Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini was born June 25, 1975, in Redwood City.

California, where she grew up in Mountain View, her hometown.

She began performing in school musicals, singing publicly at ten.

Cardellini studied theatre at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Television credits included episodes of Step by Step and Clueless.

In 1996, she appeared as Sarah in comedy Good Burger.

She became recognized as Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks.

the NBC series Freaks and Geeks, created by Paul Feig.

Lindsay is an ambitious teenager whose brother joins rebellious friends.

NBC canceled the show after one season, becoming influential later.

Cardellini then played Velma Dinkley in two live-action Scooby-Doo films.

Scooby-Doo, released in 2002, and Scooby-Doo 2 followed in 2004 thereafter.

In television's ER, she portrayed nurse Samantha Taggart from 2003 onward.

Samantha was a single mother working in the emergency department.

Cardellini remained in ER's ensemble through the show's 2009 finale.

Her film roles included Cassie Cartwright in 2005's Brokeback Mountain.

Cassie is a waitress who becomes Jack Twist's short-lived lover.

Cardellini received an Emmy nomination for Mad Men's guest performance.

She played Sylvia Rosen, the complicated neighbor of Don Draper.

That storyline appeared during Mad Men's sixth season in 2013.

From 2015 through 2017, Cardellini starred in Netflix's Bloodline series.

She played Meg Rayburn, an attorney protecting her troubled family.

Series followed Rayburn siblings after Danny unexpectedly returned home again.

Her performance earned additional attention during the show's three-season run.

Cardellini joined Marvel Cinematic Universe as Laura Barton in Avengers.

Endgame, where Laura is Clint Barton's wife and mother onscreen.

The character's significance expanded through Hawkeye, the 2021 Disney+ series.

There Laura communicates with Clint while he confronts his past.

Cardellini also headlined Netflix's comedy Dead to Me as Judy.

Judy Hale enters Jen Harding's life after grief support group.

The friendship becomes complicated because Judy hides her connection to Jen's

husband's death, while the series explores grief, guilt, and forgiveness.

Dead to Me premiered in 2019, ending after three seasons.

Cardellini earned Emmy nominations for playing Judy in the series.

Her voice work includes Wendy Corduroy in Disney's Gravity Falls.

Wendy is a laid-back teenager working at Oregon's Mystery Shack.

She played Chutney Windham in 2001's Legally Blonde film too.

Across roles, she has moved between comedy, drama, and genre.

Her career is marked by layered family relationships and outsiders.

From Lindsay Weir to Judy Hale, Cardellini created memorable characters.