My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

Linney graduated from Brown with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986. Theater
Linney's extensive stage credits on Broadway and elsewhere include Hedda Gabler for which Laura Linney won the 1994 Joe A. The same year Laura Linney also appeared in the role of an artist's model in the low-budget film Maze with Rob Morrow.

During her career Laura Linney has received three Emmy Awards two Golden Globe Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Additionally Laura Linney has been the recipient of three Academy Award nominations and three Tony Award nominations. She is most well known for her performances in films such as The Truman Show Mystic River and Kinsey among others.