Laura Linney Overview

Daughter of respected off-Broadway playwright Romulus Linney, Linney was an only child who grew up in New York. Of her father she states, "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." She studied at Brown University earning a degree before moving her studies to the Julliard School, followed by The Moscow Arts Theater School. Linney made her acting debut at Julliard in The Matriarch and Top Girls. She won... See All