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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
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Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
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Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
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Academy Award
Actress in a Leading Role
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Actress in a Supporting Role
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American actress Laura Linney has been nominated and won numerous awards throughout her career in film, television, and stage. She has been the recipient of three Academy Award nominations for her performances in Kenneth Lonergan 's You Can Count on Me (2000), Bill Condon 's Kinsey (2004), and Tamara Jenkins ' Savages (2007).
YearCategoryNominated WorkResultNominatedNominatedNominatedNominatedLaura Linney. Jump to. 45 wins & 122 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2008 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. The Savages. 2005 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Kinsey. 2001 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. You Can Count on Me.
- February 5, 1964
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
Linney has received three Academy Award nominations: for her performances in Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me, alongside Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick; in Bill Condon’s Kinsey, opposite Liam Neeson; and in Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages, with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Linney won numerous critics' awards for her role as Sammy, a single mother whose life is complicated by a new boss and the arrival in town of her aimless brother. On the heels of this success came her marvelous turn as Bertha Dorset in The House of Mirth (2000) , clearly the best performance in a film of strong performances.
- Actress, Producer, Additional Crew
- February 5, 1964
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Jul 24, 2022 · Working through her own character’s lack of control in “You Can Count on Me” two years later, Linney scored her first Academy Award nomination, transforming the minutiae of a single mom’s messy...
She rose to prominence earning Academy Award nominations for You Can Count on Me (2000), Kinsey (2004) and The Savages (2007). She earned acclaim for her roles The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River (2003), Love Actually and The Squid and the Whale (2005).
