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Laura Linney

FULL NAME Laura Liggett Linney
BORN 5 February 1964, New York, New York, USA
ASSOCIATION Actress
NATIONALITY American
HEIGHT 170 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES 10 (8)
MAX. RATING

½

MIN. RATING

½

AVERAGE RATING 3.94

 

FILMOGRAPHY (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

YEAR TITLE ROLE

RATING

1993 Dave Randi  
1996 Primal Fear Janet Venable

½

1997 Absolute Power Kate Whitney  
1998 The Truman Show Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill  
2000 You Can Count On Me Samantha Prescott

½

2002 The Mothman Prophecies Connie Parker

½

2003 The Life of David Gale Constance Harraway

½

2003 Mystic River Annabeth Markum

½

2004 Kinsey Clara McMillen

½

2005 The Squid and the Whale Joan Berkman

½

2007 The Savages Wendy Savage

 

PORTRAYAL

Pale and ordinary, but delicately beautiful actress who have kept a low profile since her start in the movies in the 1990s - a strategy which has served her well; with three Academy Award nominations to her name, it isn't just her looks which makes her reminiscent of Meryl Streep. In many ways though, Linney is the unglamorous version of Streep, often content to stay in the background, representing the everyday woman in Hollywood, if you like. Because there is nothing starry about Linney, she communicates real emotion and an understanding of the tangible.

 

AWARDS

The Academy Awards (Oscars)

2000

Nominated for Actress for You Can Count On Me

2004

Nominated for Support Actress for Kinsey

2007

Nominated for Actress for The Savages

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