:Linda Cardellini
{{short description|American actress (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Linda Cardellini
| image = South by Southwest 2019 7 (32449999697) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cardellini in 2019
| birth_name = Linda Edna Cardellini
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1975|6|25}}
| birth_place = Redwood City, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = Loyola Marymount University
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| works = Full list
| partner = Steven Rodriguez (2009–present; engaged)
| children = 1
}}
Linda Edna Cardellini{{Cite web |title=Linda Cardellini |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/linda-cardellini/bio/3030418223/ |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} (born June 25, 1975){{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-11-25-0711230048-story.html |title=Linda Cardellini |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=November 25, 2007 |last=Cutler |first=Jacqueline |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202154241/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-11-25-0711230048-story.html |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |url-status=live}} is an American actress. In television, she is known for her starring roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–2009), and the thriller Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as for her guest role as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men (2013–2015). Her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022) earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.
In film, Cardellini became known for playing Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo (2002) and its 2004 sequel. Her other credits include Legally Blonde (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Daddy's Home (2015) and its 2017 sequel, The Founder (2016), Green Book (2018), A Simple Favor (2018), and The Curse of La Llorona (2019). She also played Laura Barton and voiced Lylla in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Early life and education
Linda Edna Cardellini was born on June 25, 1975, in Redwood City, California, United States.{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Mark |date=August 19, 1999 |title=Redwood City's Own Hits It Big / Hometown girl a success in television shows in L.A. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Redwood-City-s-Own-Hits-It-Big-Hometown-girl-a-2913509.php |website=SFGate}} Her father, Wayne David Cardellini, is a businessman, and her mother, Lorraine ({{nee|Hernan}}),{{Cite web |title=Linda Cardellini {{!}} Biography, Freaks and Geeks, Dead to Me, Scooby-Doo, Movies, & TV Shows {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Linda-Cardellini |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} is a homemaker. She is the youngest of four children.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/knockout-nerd-vol-58-no-1/|title=Knockout Nerd|magazine=People|date=July 1, 2002|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630175826/https://people.com/archive/knockout-nerd-vol-58-no-1/|url-status=live}} Cardellini is of Italian, Irish, German, and Scottish descent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-986-linda-cardellini |title=Episode 986 - Linda Cardellini |date=January 17, 2019 |website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127062716/http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-986-linda-cardellini |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/on-screens-in-orlando-high-life-penguins-and-more/Content?oid=25142836|title=Opening in Orlando: High Life, Penguins and more|first=Steve|last=Schneider|newspaper=Orlando Weekly|date=April 17, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418131111/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/on-screens-in-orlando-high-life-penguins-and-more/Content?oid=25142836|url-status=live}} She is Catholic.{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=August 21, 2013 |title=Emmys 2013: Linda Cardellini on ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ and More |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/emmys-2013-linda-cardellini-on-mad-men-freaks-and-geeks-and-more/ |website=Daily Beast}}{{cite interview |interviewer-last=Watkins |interviewer-first=Gwynne |url=https://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/06/mad-men-interview-linda-cardellini-sylvia-rosen.html |title=The Mad Men GQ+A: Linda Cardellini on Sylvia Rosen's Extramarital Bombshell: The Q |magazine=GQ |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=October 31, 2013 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103113832/http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/06/mad-men-interview-linda-cardellini-sylvia-rosen.html |url-status=live }} Cardellini made her first public appearance at age ten when she sang in a school play. Subsequently, she acted in several school productions and started taking drama lessons. {{Cite web |title=Redwood City's Own Hits It Big / Hometown girl a success in television shows in L.A. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Redwood-City-s-Own-Hits-It-Big-Hometown-girl-a-2913509.php |access-date=2025-01-15}} Cardellini graduated from St. Francis High School in Mountain View in 1993{{cite web|title=Linda Cardellini|url=http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/212_linda_cardellini.html|website=AskMen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613022828/http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/212_linda_cardellini.html|archive-date=June 13, 2006|url-status=dead}} and then moved to Los Angeles to seek roles in television and film.