---
name: "Anjelica Huston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anjelica-huston"
fi1m_id: "anjelica-huston"
imdb_id: "nm0001378"
tmdb_id: 5657
wikidata_id: "Q190998"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 July 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-10-22T03:23:12.907502+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anjelica Huston

## Identity

Anjelica Huston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anjelica-huston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anjelica-huston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001378
- **TMDB ID:** 5657
- **Wikidata ID:** Q190998
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjelica_Huston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190998, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5657

Actor. Born 8 July 1951 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 July 1951, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 18: 16 acting, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md), [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://film.one/person/barry-sonnenfeld.md), [Basil Iwanyk](https://film.one/person/basil-iwanyk.md), [Chad Stahelski](https://film.one/person/chad-stahelski.md), [Christina Ricci](https://film.one/person/christina-ricci.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd.md), [Erica Lee](https://film.one/person/erica-lee.md), [Ian McShane](https://film.one/person/ian-mcshane.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 16 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 50 (1), 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 86 (4), 1990s 80 (5), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 78 (4), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 9 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 5 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 11, Drama 7, Crime 5, Family 3, Fantasy 3, Action 2
- **Screen time:** 25 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $983m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjelica_Huston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190998, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5657

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86), [*Crimes and Misdemeanors*](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Addams Family Values*](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md) (78), [*The Addams Family*](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md) (77)
- **Peacock:** [*The Witches*](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Buffalo '66*](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md) (77)
- **Pluto TV:** [*John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum*](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Ballerina*](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Born on 8 July 1951 in Santa Monica, California, she is the daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston. She made her screen debut in her father's *A Walk with Love and Death* (1969) and worked as a model in the 1970s before pursuing acting in the early 1980s.

Huston received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Prizzi's Honour* (1985), directed by her father. She is known for playing Morticia Addams in *The Addams Family* (1991) and *Addams Family Values* (1993), and for roles in Wes Anderson films including *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004) and *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007). She played The Director in *John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum* (2019) and reprised the role in *Ballerina* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (18)

### Performed in (16) — the average rests on these

- *Ballerina* (2025), Fi1m 58, as The Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum* (2019), Fi1m 72, as The Director — [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.md)
- *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Mute Poodle (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md)
- *Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Queen Usurna (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/trollhunters-tales-of-arcadia.md)
- *Transparent* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Vicki — [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, as Etheline Tenenbaum — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Fi1m 77, as Jan Brown — [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Morticia Addams — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Morticia Addams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *The Grifters* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Lilly Dillon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Miss Eva Ernst — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Dolores Paley — [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Gretta Conroy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Maerose Prizzi — [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Polly Deutsch — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Casino Royale* (1967), Fi1m 50, as Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)

