Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Laurie Metcalf is renowned for playing headstrong, and often complicated, characters: onstage as Hillary in Hillary and Clinton, Nora in A Doll's House, Part 2; and onscreen as Marion in Ladybird, or Mary Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. But with the character of Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman, she's playing a bit against type: a beleaguered housewife who finds herself powerless against her husband's descent into madness.
The two-time Tony Award winner is now nominated again for her acting, this time playing Linda opposite Nathan Lane's Willy Loman. Watch her interview in the video above.
Laurie Metcalf is renowned for playing headstrong, and often complicated, characters: onstage as Hillary in Hillary and Clinton, Nora in A Doll's House, Part 2; and onscreen as Marion in Ladybird, or Mary Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. But with the character of Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman, she's playing a bit against type: a beleaguered housewife who finds herself powerless against her husband's descent into madness.
The two-time Tony Award winner is now nominated again for her acting, this time playing Linda opposite Nathan Lane's Willy Loman. Watch her interview in the video above.
