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
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018)
Lady Proxima (voice)
Pocahontas
(1995)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Silverado
(1985)
Stella
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
(1998)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Popeye
(1980)
Mrs. Oxheart
She-Devil
(1989)
Hooper
The Relic
(1997)
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
Stranger Than Fiction
(2006)
Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Kindergarten Cop
(1990)
Miss Schlowski
Dragonfly
(2002)
Sister Madeline
Prêt-à-Porter
(1994)
Regina Krumm
Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005)
Mrs. Munion
If Looks Could Kill
(1991)
Ilsa Grunt
The Year of Living Dangerously
(1982)
Billy Kwan
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
Basements
(1987)
Rose (segment "The Room")
Waiting for the Moon
(1987)
Alice B. Toklas
The Room Upstairs
(1987)
Mrs. Sanders
The Turn of the Screw
(1989)
Title Opening (voice)
Carmilla
(1989)
Narrator (voice)
She-Devil
(1989)
Hooper
Kindergarten Cop
(1990)
Miss Schlowski
Wild by Law
(1991)
Narrator
If Looks Could Kill
(1991)
Ilsa Grunt
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(1992)
(voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(1992)
(voice)
Twenty Bucks
(1993)
Angeline
Younger and Younger
(1993)
Frances
Rain Without Thunder
(1993)
Atwood Society Director
Prêt-à-Porter
(1994)
Regina Krumm
Pocahontas
(1995)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki
(1995)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Untold Stories
(1997)
Narrator
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
(1997)
narrator
The Relic
(1997)
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
Amazon
(1997)
Narrator (voice)
Eat Your Heart Out
(1997)
Kathryn
Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
(1997)
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
(1998)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Influenza 1918
(1998)
Narrator
Out of the Past
(1998)
Narrator
Island of the Sharks
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Who Owns the Past?
(2000)
Narrator
Dragonfly
(2002)
Sister Madeline
Woodrow Wilson
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Jimmy Carter
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005)
Mrs. Munion
Christmas in Yellowstone
(2006)
Narrator
The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
Stranger Than Fiction
(2006)
Dr. Mittag-Leffler
The Singing Revolution
(2006)
Self - Narrator
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)
Dune (1984): The Alternative Edition Redux 4K Remaster
(2021)
Shadout Mapes