Few actresses today have made an indelible impression on Hollywood as quickly as Laura Linney has. Most recently, Laura earned an Academy Award nomination for her starring role as Sammy Prescott in Kenneth Lonergan's "You Can Count On Me" opposite Matthew Broderick and Jon Tenney. In addition, this role garnered her nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award. She was awarded Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. This past year, Laura has kept herself quite busy. She can be seen in Edith Wharton's turn-of-the-century novel "The House of Mirth" starring opposite Gillian Anderson. Still, hard at work, Laura is in production in Pittsburgh & re-teaming with Richard Gere filming "Mothman Prophicies."

The critically acclaimed film, "The Truman Show," directed by Peter Weir, gave Laura a chance to shine brightly as she co-starred opposite Jim Carrey. Her motion picture debut was also her first starring film role - Paramount's jungle action picture, "Congo."

Linney starred opposite Clint Eastwood in "Absolute Power," directed by Eastwood and based on the best-selling novel by David Baldacci. "Absolute Power" is not Linney's first match with a legendary leading man. Previously, she teamed up with Richard Gere in Paramount's hit suspense thriller, "Primal Fear" directed by Gregory Hoblit. Linney garnered critical acclaim for her role as a tough attorney prosecuting the case of a grisly murder of a priest. Gere played her opponent, the defense attorney.

Linney's other screen credits include supporting roles in "Lorenzo's Oil," "Dave," "Searching for Bobby Fischer," and "A Simple Twist of Fate." Her television appearances include the leading role of Mary Ann Singleton in PBS's award-winning "Tales of the City" based on the novels by Armistead Maupin and she also reprised her role as Mary Ann Singleton in "More Tales of the City" for Showtime. She also starred opposite Joanne Woodward in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "Blind Spot." She was last seen on the small screen in "Love Letters" opposite Steven Weber, and directed by Stanley Donen.

Linney, a graduate of the Juilliard school and an accomplished theatre actress was last seen starring on Broadway in Gerald Gutierrez's "Honour" opposite Jane Alexander. She won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in "Sight Unseen." Her theatre credits also include roles in the Broadway presentations of "Six Degrees of Separation," "The Seagull" and "Hedda Gabler," the latter earning her a 1994 Calloway Award. Last year she returned to Broadway, starring in Phillip Barry's "Holiday," a comedy of manners, opposite Tony Goldwyn and she also starred in John Guare's "Landscape of the Body" at the Yale Repertory Theatre.