80th Academy Awards Oscar Nominations 2008 - Best Actress
Laura Linney
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Laura Linney ("Wendy Savage" in The Savages) - This is her third nomination and the second in this category. She was nominated for
her leading role in You Can Count on Me (2000) and her supporting role in Kinsey (2004).
Laura Linney was last seen in Barry Levinson’s MAN OF THE YEAR opposite Robin Williams
and Christopher Walken, and in DRIVING LESSONS which was directed by Jeremy Brock.
Laura can soon be seen in Billy Ray’s BREACH opposite Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillipe being
released on February 16th, 2007. Next, Laura will appear in the film adaptation of the best
selling book THE NANNY DIARIES which is being released on April 20th, 2007. This spring
Laura will also be seen in JINDABYNE which was shot entirely on location in the outback of
Australia. She has also completed filming on THE SAVAGES with Phillip Seymour Hoffman;
THE HOTTEST STATE directed by Ethan Hawke who also stars in the film and opposite Sir
Anthony Hopkins in director James Ivory’s THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION
which is an adaptation of Peter Cameron’s novel by Oscar-winning writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Laura’s additional credits include, Kenneth Lonergan’s YOU CAN COUNT ON ME for which
she was nominated for an Oscar, a Screen Actors Guild Award®, a Golden Globe Award and an
Independent Spirit Award. She received the award for Best Actress from the New York Film
Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics for her work in that film. In 2005, she
received Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations for her work in THE SQUID
AND THE WHALE. In 2004, she starred in KINSEY opposite Liam Neeson and directed by
Bill Condon, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors
Guild Award. In addition, she won the award for "Best Supporting Actress" by the National
Board of Review for her work in KINSEY. In 2003, Laura appeared in the ensemble romantic
comedy LOVE ACTUALLY written and directed by Richard Curtis. She was also seen that year
in MYSTIC RIVER directed by Clint Eastwood. Laura was nominated for "Best Supporting
Actress in a Drama" by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts for "MYSTIC
RIVER. Her other credits include CONGO, ABSOLUTE POWER, directed by Clint Eastwood,
PRIMAL FEAR opposite Richard Gere and directed by Gregory Hoblit, THE TRUMAN SHOW
opposite Jim Carrey, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, LORENZO’S OIL, DAVE, SEARCHING FOR
BOBBY FISHER, A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, THE
LIFE OF DAVID GALE, PS and THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE.
Laura returned to television in 2004 on the NBC comedy "Frasier." She appeared in four
episodes as Dr. Frasier Crane’s love interest, Charlotte. For this role, Laura won a 2004 Emmy®
Award for "Best Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series." She previously won an Emmy
for "Outstanding Lead Actress" for Showtime’s "Wild Iris" opposite Gena Rowlands.
Additional television appearances include the lead role of Mary Ann Singleton in PBS’s "Tales
of the City" based on the novels by Armistead Maupin, a role which she reprised in "More Tales
of the City" for Showtime. Laura was also seen opposite Joanne Woodward in the Hallmark
Hall of Fame presentation of "Blind Spot" and opposite Steven Weber in "Love Letters" directed
by Stanley Donen.
Linney is a graduate of Juilliard. She was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Richard
Eyre’s "The Crucible," opposite Liam Neeson. Last spring, Laura starred in Donald Margulies’
Broadway staging of "Sight Unseen," the same play she did 12 years ago. For her role as Patricia
she received a Tony nomination as well as nominations from the Drama League, the Drama Desk
Club and the Outer Critic Circle for "Outstanding Actress" in a play. Her additional theatre
credits include roles in the Broadway presentations of "Six Degrees of Separation;" "The
Seagull;" "Hedda Gabler," for which she won a 1994 Calloway Award; Phillip Barry’s
"Holiday," a comedy of manners, opposite Tony Goldwyn; "Honour," "Sight Unseen," for which
she earned a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nomination; and John Guare’s "Landscape
of the Body" at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
80th Academy Awards Oscar Nominations 2008
Best Picture
Best Animated Feature
Best Actress
Best Actor
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