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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Known For
Dune
(1984)
Shadout Mapes
Pocahontas
(1995)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Silverado
(1985)
Stella
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018)
Lady Proxima (voice)
The Relic
(1997)
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
She-Devil
(1989)
Hooper
Kindergarten Cop
(1990)
Miss Schlowski
Dragonfly
(2002)
Sister Madeline
Popeye
(1980)
Mrs. Oxheart
Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005)
Mrs. Munion
Ready to Wear
(1994)
Regina Krumm
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
(1998)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
The Bostonians
(1984)
Dr. Prance
Stranger Than Fiction
(2006)
Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Eleni
(1985)
Katina
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Ah, Wilderness!
(1976)
Nora
Fame
(1978)
Mona
Popeye
(1980)
Mrs. Oxheart
The Year of Living Dangerously
(1982)
Billy Kwan
Dune
(1984)
Shadout Mapes
The Bostonians
(1984)
Dr. Prance
Silverado
(1985)
Stella
Eleni
(1985)
Katina
Louise Brooks
(1986)
Narrator
The Room Upstairs
(1987)
Mrs. Sanders
Waiting for the Moon
(1987)
Alice B. Toklas
Basements
(1987)
Rose (segment "The Room")
She-Devil
(1989)
Hooper
The Turn of the Screw
(1989)
Title Opening (voice)
Carmilla
(1989)
Narrator (voice)
Kindergarten Cop
(1990)
Miss Schlowski
If Looks Could Kill
(1991)
Ilsa Grunt
Wild by Law
(1991)
Narrator
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(1992)
(voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(1992)
(voice)
Twenty Bucks
(1993)
Angeline
Younger and Younger
(1993)
Frances
Rain Without Thunder
(1993)
Atwood Society Director
Ready to Wear
(1994)
Regina Krumm
Pocahontas
(1995)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki
(1995)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Relic
(1997)
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
Amazon
(1997)
Narrator (voice)
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
(1997)
narrator
Titanic: Untold Stories
(1997)
Narrator
Eat Your Heart Out
(1997)
Kathryn
Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
(1997)
Out of the Past
(1998)
Narrator
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
(1998)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Influenza 1918
(1998)
Narrator
Island of the Sharks
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Who Owns the Past?
(2000)
Narrator
Dragonfly
(2002)
Sister Madeline
Jimmy Carter
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Woodrow Wilson
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005)
Mrs. Munion
The Singing Revolution
(2006)
Self - Narrator
Stranger Than Fiction
(2006)
Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Christmas in Yellowstone
(2006)
Narrator
The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
The Making of God of War II
(2007)
Gaia
The Polio Crusade
(2009)
Narrator
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
The Relationtrip
(2017)
Dr. Lipschweiss
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018)
Lady Proxima (voice)