Linda Cardellini
Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardelliniis an American actress and voice actor. She is known for her roles as Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, Samantha Taggart on ER, Velma Dinkley in the live-action Scooby-Doo feature films, Sylvia Rosen, a neighbor of Don Draper's, on the AMC drama series Mad Men, Meg Rayburn on the Netflix original series Bloodline, Cassie in Brokeback Mountain, and Laura Barton in Avengers: Age of Ultron. She is also known for voicing roles in animated projects such as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 June 1975
CityRedwood City, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.
I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.
I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.
The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.
There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.
You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.
I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.
When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.
People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.
I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can become an actor because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.
One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can.
I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.