2003 | Mystic River: From Page to Screen | Self | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 2002 | RI:SE | TV | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | Connie Mills | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project | Sherry Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 2002 | Woodrow Wilson | Self - voice | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton | TV | 6.6 | 37 |
| 2001 | Wild Iris | Iris Bravard | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 2001 | Maze | Callie | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 2001 | F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams | Zelda Fitzgerald | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Sammy | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Bertha Dorset | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Lauren Hartman | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1999 | Love Letters | Melissa Gardner Cobb | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1999 | Lush | Rachel Van Dyke | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill | Film | 8.2 | 34 |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1998 | Tru-Talk | Hannah Gill | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Marlene (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 33 |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Kate Whitney | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Janet Venable | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1995 | Congo | Dr. Karen Ross | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate | Nancy Lambert Newland | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Charlotte Connor | TV | 7.7 | 29 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Mindy (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 29 |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton | TV | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1993 | Dave | Randi | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | School Teacher | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1993 | Blind Spot | Phoebe | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Lily Magraw | Film | 4.4 | 29 |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Young Teacher | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Martha Bowen | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 24 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 24 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1985 | Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud | Film | 4.0 | 21 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mary Ann Singleton | TV | 6.6 | 18 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 7 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 10 |
| Onward and Sideways | Emma Dretzin | Film | — | — |