Premise: Laura Leggett Linney ( born February 5 , 1964 ) is an American actress . From 2010 -- 13 , she starred in the Showtime series The Big C , which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013 . Her other films include Primal Fear ( 1996 ) , The Truman Show ( 1998 ) , Mystic River ( 2003 ) , Love Actually ( 2003 ) and The Squid and the Whale ( 2005 ) . The Truman Show . The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank , adopted and raised by a corporation inside a simulated television show revolving around his life , until he discovers it and decides to escape ; additional roles are provided by Laura Linney , Noah Emmerich , Natascha McElhone , Holland Taylor , and Ed Harris .
Hypothesis: Laura Linney failed to have an acting career.
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