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Linda Hunt

Acting

Born April 2, 1945 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Biography

​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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1984
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1984 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1984 · nominated

Filmography35 titles

Scorpion

2014as Hetty Lange

Carnivàle

2003as Management (voice)

Nature

1982as Narrator (voice)

The Practice

1997as Judge Zoey Hiller

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

2005

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Henrietta "Hetty" Lange

Stranger Than Fiction

2006as Dr. Mittag-Leffler

The Unit

2006as Dr. Eudora Hobbs

Without a Trace

2002as Clare Bryson

Nip/Tuck

2003as Voice of Authority

Pocahontas

1995as Grandmother Willow (voice)

Silverado

1985as Stella

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982as Billy Kwan

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018as Lady Proxima (voice)

American Experience

1988as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dragonfly

2002as Sister Madeline

Yours, Mine & Ours

2005as Mrs. Munion

Dune

1984as Shadout Mapes

The Relic

1997as Dr. Ann Cuthbert

If Looks Could Kill

1991as Ilsa Grunt

Kindergarten Cop

1990as Miss Schlowski

Great Performances

1971as Nora

The Singing Revolution

2006as Self - Narrator

She-Devil

1989as Hooper

Eleni

1985as Katina

Twenty Bucks

1993as Angeline

The Bostonians

1984as Dr. Prance

Popeye

1980as Mrs. Oxheart

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

1998as Grandmother Willow (voice)

Space Rangers

1993as Cmdr. Chennault

Ready to Wear

1994as Regina Krumm

The Relationtrip

2017as Dr. Lipschweiss

Eat Your Heart Out

1997as Kathryn

Rain Without Thunder

1993as Atwood Society Director

Younger and Younger

1993as Frances