## Complete filmography (111)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mighty Nein* (2025), series, as Deirta (voice)
- *Ballerina* (2025), as The Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *Towards Zero* (2025), series, as Lady Tressilian
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), as Narrator (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *Star Wars: Visions* (2021), series, as Sith Mother (voice)
- *Star Wars: The Bad Batch* (2021), series, as Isa Durand (voice)
- *Waiting for Anya* (2020), as Horcada
- *Arctic Dogs* (2019), as Magda (voice)
- *Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum* (2019), as The Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.md)
- *Trouble* (2018), as Maggie
- *The Cleanse* (2018), as Lily
- *Isle of Dogs* (2018), as Mute Poodle (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md)
- *The Watcher in the Woods* (2017), as Mrs. Aylwood
- *Thirst Street* (2017), as Narrator (voice)
- *Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia* (2016), series, as Queen Usurna (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/trollhunters-tales-of-arcadia.md)
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as Anna Summour — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *All Hail King Julien* (2014), series, as Julienne (voice)
- *Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast* (2014), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *Transparent* (2014), series, as Vicki — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Angela Diaz (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy* (2014), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *Pixie Hollow Bake Off* (2013), as Queen Clarion (Voice)
- *Haven't We Met Before?* (2013), Director
- *Secret of the Wings* (2012), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *Burma: A Human Tragedy* (2012), as Narrator (voice)
- *Smash* (2012), series, as Eileen Rand
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Pixie Hollow Games* (2011), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *The Big Year* (2011), as Annie Auklet
- *50/50* (2011), as Diane Lerner
- *Horrid Henry: The Movie* (2011), as Miss Battleaxe
- *When in Rome* (2010), as Celeste
- *The Adventures of Disney Fairies* (2010), series, as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure* (2009), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *Choke* (2008), as Ida J. Mancini
- *Tinker Bell* (2008), as Queen Clarion (voice)
- *The Kreutzer Sonata* (2008), as Elinore
- *Martian Child* (2007), as Mimi
- *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), as Patricia
- *Seraphim Falls* (2007), as Madame Louise
- *Material Girls* (2006), as Fabiella
- *Art School Confidential* (2006), as Art History Teacher
- *Covert One: The Hades Factor* (2006), series, as Mrs. President
- *These Foolish Things* (2006), as Lottie Osgood
- *Riding the Bus with My Sister* (2005), Director
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Superintendent Ellen Riggs (voice)
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Cynthia Keener
- *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), as Eleanor Zissou
- *Huff* (2004), series, Actor
- *Iron Jawed Angels* (2004), as Carrie Chapman Catt
- *Daddy Day Care* (2003), as Miss Gwyneth Harridan
- *Barbie as Rapunzel* (2002), as Gothel (voice)
- *Blood Work* (2002), as Dr. Bonnie Fox
- *Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star* (2002), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), as Etheline Tenenbaum — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *The Man from Elysian Fields* (2001), as Jennifer Adler
- *The Mists of Avalon* (2001), series, as Vivianne
- *The Golden Bowl* (2000), as Fanny Assingham
- *Agnes Browne* (1999), as Agnes Browne · Director, Producer
- *Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power* (1999), as Narrator (voice)
- *Phoenix* (1998), as Leila
- *EverAfter* (1998), as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), as Jan Brown — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)
- *Bastard Out of Carolina* (1996), Director
- *Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories* (1996), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Perez Family* (1995), as Carmela Perez
- *Buffalo Girls* (1995), as Calamity Jane
- *The Crossing Guard* (1995), as Mary
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), as Morticia Addams — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *Intimate Portrait* (1993), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *And the Band Played On* (1993), as Dr. Betsy Reisz
- *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), as Marcia Fox
- *Family Pictures* (1993), series, as Lainey Eberlin
- *The Player* (1992), as Anjelica Huston — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), as Morticia Addams — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle* (1991), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Grifters* (1990), as Lilly Dillon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), as Miss Eva Ernst — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *Enemies, a Love Story* (1989), as Tamara Broder
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), as Dolores Paley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)
- *Lonesome Dove* (1989), series, as Clara Forsythe Allen
- *Mr. North* (1988), as Persis Bosworth-Tennyson
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), as Mrs. Rattery
- *The Dead* (1987), as Gretta Conroy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Gardens of Stone* (1987), as Samantha Davis
- *Captain EO* (1986), as Witch
- *Good to Go* (1986), as Charlemaigne
- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), as Maerose Prizzi — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)
- *The Cowboy and the Ballerina* (1984), Actor
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1984), as Marguerite
- *The Ice Pirates* (1984), as Maida
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), as Polly Deutsch — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)
- *A Rose for Emily* (1983), as Miss Emily Grierson
- *The Nightingale* (1983), as Primrose
- *Frances* (1982), as Mental Patient
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Primrose, Marguerite
- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), as Madge
- *The Last Tycoon* (1976), as Edna
- *Swashbuckler* (1976), as Woman of Dark Visage
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Actor
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Ride This Way Grey Horse* (1970), as Claudia
- *Hamlet* (1969), as Court Lady
- *A Walk with Love and Death* (1969), as Claudia
- *Sinful Davey* (1969), as (uncredited)
- *Casino Royale* (1967), as Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited) — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Director
- *The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana*, as Befana
- *Legacy*, as Ruth

## Gallery

- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-87ef3bd3c341.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Anjelica_Huston_at_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2024.jpg/1280px-Anjelica_Huston_at_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if y](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-5153ffc80cbc.jpg) 1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if y — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Angelica_Houston_%282105760941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston in red dress. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Al](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-a256c7e01215.jpg) 1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston in red dress. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Al — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Angelica_Houston_%282106631378%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![From Wash. D.C. © copyright John Mathew Smith 2000 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-d85bdf6dfb2f.jpg) From Wash. D.C. © copyright John Mathew Smith 2000 (2010) — Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Angelica_Huston.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-fb12b4327534.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-0f9f8cfd929b.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-c77e2f8f3ba8.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Anjelica Huston in Berlin 2005.](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-8dae03c32d2d.jpg) Anjelica Huston in Berlin 2005. — Popperipopp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Anjelica_Huston1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anjelica Huston in Berlin 2005.](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-2b4db95bc4d5.jpg) Anjelica Huston in Berlin 2005. — Popperipopp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Anjelica_Huston1_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-18397eb5c1f0.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-7dc567d48744.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8406/gallery-4981476deb14.jpg) Anjelica Huston — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1991: Best Actress (nominated), for *The Grifters*
- 1990: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Enemies, a Love Story*
- 1986: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Prizzi's Honor*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2003: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (won)
- Donostia Award 1999: Donostia Award (won)
- Crystal Award 1996: Crystal Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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