The Big Picture: Laura Linney Career & Biographical Notes: Daughter of noted off-Broadway playwright Romulus Linney Has trained at Julliard and Moscow Art Theatre Has received and been nominated for several awards for her stage work Gets more work than a Vegas stripper.

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Laura Linney Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Congo
• Dave
• Love Actually
• Mystic River
• Squid and the Whale, The

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Savages	11/28/07	N/A
The Nanny Diaries	8/24/07	N/A
Breach	2/16/07	PG-13	1489	12.26	32.79	Info
Man of the Year	10/13/06	PG-13	2515	12.30	33.85	Info
Driving Lessons	10/13/06	PG-13	8	0.02	0.24	Info
The Squid and the Whale	10/5/05	R	4	0.13	7.07	Info
The Exorcism of Emily Rose	9/9/05	PG-13	2981	30.05	72.13	Info
Kinsey	11/12/04	R	5	0.17	10.21	Info
P.S.	10/15/04	R	3	0.02	0.18	Info
Love Actually	11/7/03	R	576	6.89	59.37	Info
Mystic River	10/8/03	R	1467	10.45	90.14	Info
The Life of David Gale	2/21/03	R	2002	7.12	19.69	Info

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Awards:

2007
The Savages

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-up: Best Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-up: Best Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics

2005
The Squid and the Whale

• Win: Best Actress, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Spirit Awards

2004
Kinsey

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, National Board of Review
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Florida Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association

2000
You Can Count on Me

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Actress, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Toronto Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

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