List of awards and nominations received by Laura Linney

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Laura Linney

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Laura Linney is an American actress known for roles in film, television, and stage. She has received numerous accolades four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Awards, four Critics' Choice Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, and five Tony Awards.

She has been the recipient of three Academy Award nominations for her performances in Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me (2000), Bill Condon's Kinsey (2004), and Tamara Jenkins' Savages (2007). She has also received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003). She also received eight Golden Globe Award nominations, winning twice, and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards winning once. She has also received two Independent Spirit Awards.

For her work on television she received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning four awards for her performances in Wild Iris (2002), Frasier (2004), John Adams (2008), The Big C: Hereafter (2013). For her work on the Broadway stage she has earned five nominations for Best Actress in a Play for her performances in Arthur Miller's The Crucible in 2002, Donald Margulies's Sight Unseen in 2005, and Time Stands Still in 2010, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 2017, and Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton in 2020.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Actress	You Can Count on Me	Nominated	^[1]
2004	Best Supporting Actress	Kinsey	Nominated	^[2]
2007	Best Actress	The Savages	Nominated	^[3]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2000	Best Actress	You Can Count on Me	Nominated
2004	Best Supporting Actress	Kinsey	Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2021	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Ozark	Nominated
2023	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Ozark	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2002	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Wild Iris	Won	^[5]
2004	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Frasier	Won	^[6]
2008	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	John Adams	Won	^[7]
2011	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	The Big C (episode: "Pilot")	Nominated	^[8]
2013	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Big C: Hereafter	Won	^[9]
2019	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Ozark (episode: "One Way Out")	Nominated	^[10]
2020		Ozark (episode: "Fire Pink")	Nominated
2022		Ozark (episode: "Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin")	Nominated
2022	Outstanding Drama Series	Ozark (season 4)	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	You Can Count on Me	Nominated	^[11]
2005	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Kinsey	Nominated	^[12]
2006	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	The Squid and the Whale	Nominated	^[13]
2009	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film	John Adams	Won	^[14]
2011	Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Big C	Won	^[15]
2012	Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Big C	Nominated	^[16]
2021	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Ozark	Nominated	^[17]
2023	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Ozark	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Female Lead	You Can Count on Me	Nominated	^[18]
2006	Best Female Lead	The Squid and the Whale	Nominated	^[19]

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