Table of Biography
Linda Cardellini is a famous actress for appearing in the TV films like, “Freaks and Geeks”, “ER”, “Bloodline”, and “Dead to Me”. Linda Cardellini is the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture for her work in “Green Book”.
Early Life and Childhood
The outstanding artist was born with the name Linda Edna Cardellini. Her birthdate is 25th June 1975 and her birthplace is Redwood City, California, US. Likewise, she holds an American nationality, has Italian, Irish, German, and Scottish descent and her religion is Roman Catholic.
Her present age is forty-eight years old and her zodiac sign is Cancer. The name of her mom is Lorraine Cardellini, a homemaker, and her dad is Wayne David Cardellini, a businessman. She has three siblings (Danny and Zooey Deschanel) among which she is the youngest one.
At the age of ten, she first got recognition after singing in a school play. Then, she acted in some school productions and eventually started taking drama lessons. In 1993, she graduated from St. Francis High School, and then she went to Los Angeles, looking for characters in TV and movie.
The actress was a contestant in an episode of “The Price Is Right” in 1994, winning a fireplace. Later, she went to Loyola Marymount University and completed it in 1997, receiving a degree in theatre arts. In 2007, the university named her a “Distinguished Alumna”.
Caption: Linda Cardellini several years ago with her co-stars (Source: Instagram)
Career and Professional Life
Cardellini got her 1st significant character, Sarah on ABC’s Saturday morning live-action series, “Bone Chillers” in 1996. She appeared as a guest on prime-time programs like “Step by Step”, “Clueless”, and “3rd Rock from the Sun”.
Likewise, she got the role of Lauren on “Boy Meets World”. In 1999, she was cast in the AMC series, “The Lot” first season, and spent the summer in Europe teaming in a touring production of Lancelot, a 14th-century Dutch tragedy. Then, she had her 1st huge victory when she got a character in the NBC series, “ Freaks and Geeks” (1999–2000).
In 2002, the actress was present as the cartoon character, Velma Dinkley in the live-action version of “Scooby-Doo”. After two years, she again acted as Velma in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed”.
In 2003, Linda worked for the hospital drama, “ER” as Samantha Taggart, a free-spirited nurse. The actress was cast for 6 seasons on ER, until the last series, “And in the End…”. Her additional movie appearance includes “Dead Man on Campus”, “Strangeland”, “Good Burger”, “Legally Blonde”, “Brokeback Mountain”, and “Grandma’s Boy”.
As a voice actress, Cardellini worked in the video game, “Gladius” as Ursula and also in the ABC animated series, “The Goode Family” as Bliss Goode. She then got the role of lovelorn Clara in the CBS 2007 drama, “Comanche Moon”, a prequel to “Lonesome Dove” (1989).
In 2010 and 2011, she got back to the stage with the Dr. God comedy group, showing her presence in “Kill the Irishman” and “Super”. Moreover, she was also present in the independent movie, “Return”. On 12th March 2011, she was present at the Paley Center for Media PaleyFest.
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From 15th June 2012 to 15th February 2016, she voiced Wendy on the Disney Channel show, “Gravity Falls”. The actress even occasionally was present on the podcast and live show, “The Thrilling Adventure Hour”. In 2013, Linda got the role of Sylvia Rosen to act on “Mad Men”.
Then, she got the role of Hawkeye’s wife, Laura Barton in 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. She also acted as the same character in the 2019 follow-up, “Avengers: Endgame”. In 2015, the actress was cast in the Netflix drama, “Bloodline” which was cancelled in 2016 and finished after its 3rd season.
That year, Cardellini starred as Sara Whitaker in the “Daddy’s Home” comedy movie. With the same role, she reprised in the 2017 sequel movie, “Daddy’s Home 2”. In August 2018, she worked with Christina Applegate in the Netflix series, “Dead to Me” which was out on 3rd May 2019.
That same year, she shared the screen with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in the movie, “Green Book”. In 2019, Linda was present in the horror movie, “The Curse of La Llorona”. Recently in 2020, she acted as Mae Capone in the biographical movie, “Capone”. The following year, she again acted as Laura Barton in the Marvel Studios show, “Hawkeye”.
Caption: Linda Cardellini at the Oscars (Source: Instagram)
Linda Cardellini – Awards and Nominations
The actress’s cast on the six seasons of “ER” brought her the TV Land Ensemble Icon Award in 2009. For her work in “Brokeback Mountain”, she got nominations for the ensemble Gotham and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Similarly, she got a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work in “Mad Men”. For her appearance in “Dead to Me”, the actress was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Furthermore, “Green Book” took Linda to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Linda Cardellini – Net Worth 2023
Coming to the net worth part, Linda has been working and earning in the entertainment industry. She has been doing it in the same field/career from the year 1996. The estimated net worth of Cardellini is around $6 million USD approx.
Her primary source of income is from her professional career as a TV film actress as well as a voice actress. According to some sources, the American actress bought a $4.3 million Pacific Palisades. For now, she is residing a happy and peaceful life in Loa Angeles, California.
Relationship Status
Talking about her relationship status, Cardellini is a married woman and the name of her husband is Steven Rodriguez. They announced Linda’s pregnancy in October 2011 and gave birth to a lovely daughter, Lilah-Rose Rodriguez in February 2012. The beautiful couple finally got engaged in June 2013.
Before this, the actress dated her “Freaks and Geeks” co-star, Jason Segel from 2001 to 2007 following the show’s cancellation in 2000. In the year 2008, she was in a relationship with Justin Rogina. Moreover, she once was also in a relationship with a guy named Nicholaus Goosen.
Caption: Linda Cardellini with her husband at an event (Source: Oprah Daily)
Body Measurements
Regarding his body measurement, Linda has a slim body type with a beautiful face which made her popular all over the world. The American actress is 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall and weighs about 57 kg (126 lbs).
Likewise, her body measurements are 36 inches, 26 inches, and 35 inches. Cardellini’s complexion is fair, hair colour is dark brown, and her eye colour is brown. Furthermore, the artist’s shoe size is 7 US whereas her dress size is 8 US.
Linda Cardellini – Social Media
As for her presence on social media platforms, Linda has been quite active there for a long time now. The beautiful American actress has an Instagram account, a Twitter account, and also a Facebook page.
On Instagram, she has already gained 695 thousand followers as per the recent report. Unfortunately, her Twitter account shows that it does not exist. As for her Facebook page, she is massively popular there with 1.6 million followers.