Linda Cardellini was born in 1975, in Redwood City, California, United States.
She’s daughter of Wayne Y Lorraine, of Italian-Irish descent.
His first public appearance was at the young age of 10, in a school play. This was followed by other performances and she also began taking drama lessons.
He attended the Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. After finishing high school, he attended the Loyola Marymount University, from which he graduated in 2001, with a degree in drama.
In 1996 he got his first break when he landed one of the leading roles in the children’s series “Bone Chillers“.
After this role, he had participations in different series such as “Step by step“,”Clueless“,”3rd Rock from the Sun” Y “Boy Meets World“.
In addition, Cardellini he spent the summer of 1999 in Europe as part of the cast of “Lancelot“.
His first film appearance was in the comedy “Escape clause“(1998), that same year, he also had a role in the horror thriller” Strangeland “(1998).
Cute got the first of his hits when he played one of the leading roles in the NBC series “Freaks and Geeks“, where he debuted in the 1999-2000 season.
With his character of Lindsay weir it earned very positive feedback and was widely recognized by the public.
In 2001 he participated in the successful comedy portagonizada by Reese witherspoon “A very legal blonde“; and next to Andy Garcia on “The limits of silence“.
The following year, he got the role of Velma dinkley, in the film adaptation of the famous cartoon Scooby Doo. Two years later, he returned to play the character in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed“(2004).
A year earlier, in 2003, he joined the cast of the popular medical series from Warner “ER“, in the role of the nurse Samantha taggart.
More recently she could be seen in the three Oscar-winning film “Brokeback Mountain – On forbidden land“(2005), starring Heath ledger Y Jake gyllenhaal; also participated in “American gun“(2005), together with Marcia Gay Harden Y Donald sutherland.
It was also the voice of Ursula in the video game “Gladius“.
He is currently continuing his role as Samantha in its fifth season of “ER“.
In 2007 she was chosen to play the character of clear in the miniseries of CBS “Comanche Moon“, (2008), a prequel to”Lonely pigeon“(1989), together with Val kilmer.
The premiere of “The Lazarus Project“(2008), a thriller that co-stars with Paul walker.
In her personal life, for some years she was romantically involved with her partner from “Freaks and Geeks“, Jason segel.
Cute She resides in Los Angeles, is passionate about art and takes martial arts classes.