Laura Linney

In 2008, Laura won another Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie playing Abigail Adams on John Adams.

Laura has won two Emmy Awards. In 2002, she won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Wild Iris. In 2004, she won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Frasier.

Laura has been nominated for three SAG Awards. In 2001, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for You Can Count On Me. In 2004, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Mystic River. In 2005, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Kinsey.

Laura has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2001, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for You Can Count On Me. In 2005, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Kinsey. In 2006, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Squid and The Whale.

Laura has been nominated for three Academy Awards. In 2001, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for You Can Count On Me. In 2005, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Kinsey. In 2008, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Savages.

Laura and boyfriend Marc Schauer announced their engagement in August, 2007. This will be the second marriage for Laura, who was previously married to David Adkins.

Laura played a police officer in the film The Laramie Project. The film was based on a play about the gay-bashing murder of Wyoming college student Mathew Shepard.

Laura was in the horror movie The Mothman Prophecies with Richard Gere. She played a police officer named Connie Mills.

Laura earned $10,000 playing Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott in the 2000 flickYou Can Count On Me.

Laura is 5 Feet 7 Inches or 1.70 millimeters.

Laura worked as a waitress in Manhattan when she was twenty-three.

Laura's roommate at Juilliard School was actress Jeanne Tripplehorn.

In school Laura said she was the worst at reading and writing in her class.

Laura has a yellow labrador dog that she named after the actress Eleanor Duse.

Laura gained thirty pounds for her role in Kinsey which she mainly gained by eating Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts.

Laura married actor David Adkins in 1995. They divorced in 2000. They had no children together.

Laura takes her coffee very light with one sugar.

Laura hates having her picture taken.

Laura played Annabeth Markum in the 2003 hit film Mystic River.

Laura Linney graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon in 1982, a private boarding school in Western Massachusetts.

Her father, Romulus Linney, is a respected, Off-Broadway playwright.