Who Is Laura Linney’s Husband? All About Marc Schauer

Mar. 15, 2025

Laura Linney and Marc Schauer at the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019.Photo:Matt Baron/Shutterstock

Matt Baron/Shutterstock

Kinseyactress Laura Linney and her longtime husband, Marc Schauer, met while she was on the job.

Linney and Schauer met at the Telluride Film Festival in 2004 when he was paired with Linney as a festival liaison.

“He was the guy who said, ‘Hi, welcome to Telluride,’ " Linney toldThe New York Timesin 2010. “He was a V.I.P. host, a liaison between the town and the festival. He was assigned to me for the weekend.”

Sparks immediately flew, Linney and Schauer started an email correspondence and soon began dating. Five years later, the two married in a private backyard ceremony. Linney gave birth to her and Schauer’s son,Bennett Armistead, in 2014.

So, who is Laura Linney’s husband? Here is everything to know about Marc Schauer and his relationship with the actress.

They bonded over email

Marc Schauer and Laura Linney attend the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.Fairchild Archive/Penske Media/Getty

Fairchild Archive/Penske Media/Getty

Linney recalled her connection with Schauer as nearly instant, tellingThe New York Times,“I remember looking at him at one point and going: ‘Am I attracted to this man? Am I attracted to my handler? What is going on?’ ”

The pair got along well during the Telluride weekend, so Linney sent him a thank-you email, and he wrote back.

The two continued their correspondence. In one of their emails, Schauer asked Linney what they should do about their chemistry. “The only thing I know is that I don’t want to let it go,” she told him. “We need to find a way to spend time together.”

Linney and Schauer fell in love quickly

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Linney was nervous. “It was so unlike me,” she toldThe New York Times. The actress recalled her thoughts during the elevator ride when she realized how little she really knew about Schauer. “But at that point, I had nothing to lose,” she added.

“I got out of the elevator and I turned and I looked at him and every anxiety just vanished,” Linney said. “And I thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be fine.’ And we fell very hard for each other very quickly.”

They got married in 2009 — and Liam Neeson walked her down the aisle

Left: Laura Linney and Liam Neeson during the “K-19: The Widowmaker” Premiere. Right: Marc Schauer and Laura Linney attend The Juilliard School Gala Celebrating Joseph W. Polisi at The Juilliard School on April 26, 2010.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage ; PATRICK MCMULLAN/Patrick McMullan/Getty

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage ; PATRICK MCMULLAN/Patrick McMullan/Getty

Linney and Schauer made things official in May 2009 in an outdoor ceremony at her Connecticut home.

In a touching gesture, Linney’s close friend and frequent costar, Liam Neeson, walked her down the aisle just two months after the tragic death of his wife,Natasha Richardson.

“It was an astonishing moment, a celebration of love and loss, being given equal treatment,” writer and friend Armistead Maupin, toldThe New York Times.

Linney and Schauer share a son

Laura Linney and Marc Schauer attend the Patron’s Brunch during the 36th Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2009 in Telluride, Colorado.Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Michael Caulfield/WireImage

“I wanted my child to have as much of his spirit around him as possible,” Linney toldThe New York Timesin 2019 of the choice to honor Maupin, who she called “the greatest man I’ve ever known.”

Linney is a proud mother to Bennett. “Well, I was an older mother-to-be and it had taken me a very long time to have a child,” she said on a 2016 episode ofLive with Kellywhile describing her decision to keep her pregnancy private. “I wanted to make sure that my child actually arrived, and was safe and healthy.”

TheOzarkstar has spoken glowingly of becoming a mother. “In the first year of being a mom, I realized there were muscles in my face that had never been used before. When looking at my son, I wassmiling in a way I never had before. My face was sore all the time,” she told PEOPLE in 2021.

Linney also described how Schauer helps heravoid “mom-brain” fashionfaux-pas involving clashing patterns. Linney told PEOPLE in 2023, “My husband will look at me as I’m about to walk out the door and go, ‘Really?’ ”

Schauer attends events with Linney

Marc Schauer and Laura Linney attend the 2017 Tony Awards on June 11, 2017 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Despite Linney’s acclaimed career, the couple have managed to maintain relatively private lives over the years. Schauer has worked as both a real estate agent and a drug and alcohol counselor, perThe New York Times.

He is a big fan of his wife

Marc Schauer and Laura Linney attend the opening night performance for ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ on October 12, 2017 in New York City.Walter McBride/WireImage

Walter McBride/WireImage

Schauer is in awe of his talented wife.

Maupin toldThe New York Timesthat when Showtime revived episodes ofMore Tales of the Cityin which Linney appeared, Schauer noted on his Facebook page, “[I] see why grown men get red-faced, cry and generally get apoplectic when they see her.”

In the same interview, the writer remarked that Linney and Schauer shared such a warm parting embrace that Schauer had to remind her there was someone else present.

source: people.com