{{cite news|title=Young Actress Takes Shine To Playing A Movie Starlet|first=Donna|last=Petrozzello|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=August 19, 1999|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-08-19/entertainment/18114779_1_linda-cardellini-jonathan-frakes-rue-mcclanahan|access-date=May 15, 2011|archive-date=May 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509212120/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-08-19/entertainment/18114779_1_linda-cardellini-jonathan-frakes-rue-mcclanahan|url-status=dead}} She was a contestant in a 1994 episode of The Price Is Right, winning a fireplace.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/linda-cardellini-the-price-is-right-video_n_3458239.html|title=Linda Cardellini Made Her First Television Appearance As A Contestant On 'The Price Is Right' (VIDEO)|website=HuffPost|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=March 6, 2016|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081635/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/linda-cardellini-the-price-is-right-video_n_3458239.html|url-status=live}} Cardellini attended Loyola Marymount University's College of Communication and Fine Arts, where she graduated with a degree in theater arts in 1997.[http://www.lmu.edu/sites/alumnirelations/Events/Event_Photos/LA_Leaders__LMU_Distinguished_Alumni_Reception_2007.htm "LA Leaders, LMU Distinguished Alumni Reception 2007"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108134953/http://www.lmu.edu/sites/alumnirelations/Events/Event_Photos/LA_Leaders__LMU_Distinguished_Alumni_Reception_2007.htm |date=January 8, 2013 }}. Loyola Marymount University. February 22, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2013. She was recognized as a "Distinguished Alumna" by the university in 2007.[http://www.lmu.edu/sites/alumnirelations/Awards___Scholarships/Awards/Distinguished_Alumni_Awardees_1970-present.htm "Distinguished Alumni Awardees 1970–present"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108110049/http://www.lmu.edu/sites/alumnirelations/Awards___Scholarships/Awards/Distinguished_Alumni_Awardees_1970-present.htm |date=January 8, 2013 }}. Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
Career
Cardellini received her first big break role in 1996 as Sarah on ABC's Saturday morning live-action children's series, Bone Chillers. At the time, she worked at an ice cream shop and was in college.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehour.com/entertainment/article/Linda-Cardellini-steps-out-of-the-ER-for-8286927.php|title=Linda Cardellini steps out of the ER for 'Lonesome Dove'}} Following this, she made guest appearances on prime-time programs including Step by Step, Clueless, and 3rd Rock from the Sun, and she played Lauren on Boy Meets World, a girl that came between the show's star couple. Cardellini starred in the first season of the AMC series The Lot in 1999, and spent the summer in Europe as part of a touring production of Lancelot, a fourteenth-century Dutch tragedy.
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Cardellini had her first major success when she landed one of the starring roles in the NBC series Freaks and Geeks, which debuted during the 1999–2000 season, playing the role of Lindsay Weir, an honor student in the midst of an identity crisis. Cardellini starred in the live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo in 2002, in which she played the cartoon character Velma Dinkley. She later reprised the role of Velma in 2004's Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. She joined the cast of the hospital drama ER in 2003 as Samantha Taggart, a free-spirited nurse. Cardellini acted for six seasons on ER until the series finale, "And in the End...", and with the cast won the TV Land ensemble Icon Award in 2009.{{cite web|title=TV Land Awards gives Icon award to 'ER' |first=April |last=MacIntyre |date=April 9, 2009 |publisher=Monsters and Critics |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1469892.php/2009_TV_Land_Awards_gives_Icon_award_to_ER |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813102254/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1469892.php/2009_TV_Land_Awards_gives_Icon_award_to_ER |archive-date=August 13, 2010 }}
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Her other film work includes roles in Dead Man on Campus, Strangeland, Good Burger, Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain (for which she was nominated for the ensemble Gotham[http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2005/10/gotham-awards-nominations-announced/ Gotham Awards Nominations Announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065111/http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2005/10/gotham-awards-nominations-announced/ |date=September 22, 2012 }}. FilmMakerMagazine.com, October 25, 2005. and Screen Actors Guild awards),{{cite web |title=12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and Nominees |publisher=Screen Actors Guild |year=2006 |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930172653/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live }} and a starring role in the Happy Madison film Grandma's Boy as Samantha. She was the voice of Ursula in the role-playing video game Gladius and played the voice of Bliss Goode on the ABC animated series The Goode Family. In 2007, Cardellini was chosen to play lovelorn Clara in the CBS miniseries Comanche Moon, a prequel to 1989's Lonesome Dove.
