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Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975), is an American television and film actress.

Biography

Personal life

Cardellini was born in Redwood City, California to Wayne David Cardellini and Lorraine Hernan. She graduated from nearby Mountain View's St. Francis High School in 1993, and attended Loyola Marymount University's College of Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 2001 with a degree in theatre.

Cardellini enjoys art, especially that of Margaret Keane. She takes martial arts classes. Cardellini dated Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel until February 2006.

Career

Cardellini appeared in 1993 as a contestant on The Price Is Right, where she won a fireplace. She was the lead in Bone Chillers (1996), an ABC children's show, and was also the voice of the heroine in the role-playing video game Gladius.

Cardellini may be best known for her roles as high school student Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks and as nurse Samantha Taggart on ER. She also played Velma Dinkley in the two live-action Scooby-Doo movies: Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Television

• Bone Chillers (1996) - Sarah
• Guys Like Us (1998-99) - Jude
• The Lot (1999) - June Parker
• Freaks and Geeks (1999) - Lindsay Weir
• ER (2003-present) - Nurse Samantha Taggart

Guest roles

• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997) - Lorna
• Pacific Palisades (TV series) (1997) - Sara
• Clueless (TV series) (1997) - Audrey
• Step by Step (1997) - Casey
• Boy Meets World (1998) - Lauren
• Promised Land (1996 TV series) (1998) - Amber
• Kenan & Kel (1998) - Becky
• Boy Meets World (1999) - Lauren
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2002) - Herself
• The Twilight Zone (2003) - Allison "Ally" Warner
• Player$ (2003) - Herself
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest - Herself
• Jimmy Kimmel Live (2004) - Herself
• HBO First Look (2004) - Herself
• Fridays (2004) - Herself
• The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004) - Herself
• Last Call with Carson Daly (2004) - Herself
• Robot Chicken (2005) - Velma (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005) - Herself

Filmography

• Good Burger (1997) - Heather
• Dead Man on Campus (1998) - Kelly
• Strangeland (1998) - Genevieve Gage
• Dying to Live (1999) - Leslie Chambers
• The Prince and the Surfer (1999) - Melissa
• Legally Blonde (2001) - Chutney Windham
• The Unsaid (2001) - Shelly Hunter
• Scooby-Doo (2002) - Velma Dinkley
• Gladius (2003) - Ursula (voice)
• Certainly Not a Fairytale (2003) - Adelle/Writer
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) - Velma Dinkley
• LolliLove (2004) - Linda
• Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004) - Natalie Coolidge
• Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Cassie Cartwright
• American Gun (2005) - Mary-Anne
• Grandma's Boy (2006) - Samantha

External links

• Linda Cardellini Photo Gallery
• Linda Cardellini fansite

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