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Vinony catalogs Linda Hunt in its Best Supporting Actress collection (173 entries).
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Film & TV
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously. She is currently portraying the role of Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, Office of Special Projects Operations Manager on the CBS Television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
Known for
- Solo: A Star Wars Story — Lady Proxima (voice)2018
- The Relationtrip — Dr. Lipschweiss2017
- Scorpion — Hetty Lange2014
- The Polio Crusade — Self - Narrator (voice)2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles — Henrietta "Hetty" Lange2009
- The Making of God of War II — Gaia2007
- Voices of God of War II — Self2007
- The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn — Narrator (voice)2006
- The Singing Revolution — Self - Narrator2006
- Stranger Than Fiction — Dr. Mittag-Leffler2006
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Lydia Susanna Hunt , ( 1945-04-02 ) April 2, 1945 (age 81) , Morristown, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- Art Institute of Chicago ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Height
- 145 cm (4 ft 9 in)
- Spouse
- Karen Kline ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 )
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1983)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lydia
- Family name
- Hunter
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Morristown
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Linda Hunt.jpg
- Height
- 1.45
- Work location
- United States
- Residence
- Hollywood
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- date of birth
- 1945-04-02
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- name in native language
- Linda Hunt
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- Commons category
- Linda Hunt
- medical condition
- dwarfism
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Linda Hunt (born Lydia Susanna Hunt; April 2, 1945) is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has also appeared in films such as Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Eleni (1985), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pocahontas (1995), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).
Hunt has had a successful career on television and in voice-over work, notably providing the voice of the narrator for the Ancient Greek mythology themed God of War video game series. From 1997 to 2002, she played the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice and played Commander Chennault on the sci-fi series Space Rangers. From 2009 to 2023, she portrayed Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linda Hunt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.