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Linda Hunt is a Actor American born on 2 april 1945 at Morristown (USA)

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt
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Birth name Lydia Susanna Hunter
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1945 (79 years) at Morristown (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage and television actress 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 to 2002, Hunt played the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice. She currently portrays Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role she has held since the 2009 debut, for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards. She is also the narrator in the God of War video game franchise.

Biography

Hunt is 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) tall. In high school, she was diagnosed as having hypopituitary dwarfism. She does not have Turner Syndrome as some blogs have stated.

Hunt is a lesbian, and since 1987 has lived in Los Angeles with her wife Karen Klein, whom she married in 2008. Hunt is an ambassador for the Best Friends Animal Society.

There is no connection between Hunt and two other famous women who share her SAG-registered last name, Oscar winner Helen Hunt and actress-director Bonnie Hunt. Bonnie has joked that people come up to her asking for autographs, mistaking her for Helen, and she then confuses them even more by signing as Linda.

Best films

Kindergarten Cop (1990)
(Actress)
The Relic (1997)
(Actress)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
(Actress)

Usually with

Robert Altman
Robert Altman
(2 films)
Jon Kasdan
Jon Kasdan
(2 films)
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Linda Hunt (26 films)

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Actress

Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2h15
Directed by Ron Howard, Phil Lord
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Western
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Roles Lady Proxima (voice)
Rating68% 3.446383.446383.446383.446383.44638
L'univers de Star Wars tourne autour des tentatives de séparation d'un groupe favorable à un empire de la République galactique. Pour ce faire, les séparatistes entraînent des dirigeants de la République dans des affaires ingérables grâce aux manigances du Chancelier Suprême Palpatine, qui dit servir la démocratie tout en étant favorable à un empire. Pour maintenir la paix en place, les Jedi combattent les ennemis de la République, mais ceux-ci doivent faire face aux Seigneurs Sith (dont Palpatine est membre, sous le nom de Dark Sidious), tous sont sensibles à la Force, une capacité d'origine physiologique qui permet à leurs détenteurs d'acquérir certains pouvoirs surnaturels.
The Singing Revolution, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Musical
Actors Linda Hunt, Lennart Meri
Roles Self - Narrator
Rating83% 4.1638054.1638054.1638054.1638054.163805
Stranger Than Fiction, 1h53
Directed by Marc Forster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers
Actors Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Christian Stolte
Roles Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Rating74% 3.7489053.7489053.7489053.7489053.748905
Harold Crick, an agent for the Internal Revenue Service, lives his life by his wristwatch. He is assigned to audit an intentionally tax-delinquent baker, Ana Pascal, to whom he is attracted. On the same day, he begins hearing the voice of a woman omnisciently narrating his life but is unable to communicate with it. Harold's watch stops working and he resets it using the time given by a bystander; the voice narrates, "little did he know that this simple, seemingly innocuous act would result in his imminent death". Worried by this prediction, Harold consults a psychiatrist who attributes the voice to schizophrenia, though they consider that if there really is a narrator, he should visit an expert in literature. Crick visits Jules Hilbert, a literature professor, and relates his story. When Jules recognizes aspects of a literary work in Harold's story, he encourages Harold to identify the author, first by determining if the work is a comedy or tragedy.
Yours, Mine & Ours, 1h30
Directed by Raja Gosnell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Katija Pevec, Sean Faris
Roles Mrs. Munion
Rating55% 2.7590052.7590052.7590052.7590052.759005
High-school sweethearts Frank Beardsley (a widowed U.S. Coast Guard admiral, currently serving as superintendent of the US Coast Guard Academy) and Helen North (a widowed handbag designer), are reunited when Frank and his family move back to his hometown of New London, Connecticut. After unexpectedly encountering each other at a restaurant while on separate dates, they run into each other again at their 30-year class reunion.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly (2002)
, 1h43
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt, Kathy Bates, Jacob Smith
Roles Sister Madeline
Rating61% 3.054423.054423.054423.054423.05442
Joe and Emily Darrow are doctors in a Chicago hospital. Seven months pregnant Emily travels to Venezuela to help natives in the Amazon area. She dies when a bus is hit by a landslide and plunges into the river below. Her body is never found by the local authorities.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Irene Bedard, Billy Zane, Jim Cummings, Donal Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt
Roles Grandmother Willow (voice)
Rating49% 2.4750652.4750652.4750652.4750652.475065
In London, John Smith is ambushed by a group of soldiers with a warrant for his arrest and presumed dead in the ensuing confrontation; Governor Ratcliffe has lied to King James (being a personal friend of the King) and framed Smith as the traitor from the first film in a plot to declare war against the Powhatan Nation while avoiding punishment for his own crimes. In order to prevent this, the King sends a young diplomat, John Rolfe, to bring Chief Powhatan to England for negotiations. In the New World, Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter, mourns John Smith's death but is eventually able to move on. John Rolfe soon arrives, greeted by English civilians (who by now have settled in Jamestown) and a curious Pocahontas. Rolfe eventually speaks with Powhatan, but he refuses to accompany him to England, so Pocahontas goes in her father's stead, believing that she can bring about peace between the two nations. Powhatan sends a bodyguard, Uttamatomakkin (Uti) to accompany Pocahontas. Rolfe and Pocahontas have a rocky start, but gradually warm up to each other.
Amazon
Amazon (1997)
, 38minutes
Directed by Kieth Merrill
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about nature
Actors Linda Hunt, Jesse Corti
