• Name: Laura Linney
  
• Birth Name: Laura Legett Linney
  
• Height: 5' 7"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: February 5, 1964
  
• Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  
•   : Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (majored in Theatre Arts)
  
•   : Juilliard School, New York, New York (majored in Drama)
  
• Husband/Wife: David Adkins (actor; married in 1995; divorced in 2000)
  
• Father: Romulus Linney (professor; divorced in 1965)
  
• Mother: Ann Leggett Perse (nurse)
  
• Half Sister: Susan Linney (book editor; born in 1975)
  
• Step Father: Laura Callahan (served as associate director of investments for the Rockefellar Foundation)
  

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• Talking about Jim Carrey: "He has tremendous charm. He has an enormous heart, just a big big heart. I think that is the thing. I think if you look at his other work you can see that there, which is what makes his characters more then just mimicry. I think that is why his work has hit so hard. Because there is just more there. So with this one you see more of his humanity."
• About her father: "My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with him, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound."
• "My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound."
• "I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star."
• On her fame: "I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star."
• On making YOU CAN COUNT ON ME: "Kenny Lonnergan and I locked horns. It was about tiny things that would drive me crazy. He was very specific about his script being word perfect."

• Palm Springs International Film Festival: Desert Palm for Best Actress (2004)
• Emmy Award: Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Frasier (2004)

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