Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–09), the drama thriller Bloodline (2015–17), and the tragicomedy Dead to Me (2019–present), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also guest starred in the period drama Mad Men (2013–15), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her voice work includes the animated series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13), Regular Show (2012–15), Gravity Falls (2012–16), and Sanjay and Craig (2013–16).
In film, Cardellini is best known for her portrayal of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo (2002) and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and her supporting roles in Legally Blonde (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Grandma’s Boy (2006), Kill the Irishman (2011), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Founder (2016), Green Book, A Simple Favor (both 2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). She also starred in the drama Return (2011), earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination, the comedies Daddy's Home (2015) and Daddy's Home 2 (2017), and the horror film The Curse of La Llorona (2019).
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Primarily2025 Way of the Warrior Kid as Sarah
2025 Murder Party Screenplay, Producer
2025 Nonnas as Olivia
2024 Nutcrackers as Gretchen Rice
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Lylla
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye as Laura Barton (archive footage)
2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Laura Barton (archive footage)
2020 Capone as Mae Capone
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Laura Barton
2019 The Curse of La Llorona as Anna Tate-Garcia
2018 Green Book as Dolores
2018 Hunter Killer as Jane Norquist
2018 A Simple Favor as Diana Hyland
2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
2017 Daddy's Home 2 as Sara
2017 Austin Found as Leanne
2016 The Founder as Joan Smith
2015 Daddy's Home as Sara
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Laura Barton
2014 Welcome to Me as Gina Selway
2012 Gravity Falls as Wendy Corduroy (voice)
2011 Kill the Irishman as Joan Madigan
2011 Return as Kelli
2011 All Star Superman as Nasthalthia Luthor (voice)
2010 Super as Pet Store Employee
2008 The Lazarus Project as Julie Ingram
2006 Grandma's Boy as Samantha
2005 Brokeback Mountain as Cassie Cartwright
2005 American Gun as Mary Ann Wilk
2005 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Natalie Coolidge
2004 LolliLove as Linda Cardellini
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed as Velma
2003 Certainly Not a Fairytale as Adelle / Writer
2002 Scooby-Doo as Velma
2001 The Unsaid as Shelly Hunter
2001 Legally Blonde as Chutney Windham
1999 The Prince and the Surfer as Melissa
1999 Dying to Live as Leslie Dugger
1998 Strangeland as Genevieve Gage
1998 Dead Man on Campus as Kelly
1997 Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life as Sarah
1997 Good Burger as Heather
1996 Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey as Sarah