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating67% 3.3822553.3822553.3822553.3822553.382255
Explorez l'Amazone mystérieuse en IMAX éprouvent et célèbrent la beauté, la vitalité et l'étonnement de cette forêt tropicale humide magique, qui disparaît. Les cinéastes ont surmonté beaucoup de difficultés pour photographier le paysage tropical rarement vu et le présenter avec toute a puissance visuel associé à IMAX. Relaté par l'Oscar - l'actrice gagnante Linda Hunt, cette collaboration unique entre un scientifique américain et un chaman tribal sur une mission de trouver des plantes médicinales rares stupéfiera et vous étonnera.
The Relic
The Relic (1997)
, 1h50
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, Clayton Rohner, John Kapelos
Roles Dr. Ann Cuthbert
Rating58% 2.9014752.9014752.9014752.9014752.901475
John Whitney (Lewis Van Bergen), an anthropologist for the Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is studying a newly discovered tribe in South America, and drinks a soup made for him by the tribesmen. A short time later, he is seen accosting the captain of a merchant ship, asking that the shipment he has sent back to Chicago be unloaded from the ship. When the captain informs him that it's too late because the ship is about to leave, Whitney sneaks aboard. As the ship leaves the dock, Whitney searches through the cargo hold for his crates, crying out in despair when he does not find what he's looking for.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas (1995)
, 1h21
Directed by Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, John Kassir, Russell Means, Billy Connolly
Roles Grandmother Willow (voice)
Rating67% 3.3529553.3529553.3529553.3529553.352955
In 1607, the Susan Constant sails to the New World from England, carrying British settlers of the Virginia Company. On board are Captain John Smith and the voyage's leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks large amounts of gold in the New World to assure a strong position at the British court. Along the way, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm, and Smith saves a young, inexperienced crewmate named Thomas from drowning. In the Powhatan tribe in the New World, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, dreads being possibly wed to Kocoum, a brave warrior whom she sees as too "serious" for her free-spirited personality. Chief Powhatan gives Pocahontas her deceased mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas, along with her friends, the gluttonous raccoon Meeko and hot-tempered hummingbird Flit, visit Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking willow tree, and speaks of a possibly prophetic dream involving a spinning arrow, and her confusion regarding what her "path" in life should be. Grandmother Willow then alerts Pocahontas to the arriving British.
Maverick
Maverick (1994)
, 2h7
Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Poker
Actors Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
Rating69% 3.4992953.4992953.4992953.4992953.499295
The story, set in the American Old West, is a first-person account by wisecracking gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) of his misadventures on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. Besides wanting to win the tournament for the prize money, he also wants to prove, once and for all, that he is the best card player of his time.
Ready to Wear, 2h12
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La mode, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kim Basinger, Chiara Mastroianni
Roles Regina Krumm
Rating52% 2.6005352.6005352.6005352.6005352.600535
En mars 1994, c'est la semaine de la mode de Paris, avec le grand et le petit mondes qui gravitent autour. Tandis que la reporter Kitty Potter enchaîne les interview des stars de la mode, Olivier de la Fontaine, le président du syndicat du prêt-à-porter se retrouve dans une voiture de maître avec Sergio, un étrange personnage qui porte la même cravate que lui. Olivier meurt brusquement alors que la voiture est prise dans un embouteillage sur le pont Alexandre-III. Sergio s'enfuit en plongeant dans la Seine. Ni Isabelle, la veuve d'Olivier, ni Simone Lowenthal, dite Simone Lo, ne semblent regretter la mort d'Olivier sur laquelle enquêtent les inspecteurs Tantpis et Forget. Joe Flynn, reporter sportif qui allait quitter son hôtel, est prié par son journal d’enquêter sur ce mystérieux décès, mais au moment où il veut reprendre sa chambre, celle-ci vient d'être attribuée à l’énigmatique Anne Eisenhower qui a perdu ses bagages à Roissy.
Rain Without Thunder, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Films set in the future, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Betty Buckley, Carolyn McCormick, Jeff Daniels, Robert Earl Jones, Linda Hunt, Iona Morris
Roles Atwood Society Director
Rating50% 2.5181452.5181452.5181452.5181452.518145
Note: This plot summary is a linear account of the Goldrings' story. The film itself does not reveal all plot details in order.
Younger and Younger, 1h39
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser, Sally Kellerman, Julie Delpy, Lolita Davidovich, Linda Hunt
Roles Frances
Rating49% 2.460272.460272.460272.460272.46027
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility. He has a strained relationship with wife Penny, a plain and skittish woman who is startled by a noise Jonathan makes and dies from a heart attack.
Twenty Bucks, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Gladys Knight, Elisabeth Shue, Sam Sorbo, Steve Buscemi
Roles Angeline
Rating62% 3.1467453.1467453.1467453.1467453.146745
An armored truck brings money to load an ATM. A woman withdraws $20 but the bill slips away. A homeless woman, Angeline (Linda Hunt), grabs the bill and reads the serial number, proclaiming that it is her destiny to win the lottery with those numbers. As she holds the bill, a boys grabs the bill from her and uses it at a bakery. The baker sells an expensive pair of figurines for a wedding cake to Jack Holiday (George Morfogen) and gives him the bill as change. At the rehearsal dinner for the upcoming wedding of Sam Mastrewski (Brendan Fraser) to Anna Holiday (Sam Jenkins), Jack reminisces about exchanging his foreign money for American currency when he first came to America, and he presents Sam with the $20 bill as a wedding present. Sam is taken aback by the perceived cheapness of his father-in-law-to-be, but is quickly "kidnapped" for his bachelor party, where he uses the bill to pay the stripper (Melora Walters). Anna shows up to explain that the $20 is not the entire present and suggests they frame it to show that they understand its significance. Sam is unable to explain the absence of the bill, when the stripper comes in from the fire escape to offer it back to him. Anna apparently breaks the engagement.