Linda Cardellini | |
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![]() Cardellini in 2019 | |
Born | Linda Edna Cardellini June 25, 1975 Redwood City, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Loyola Marymount University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–present |
Works | Full list |
Partner(s) | Steven Rodriguez (2009–present; engaged) |
Children | 1 |
Linda Edna Cardellini[1] (born June 25, 1975)[2] is an American actress. In television, she is known for her starring roles as Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Samantha "Sam" Taggart on ER (2003–2009), and Wendy Corduroy on Disney’s Gravity Falls (2012-2016) and Meg Rayburn on Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as her portrayal of Judy Hale on Netflix's Dead to Me (2019–2022), for which she earned a nomination for the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also appeared as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men between 2013–2015, receiving an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
In film, Cardellini is known for her portrayal of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo (2002) and its 2004 sequel. Her other credits include Legally Blonde (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Return (2011), Daddy's Home (2015) and again in Daddy's Home 2 (2017), The Founder (2016), Green Book (2018), A Simple Favor (2018), and The Curse of La Llorona (2019). She also played Laura Barton in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021), as well as voicing and performing motion capture for Lylla in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), making her one of the few actresses to appear as two different characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.