Linda Hunt Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage and television actress currently known for her role as Henrietta Lange in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980), Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance, in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Her role as Billy Kwan earned her an Academy Award, an Australian Film Institute Award, a Golden Globe nomination and various other awards.She has had great success in films such as The Bostonians (1984), Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Eleni (1985), Waiting for the Moon (1987), She-Devil (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), If Looks Could Kill (1991), Rain Without Thunder (1992), Twenty Bucks (1993), Younger and Younger (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Relic (1997), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), Dragonfly (2002), Yours Mine and Ours (2005) and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).Hunt has also had a successful television career. She played Rose in the television movie Basements (1987) and narrated in the television movie The New Chimpanzees. She guest starred on Hallmark Hall of Fame in both 1978 and 1987, Space Rangers in 1993, Carnivale in both 2003 and 2005, Without a Trace in 2008, The Unit in 2008 and Nip Tuck in 2009. From 1997-2002 Hunt played the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice. She currently plays Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange on the CBS television series NCIS Los Angeles, a role she has played since its debut in 2009. The role earned her a Teen Choice Award nomination in 2011. She is also the narrator in the God of War video game franchise.
Full Name
Linda Hunt
Net Worth
$3 million
Date Of Birth
April 2, 1945
Place Of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Height
1.45 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Voice Actor
Work Position
Awards for Linda Hunt
Education
The Theatre School at DePaul University, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Nationality
American
Spouse
Karen Kline
Parents
Raymond Davy Hunter, Elsie Doying Hunter
Nicknames
Linda Hunt, Hunt, Linda
Twitter
IMDB
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, Australian Film Institute Jury Prize
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Movies
The Year of Living Dangerously, Kindergarten Cop, Pocahontas, She-Devil, Dune, Silverado, The Relic, Popeye, If Looks Could Kill, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Prêt-à-Porter, Twenty Bucks, Waiting for the Moon, Stranger than Fiction, Yours, Mine & Ours, Rain Without Thunder, The Bostonian...
TV Shows
Carnivàle, Space Rangers, NCIS: Los Angeles, American Experience
Her voice work includes narration for the History Channel, as well as National Public Radio.
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Has lived with her romantic partner, psychotherapist Karen Klein, since 1987. Hunt's official biography on the CBS website for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) refers to Klein as Hunt's spouse.
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Ranked #9 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Arthur Kopit's "End of the World."
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Has twice played male roles that did not feature or reference her actual female status: Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and The Management in Carnivàle (2003) (who, though mostly unseen, is often referred to by other characters as male).
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The first actor to have won an Academy Award portraying a member of the opposite sex, she won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for her role as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Note this was not Linda Hunt playing a woman pretending to be a man, like Barbra Streisand did in Yentl (1983) or, in reverse, as Dustin Hoffman did in Tootsie (1982), but Hunt playing a man in a serious drama.
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Attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. She was a charter student the first year of the Interlochen Arts Academy which was established in 1962 as a complement to the Interlochen Arts Camp which had been established in 1928.
