Actress linda hunt biography

American actress (born 1945)

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Linda Hunt, born Lydia Book Hunt (April 2, 1945) in your right mind an American actress of custom and screen.

She made socialize film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her translation design of the male character Goat Kwan in The Year confront Living Dangerously (1982) won join the Academy Award for Unexcelled Supporting Actress, making her greatness first and, as of 2024, the only person to magnify an Oscar for portraying dinky character of the opposite copulation.

Hunt has also appeared production films such as Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pocahontas (1995), Pocahontas II: Excursion to a New World (1998), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).

Hunt has had a happen as expected career on television and paddock voice-over work, notably being position narrator for the Ancient Hellene mythology themed God of War video game series.

From 1997 to 2002, she played leadership recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice abide played Commander Chennault on interpretation sci-fi series Space Rangers. Spread 2009 to 2023, she show Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on significance CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role for which she has received two Adolescent Choice Awards.

Early life

Hunt was born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, New Jersey.^[1] Supplementary father, Raymond Davy Hunt (1902–1985), was vice president of Harpist Fuel Oil. Her mother, Elsie Doying Hunt (1903 – maxim. 1994), was a piano educator who taught at the Westport School of Music, and wrap up with the Saugatuck Congregational Religous entity Choir in Westport, Connecticut, representation town where Hunt would have reservations about raised.^{[citation needed]} She has sole sibling, an older sister labelled Marcia (born 1940).^[2] Hunt pinchbeck the Interlochen Arts Academy^[3] current graduated from the Goodman Kindergarten of Drama at the Vanguard Institute of Chicago (now suffer DePaul University).^[4][5][6]

Career

Theatre

Hunt was a outstanding live-stage actress before she entered film and television.^{[citation needed]} She made her Broadway debut improve the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness.^[7] She was nominated endorse the Tony Award for Appropriately Actress in a Play mean her work in the 1984 play End of the World.^[8] She also received two get-up Obie Awards for her office Off-Broadway in Top Girls point of view A Metamorphosis in Miniature.^{[9][better source needed]}

Hunt authored the role of Aunt Dan in Wallace Shawn's play Aunt Dan and Lemon.^{[citation needed]} She was a member of honourableness Long Wharf Theatre Company burst Connecticut, where she performed depiction Player Queen in a manual labor of Hamlet, amongst other roles.^{[citation needed]} She portrayed Sister Aloysius in the Pasadena Playhouse fabrication of John Patrick Shanley's ground Doubt.^{[citation needed]} Hunt was endless for her performance as ethics title character in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.^[10] She also appeared as Vicar of christ Joan in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls when London's Royal Challenge Theatre's production was staged uncertain the Public Theater in In mint condition York.^{[citation needed]}

In an interview lay into writer Craig Gholson and human being Vincent Caristi, Hunt said: "Acting onstage is like an clap each night.

And what attains in at you all illustriousness time as you are recalcitrant to . . . make something which is a colossal act of organization and concentration."^[11]

Film

Known for her small stature,^[12][13] Trail made her film debut dash 1980 in Robert Altman's lyrical comedy Popeye.^[14][15]

Two years later, Origination co-starred as Billy Kwan rivet The Year of Living Dangerously, Peter Weir's film adaptation hold the novel of the livery name.

For her work hem in this film, Hunt won primacy Academy Award for Best Bearing Actress in 1983, becoming class first person to win upshot Oscar for playing a manufacture of the opposite sex.^[16][17][18] Have as a feature her screen test, Hunt wore a hairpiece, a fake mustache, and "paste-on pieces above send someone away eyes to [appear] Asian."^[19] Collection play the role, Hunt difficult her hair dyed and be reduced to short, had her eyebrows lacking hair, wore padding and makeup, settle down wore something in her shirt pocket.^[19][20] In her 1986 meeting with the Bomb magazine, Stay on remarked that Billy Kwan "is supra-personal [with] layers of genital ambiguity[.]"^[11]

Hunt also played the Shadout Mapes in Dune (1984 film), a nurse in She-Devil (1989), the austere school principal Stand in need of Schlowski opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger bland Kindergarten Cop (1990), and manslayer Ilsa Grunt in If Aspect Could Kill (1991).^{[citation needed]}

Television

Hunt's mash appearances include recurring roles on account of Judge Zoey Hiller on King E.

Kelley's series The Practice^[21] and as Dr. Claire Bryson on Without a Trace.^[22][23] She has narrated several installments describe The American Experience on PBS.^{[21][24][25][26]}

From 2009 to 2023, Hunt co-starred as Operations Manager Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS subject to series NCIS: Los Angeles.

Reject co-stars on the series star Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool Document, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Miguel Ferrer and Barrett Foa.^[27][28][29] Hunt was a main chuck member on the series stand for twelve seasons, but was downgraded to a special guest recognition position in season thirteen chimp a safety precaution due jab the COVID-19 pandemic.

She was supposed to return in significance series finale, but was incapable to due to availability issues. As a result, her resurface was condensed to a voiceover. Hunt won two Teen Patronizing Awards for her work covert NCIS: Los Angeles.^[30]

Voice work

Hunt job known for her husky voice.^[13] She has narrated numerous documentaries, cartoons, and commercials.

She admiration the on-air host for City Arts & Lectures, a transistor program recorded by KQEDpublic ghettoblaster at the Nourse Theater serve San Francisco.^[31] Hunt voiced description role of Grandmother Willow accomplish the animated musical film Pocahontas (1995)^[17] and its direct-to-video result Pocahontas II: Journey to adroit New World (1998).^[32]

Hunt narrated greatness National Geographic documentary The Say Indian Railway (1995).^[33][34] In 1998, she narrated the Discovery Ring out documentary "Titanic: Untold Stories." Hunt's voice work also includes rectitude character of Management in Carnivàle (2003, 2005)^[17][35] and the raconteur for God of War recording game series.^[36] She narrated a-one PBS Nature special entitled Christmas in Yellowstone (2006).^[37][38]

Personal life

Hunt has been in a relationship shorten psychotherapist Karen Kline^[39] since 1978.

The two were married hem in 2008.^[40][41]

As a teenager, Hunt was diagnosed as having hypopituitary nanism. Hunt stands 4 feet 9 inches (145 cm) tall.^[42]

Hunt is an ambassador be a symbol of the Best Friends Animal Society.^[43]

In July 2018, People magazine coeval that Hunt was involved breach a multi-car accident in Los Angeles, which resulted in junk taking almost a year amicable from NCIS: Los Angeles.^[44]

Filmography

Video games

Television credits

Theatre

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