Laura Leggett Linney[Stah-lit express - Laura Linney - Interview | Interview | Find Articles at BNET.com][Laura Linney Biography (1964-)] (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time
Academy Award-nominated, a three time
Golden Globe nominee and a three-time
Emmy Award-winning American actress, active in movies, television, and
theatre.
Biography
Personal life
Linney was born in New York City. Her mother, Ann Perse (
née Leggett), is a nurse who worked at the
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and her father,
Romulus Linney, is a well-known playwright and professor.
[Laura Linney Biography - Yahoo! Movies] Linney's paternal great-great-grandfather was Republican U.S. Congressman
Romulus Zachariah Linney.
[The Linney History Page] She has a half-sister, Susan, from her father's second marriage. Linney graduated from the
Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1982. She then attended
Northwestern University before transferring to
Brown University, where she graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in 1986. After attending Brown, Linney went on to
study acting at the
Juilliard School.