In 2010 and 2011, Cardellini returned to the stage with the Dr. God comedy group in Los Angeles and San Francisco, appeared in Kill the Irishman and Super, and starred in the independent film Return. She appeared with cast members and producers of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared at the Paley Center for Media PaleyFest on March 12, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/paleyfest2011-freaksgeeksundeclared|title=Freaks and Geeks / Undeclared Reunion|publisher=PaleyCenter.org|date=March 12, 2011|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318122935/http://www.paleycenter.org/paleyfest2011-freaksgeeksundeclared|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/115/1155388p1.html|title=Freaks and Geeks Still Rocks|work=IGN|date=March 14, 2011|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-date=March 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316154455/http://tv.ign.com/articles/115/1155388p1.html|url-status=live}} From 2012 to 2016, she provided the voice of Wendy Corduroy on the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls.
Cardellini voice acts periodically on the podcast and live show The Thrilling Adventure Hour, on the Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars segments.{{cite web|url=http://thrillingadventurehour.com/theshow.php |access-date=October 31, 2013 |title=About the Show and the Segments Within – Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars |publisher=The Thrilling Adventure Hour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207130829/http://thrillingadventurehour.com/theshow.php |archive-date=December 7, 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2010/06/martians_and_superheroes_and_n.php |title=Martians and Superheroes and Nazis, Oh My!: 'Adventure Hour' Thrills Sell-Out Largo Crowd |first=Nicole |last=Campos |publisher=LA Weekly |date=June 8, 2010 |work=Public Spectacle art blog (We Recommend) |access-date=October 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102211701/http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2010/06/martians_and_superheroes_and_n.php |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }} In 2013, she was chosen to play Sylvia Rosen, a love interest of Don Draper on Mad Men. For her performance on Mad Men, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. In 2015, she played Hawkeye's wife Laura Barton in Avengers: Age of Ultron, a role she reprised in the 2019 sequel Avengers: Endgame, which was briefly the highest-grossing film of all time. Starting in 2015, she joined Kyle Chandler on a new Netflix drama series Bloodline, from the creators of Damages.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/03/norbert-leo-butz-joins-netflixs-drama-series-damages-creators-todd-kessler-glenn-kessler-daniel-zelman/ |title=Norbert Leo Butz Joins Netflix's Drama Series From 'Damages' Creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman |publisher=TVWise |date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503062607/http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/03/norbert-leo-butz-joins-netflixs-drama-series-damages-creators-todd-kessler-glenn-kessler-daniel-zelman/ |url-status=live }} The show was canceled in 2016, and ended after its third season.{{cite web|last1=Prudom|first1=Laura|title='Bloodline' Ending After Season 3 on Netflix|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bloodline-cancelled-season-3-netflix-1201860480/|access-date=September 14, 2016|date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924004612/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bloodline-cancelled-season-3-netflix-1201860480/|url-status=live}} That same year, she also had a starring role as Sara Whitaker in the comedy film Daddy's Home. In 2017, she reprised her role in the sequel film Daddy's Home 2.
