Actor
Linda Cardellini
Born 25 June 1975 · Redwood City, California, USA
Linda Cardellini is an American actress born in Redwood City, California. She rose to fame on television in Freaks and Geeks and ER, and in film is best known for playing Velma in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies. She has since built a career in supporting roles in studio and prestige films.
Key films
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Her best-known film role, playing Velma Dinkley in the hit live-action adaptation.
Legally Blonde (2001)
An early supporting role in a hugely popular comedy that raised her film profile.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
A supporting part in an acclaimed, Oscar-winning drama, showing her range beyond comedy.
Return (2011)
A rare leading film role, as a veteran returning home; it earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Green Book (2018)
Supporting role in the Best Picture-winning drama, as the wife of Tony Lip.
Key awards
No major award wins are documented here, though she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Dead to Me.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 43
- 1995Caged Hearts · as Inmate (uncredited)Actor
- 1996Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey · as SarahActor
- 1997Good Burger · as HeatherActor
- 1997Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life · as SarahActor
- 1998Dead Man on Campus · as KellyActor
- 1998Strangeland · as Genevieve GageActor
- 1999The Prince and the Surfer · as MelissaActor
- 1999Dying to Live · as Leslie DuggerActor
- 2001Legally Blonde · as Chutney WindhamActor
- 2001The Unsaid · as Shelly HunterActor
- 2002Scooby-Doo · as VelmaActor
- 2003Certainly Not a Fairytale · as Adelle / WriterActor
- 2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed · as VelmaActor
- 2004LolliLove · as LindaActor
- 2005Brokeback Mountain · as Cassie CartwrightActor
- 2005American Gun · as Mary Ann WilkActor
- 2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood · as Natalie CoolidgeActor
- 2006Grandma's Boy · as SamanthaActor
- 2008The Lazarus Project · as Julie IngramActor
- 2010Super · as Pet Store EmployeeActor
- 2011Return · as KelliActor
- 2011Kill the Irishman · as Joan MadiganActor
- 2011All Star Superman · as Nasthalthia Luthor (voice)Actor
- 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron · as Laura BartonActor
- 2015Daddy's Home · as SaraActor
- 2015Welcome to Me · as Gina SelwayActor
- 2016The Founder · as Joan SmithActor
- 2016Gravity Falls: Between the Pines · as Wendy (Voice)Actor
- 2017Daddy's Home 2 · as SaraActor
- 2017Austin Found · as LeanneActor
- 2018Green Book · as DoloresActor
- 2018A Simple Favor · as Diana HylandActor
- 2018Hunter Killer · as Jane NorquistActor
- 2018Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary · as SelfActor
- 2019Avengers: Endgame · as Laura BartonActor
- 2019The Curse of La Llorona · as Anna Tate-GarciaActor
- 2020Capone · as Mae CaponeActor
- 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special · as Laura Barton (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye · as Laura Barton (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · as LyllaActor
- 2024Nutcrackers · as Gretchen RiceActor
- 2025Nonnas · as OliviaActor
- 2026Way of the Warrior Kid · as SarahActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.