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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Laura was in the horror movie The Mothman Prophecies with Richard Gere. She played a police officer named Connie Mills.
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Laura earned $10,000 playing Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott in the 2000 flick
You Can Count On Me.
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Laura is 5 Feet 7 Inches or 1.70 millimeters.
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Laura worked as a waitress in Manhattan when she was twenty-three.
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Laura's roommate at Juilliard School was actress Jeanne Tripplehorn.
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In school Laura said she was the worst at reading and writing in her class.
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Laura has a yellow labrador dog that she named after the actress Eleanor Duse.
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Laura gained thirty pounds for her role in Kinsey which she mainly gained by eating Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts.
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Laura married actor David Adkins in 1995. They divorced in 2000. They had no children together.
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Laura takes her coffee very light with one sugar.
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Laura hates having her picture taken.
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Laura played Annabeth Markum in the 2003 hit film Mystic River.
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Laura Linney graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon in 1982, a private boarding school in Western Massachusetts.
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Her father, Romulus Linney, is a respected, Off-Broadway playwright.