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
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 was extremely close with my parents. Breaking away from that is a double-edged sword: It's something you need to do, but it's hard to cut the apron strings.
I love cartoons and childlike things, and this was my favorite. You can't escape it. It has always been on television, at least for my life. If someone would have told me when I was a kid I would be playing Velma in a Hollywood movie, I'd have said they were crazy.
Oh, no, no. In fact, the show is so funny because... last season I had had the flu and I got really skinny and the producers told me to eat. I think it's probably one of the only shows in Hollywood where the producers encourage you to eat as a young woman.
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 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.'
I think it's going to get back to Sam struggling to raise a child and making ends meet at the same time.
I know, I know. It gets blonder and blonder. It's a sick addiction at this point.
I had the desire to go to Los Angeles, and it's paid off for me. I can't complain.
I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.
I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.
Before I could talk, I would try to sing.
I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.
Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.