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Introduction
Linda Cardellini is an American actress. She is best 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.
Cardellini’s 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 the 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). She also guests starred in the period drama Mad Men (2013–15), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Early life
| Name | Linda Cardellini |
| Net Worth | $12 million |
| Salary | $1.5 million |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 47 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Linda Cardellini was born on June 25, 1975 (age 47 years) in Redwood City, California, United States. She is the daughter of Lorraine Cardellini (née Hernan), a homemaker, and Wayne David Cardellini, a businessman. She is the youngest of four children. Cardellini is of Italian, Irish, German, and Scottish descent. Her religion is Christianity and was raised Catholic.
Cardellini made her first public appearance at age 10 when she sang in a school play. Subsequently, she acted in several school productions and started attending drama lessons. She graduated from nearby Mountain View’s Catholic St. Francis High School in 1993, then moved to Los Angeles to seek roles in television and film.
She was a contestant in a 1994 episode of The Price Is Right, winning a fireplace. She attended Loyola Marymount University’s College of Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 1997 with a degree in theatre arts. In 2007, she was recognized as a “Distinguished Alumna” by the university.
Career
Linda Cardellini received her first big break role in 1996 as Sarah on ABC’s Saturday morning live-action children’s series, Bone Chillers. Following this, she made guest appearances on prime-time programs such as Step by Step, Clueless, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Boy Meets World as Lauren, a girl that came between the show’s star couple.
Cardellini starred in the first season of the AMC series The Lot in 1999 and spent the summer in Europe as part of a touring production of Lancelot, a fourteenth-century Dutch tragedy.
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She had her first major success when she landed one of the starring roles in the NBC series Freaks and Geeks, which debuted during the 1999–2000 season. As Lindsay Weir, an honor student in the midst of an identity crisis, Cardellini earned a positive response that subsequently catapulted her to fame.
Cardellini starred in the live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo in 2002, in which she played the cartoon character Velma Dinkley. She later reprised the role of Velma in 2004’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. She joined the cast of the hospital drama ER in 2003 as Samantha Taggart, a free-spirited nurse. Cardellini acted for six seasons on ER, until the series finale, “And in the End…”, and with the cast won the TV Land ensemble Icon Award in 2009.
Her other film work includes roles in Dead Man on Campus, Strangeland, Good Burger, Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain (for which she was nominated for the ensemble Gotham and Screen Actors Guild awards), and a starring role in the Happy Madison film Grandma’s Boy as Samantha. She was the voice of Ursula in the role-playing video game, Gladius, and played the voice of Bliss Goode on the ABC animated series The Goode Family.
In 2007, Cardellini was chosen to play lovelorn Clara in the CBS miniseries Comanche Moon, a prequel to 1989’s Lonesome Dove. In 2010 and 2011, Cardellini returned to the stage with the Dr. God comedy group in Los Angeles and San Francisco, appeared in Kill the Irishman and Super, and starred in the independent film Return.
Linda Cardellini appeared with cast members and producers of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared at the Paley Center for Media PaleyFest on March 12, 2011. From June 15, 2012, to February 15, 2016, she was the voice of Wendy on the Disney Channel show Gravity Falls.
Cardellini’s voice acts periodically on the podcast and the live show The Thrilling Adventure Hour, on the Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars segments. In 2013, she was chosen to play Sylvia Rosen, a love interest of Don Draper on Mad Men. For her performance on Mad Men, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
In 2015, she played Hawkeye’s wife Laura Barton in Avengers: Age of Ultron, a role she reprised in the 2019 sequel Avengers: Endgame, which was briefly the highest-grossing film of all time. Starting in 2015, she joined Kyle Chandler on a new Netflix drama series Bloodline, from the creators of Damages. The show was canceled in 2016 and ended after its third season.
Linda Cardellini also had a starring role as Sara Whitaker in the comedy film Daddy’s Home in 2016. In 2017, she reprised her role in the sequel film Daddy’s Home 2. In August 2018, Cardellini was cast to co-star with Christina Applegate in Netflix’s dark comedy series Dead to Me. It premiered on May 3, 2019.
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Cardellini received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. That same year, she co-starred with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in the film Green Book, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
In 2019, she starred in the horror film The Curse of La Llorona. In 2020, Linda Cardellini appeared in the biographical drama film Capone as Mae Capone, the wife of the title character. In 2021, she reprised her role of Laura Barton in the Marvel Studios show Hawkeye, which premiered on Disney+ in November 2021.
Husband
Linda Cardellini is in a longtime relationship with her partner Steven Rodriguez. The couple never had a white wedding. However, Linda dated her Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel for five years following the show’s cancellation. In October 2011, Cardellini and her boyfriend Steven Rodriguez announced her pregnancy. Cardellini gave birth to their daughter in February 2012. Cardellini and her soon-to-be husband Rodriguez became engaged in June 2013.
Linda Cardellini net worth
How much is Linda Cardellini worth? Linda Cardellini net worth is estimated at around $12 million. Her main source of income is from her career as an actress. Cardellini’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $1.5 million annually. Her successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential actresses in the United States. Linda Cardellini stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.