LAURA LINNEY attended the acclaimed
Juilliard School and began her acting
career in theatre. Her first film role was
in George Miller's LORENZO'S OIL (1992).
She came to prominence playing Mary
Ann Singleton in the groundbreaking
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City TV
mini-series on PBS in 1993. In 1996, she
co-starred with Richard Gere in the
thriller PRIMAL FEAR. On the strength of
her performance, Clint Eastwood cast
Linney in ABSOLUTE POWER in 1997. Her
career continued to gather momentum
with critical and audience acclaim for her
roles in Peter Weir's THE TRUMAN SHOW
(1998) and the award-winning YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (2000). For that film Linney
earned Best Actress nominations from the
Screen Actors' Guild, the Golden Globes and
the Academy Awards (Oscars) in addition to
Best Actress awards from the New York Film
Critics’ Circle and the National Society of Film.
In 2003, she starred in Clint Eastwood's
MYSTIC RIVER and LOVE, ACTUALLY. Linney
was again nominated for a Golden Globe and
an Oscar in 2005, for Best Supporting Actress
in KINSEY. Later in the year, she garnered
widespread praise for her performances in
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE and
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. Among the
numerous accolades bestowed upon her,
she has also received two Emmys, one for
the made-for-television Wild Iris and the other
for her work on the final season of Frasier.
An accomplished theatre actress, Linney
regularly returns to the stage, and has twice
been nominated for Tony Awards, first in 2002
for her portrayal of Elizabeth Proctor in the
Broadway revival of THE CRUCIBLE, and again
in 2005 for her performance in Sight Unseen.
Irish-born GABRIEL BYRNE has worked with some of cinema’s leading
directors including the Coen Brothers, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmush, Ken Loach,
John Boorman, David Cronenberg, Michael Mann, and Bryan Singer. Moving
between independent and big-budget Hollywood films, he has starred
in 35 pictures, produced three and written two. He was nominated for a
Tony Award for Eugene O’Neill’s MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN in 2000. Mr
Byrne made a welcome return to Broadway in 2005, winning glowing reviews
for his performance as Cornelius Melody in another O’Neill play, A TOUCH OF THE POET. Recent features include WAH-WAH, starring with
Emily Watson, and PLAYED.
