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Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt

Department: Acting

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.

Known For

Pocahontas

Pocahontas

1995

Dune

Dune

1984

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

The Relic

The Relic

1997

She-Devil

She-Devil

1989

Popeye

Popeye

1980

The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982

Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!

1976

If Looks Could Kill

If Looks Could Kill

1991

Silverado

Silverado

1985

Fame

Fame

1978

Amazon

Amazon

1997

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

1998

The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn

The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn

2006

Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks

1993

The Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution

2006

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1989

Carmilla

Carmilla

1989

Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1998

Island of the Sharks

Island of the Sharks

1999

The Room Upstairs

The Room Upstairs

1987

Waiting for the Moon

Waiting for the Moon

1987

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

1997

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

Titanic: Untold Stories

Titanic: Untold Stories

1997

Eleni

Eleni

1985

Younger and Younger

Younger and Younger

1993

Basements

Basements

1987

Rain Without Thunder

Rain Without Thunder

1993

Yours, Mine & Ours

Yours, Mine & Ours

2005

Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki

Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki

1995

Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

2002

Ishi, the Last Yahi

Ishi, the Last Yahi

1994

The Relationtrip

The Relationtrip

2017

The Bostonians

The Bostonians

1984

Eat Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out

1997

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

1986

Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop

1990

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018

Who Owns the Past?

Who Owns the Past?

2000

The Making of God of War II

The Making of God of War II

2007

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

2002

Christmas in Yellowstone

Christmas in Yellowstone

2006

Influenza 1918

Influenza 1918

1998

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

2002

Wild by Law

Wild by Law

1991

The Polio Crusade

The Polio Crusade

2009

Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper

Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper

1997

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

1997

Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously

Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously

2002

Third Stone from the Sun

Third Stone from the Sun

1995

Carnivàle

Carnivàle

2003

The Unit

The Unit

2006

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002

The Practice

The Practice

1997

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Space Rangers

Space Rangers

1993

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

2005

Nature

Nature

1982

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Nightmare Classics

Nightmare Classics

1989

Scorpion

Scorpion

2014

American Experience

American Experience

1988

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Secrets of the Ocean Realm

Secrets of the Ocean Realm

1997

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

2003

People's Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

1975