21 Facts About Linda Cardellini

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Linda Edna Cardellini was born on June 25,1975 and is an American actress.

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Linda Cardellini guest starred in the period drama Mad Men, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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In film, Cardellini is best known for her portrayal of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and her supporting roles in Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain, Grandma's Boy, Kill the Irishman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Founder, Green Book, A Simple Favor, and Avengers: Endgame.

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Linda Cardellini starred in the drama Return, earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination, the comedies Daddy's Home and Daddy's Home 2, the horror film The Curse of La Llorona, and the Disney+ television series Hawkeye as Laura Barton, which she portrayed in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame.

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Linda Cardellini voiced Lylla in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

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Linda Cardellini made her first public appearance at age 10, when she sang in a school play.

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Linda Cardellini 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.

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Linda Cardellini was a contestant in a 1994 episode of The Price Is Right, winning a fireplace.

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Linda Cardellini attended Loyola Marymount University's College of Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 1997 with a degree in theater arts.

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Linda Cardellini received her first big break role in 1996 as Sarah on ABC's Saturday morning live-action children's series, Bone Chillers.

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Linda 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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Linda Cardellini starred in the live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo in 2002, in which she played the cartoon character Velma Dinkley.

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Linda Cardellini later reprised the role of Velma in 2004's Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

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Linda Cardellini joined the cast of the hospital drama ER in 2003 as Samantha Taggart, a free-spirited nurse.

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Linda Cardellini 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.

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In 2007, Linda Cardellini was chosen to play lovelorn Clara in the CBS miniseries Comanche Moon, a prequel to 1989's Lonesome Dove.

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In 2010 and 2011, Linda 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.

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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.

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In 2020, Linda Cardellini appeared in the biographical drama film Capone as Mae Capone, the wife of the title character.

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Linda Cardellini dated her Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel for several years following the show's cancellation in 2000.

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Linda Cardellini gave birth to their daughter in February 2012.