In August 2018, Cardellini was cast to co-star with Christina Applegate in Netflix's dark comedy series Dead to Me.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/linda-cardellini-co-star-netflix-dark-comedy-series-dead-to-me-christina-applegate-1202439080/|title=Linda Cardellini To Star In Netflix Dark Comedy Series 'Dead To Me'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 3, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109021039/https://deadline.com/2018/08/linda-cardellini-co-star-netflix-dark-comedy-series-dead-to-me-christina-applegate-1202439080/|url-status=live}} It premiered on May 3, 2019.{{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/christina-applegate-to-star-in-netflix-comedy-dead-to-me.html|title=Christina Applegate to Star in Will Ferrell–Produced Netflix Comedy Dead to Me|last=Wright|first=Megh|work=Vulture|access-date=July 16, 2018|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715182514/http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/christina-applegate-to-star-in-netflix-comedy-dead-to-me.html|url-status=live}} For her performance, she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. That same year, she co-starred with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in the film Green Book, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
In 2019, she starred in the horror film The Curse of La Llorona.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-curse-la-llorona-gave-linda-cardellini-her-big-shot-1203336 |title=How 'Curse of La Llorona' Gave Linda Cardellini the Shot She'd Never Had |last=Davids |first=Brian |date=April 19, 2019 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518071216/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-curse-la-llorona-gave-linda-cardellini-her-big-shot-1203336 |url-status=live }} In 2020, Cardellini appeared in the biographical drama film Capone as Mae Capone, the wife of the title character.{{Cite web |title=Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan Join Tom Hardy's Al Capone Biopic |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/linda-cardellini-matt-dillon-kyle-maclachlan-al-capone-fonzo-1202729209/ |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=March 16, 2018 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012737/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/linda-cardellini-matt-dillon-kyle-maclachlan-al-capone-fonzo-1202729209/ |url-status=live }}
In 2021, she reprised her role of Laura Barton in the Marvel Studios show Hawkeye, which premiered on Disney+ in November 2021. As of December 2024, she has starred in the Netflix series No Good Deed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/linda-cardellini-on-teaming-up-with-lisa-kudrow-and-ray-romano-in-no-good-deed/|title=Linda Cardellini on teaming up with Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano in "No Good Deed" - CBS News|website=www.cbsnews.com}}
On March 24, 2025, it was announced that Cardellini would be appearing as Pamela Voorhees, mother of Jason Voorhees, in the upcoming Peacock series Crystal Lake which will be a prequel to the Friday the 13th film series.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/friday-the-13th-prequel-linda-cardellini-pamela-voorhees-1236346497/ |title=‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel Series ‘Crystal Lake’ Casts Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees |website=variety.com |access-date=March 24, 2025}}
Personal life
Cardellini dated her Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel for several years following the show's cancellation in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story |title=This breakup really broke up Jason Segel |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 2008 |access-date=June 7, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017085701/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story |url-status=live }} She and her boyfriend Steven Rodriguez announced her pregnancy in October 2011.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/linda-cardellini-expecting-first-child/|title=Linda Cardellini Expecting First Child|work=People|date=June 22, 2011|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727215924/https://people.com/parents/linda-cardellini-expecting-first-child/|url-status=live}} Cardellini gave birth to their daughter in February 2012.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/linda-cardellini-welcomes-daughter-lilah-rose/|title=Linda Cardellini Welcomes Daughter Lilah-Rose|work=People|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028054941/https://people.com/parents/linda-cardellini-welcomes-daughter-lilah-rose/|url-status=live}} She and Rodriguez became engaged in June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/linda-cardellini-engaged-steven-rodriguez_n_3404140.html|title=Linda Cardellini Engaged: 'Freaks And Geeks' Actress And Boyfriend Steven Rodriguez Set To Wed|work=The Huffington Post|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522015200/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/linda-cardellini-engaged-steven-rodriguez_n_3404140.html|url-status=live}}
Cardellini divides her time between the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles. She and her family own a country home in Woodside, California, where she enjoys horseback riding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2008/01/13/bay-area-actress-linda-cardellini-isnt-just-horsing-around/|title=Bay Area actress Linda Cardellini isn’t just horsing around|date=January 13, 2008}}
Filmography
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