Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt (born April , ) is an American actress.
After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (), Hunt's
breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of
Living Dangerously (), for which she won the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar
portraying a character of the opposite sex.Hunt also appeared in films
such as The Bostonians (), Dune (), Silverado (), Eleni (), Waiting
for the Moon (), She-Devil (), Kindergarten Cop (), If Looks Could
Kill (), Rain Without Thunder (), Twenty Bucks (), Younger and Younger
(), Prêt-à -Porter (), Pocahontas (), The Relic (), Pocahontas II:
Journey to a New World (), Dragonfly (), Yours Mine and Ours (), and
Stranger than Fiction ().Hunt has also had a successful television
career. She played Rose in the television movie Basements () and
narrated in the television movie The New Chimpanzees. She
guest-starred on Hallmark Hall of Fame in both and , Space Rangers in
, Carnivale in both and , Without a Trace in , The Unit in , and
Nip/Tuck in . From to , 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 played
since , for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards. She is also
the narrator for the Greek era of the God of War video game franchise.
After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (), Hunt's
breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of
Living Dangerously (), for which she won the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar
portraying a character of the opposite sex.Hunt also appeared in films
such as The Bostonians (), Dune (), Silverado (), Eleni (), Waiting
for the Moon (), She-Devil (), Kindergarten Cop (), If Looks Could
Kill (), Rain Without Thunder (), Twenty Bucks (), Younger and Younger
(), Prêt-à -Porter (), Pocahontas (), The Relic (), Pocahontas II:
Journey to a New World (), Dragonfly (), Yours Mine and Ours (), and
Stranger than Fiction ().Hunt has also had a successful television
career. She played Rose in the television movie Basements () and
narrated in the television movie The New Chimpanzees. She
guest-starred on Hallmark Hall of Fame in both and , Space Rangers in
, Carnivale in both and , Without a Trace in , The Unit in , and
Nip/Tuck in . From to , 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 played
since , for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards. She is also
the narrator for the Greek era of the God of War video game franchise.
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