--- name: "Kathryn Hunter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathryn-hunter" fi1m_id: "kathryn-hunter" imdb_id: "nm0402898" tmdb_id: 72309 wikidata_id: "Q459482" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 April 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 9 updated: "2026-10-10T15:53:18.113311+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." --- # Kathryn Hunter ## Identity Kathryn Hunter - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kathryn-hunter - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kathryn-hunter - **IMDb ID:** nm0402898 - **TMDB ID:** 72309 - **Wikidata ID:** Q459482 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Hunter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72309 Actor. Born 9 April 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 April 1957, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1992–present - **Also known as:** کاترین هانتر, Αικατερίνη Χατζηπατέρας, Aikaterini Hadjipateras - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 9 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 68 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 73 (6) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 8 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Fantasy 3, Science Fiction 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,076m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Hunter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72309 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*The Tragedy of Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) (80) - **HBO Max:** [*Landscapers*](https://film.one/tv/landscapers.md) (78) - **Hulu:** [*Poor Things*](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Kathryn Hunter > Kathryn Hunter makes small parts forceful through a hoarse voice and a body she knows how to transform. We rate the skill behind the strangeness, and want films to give her more opportunities to use it. In *Poor Things* (2023), Kathryn Hunter needs little space to make her presence felt. Her Swiney is small and hoarse, and she takes charge of the scenes she enters. We were delighted by the authority of that voice in a film already crowded with emphatic performances. Yorgos Lanthimos's comedy keeps going after it has run out of fresh things to say, but Hunter gives us a reason to keep paying attention. Her screen career has run alongside a much more sustained life in theatre, including work with Complicité and Simon McBurney. The ability to play men and non-human characters comes from changing how she moves and speaks, an approach that gives directors more options than her appearance might suggest. Early film parts included the Countess in Sally Potter's *Orlando* (1992) and, later, Cécile in Mike Leigh's *All or Nothing* (2002). We recommend *Orlando* for its wit and Tilda Swinton's company, though it is Swinton who holds that film together. Joel Coen's *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021) brought that physical skill to a more prominent screen assignment: all three witches, as well as the Old Man. Here was a film asking her to make several characters with the same body, a proper use of an actor whose work stretches from clowning to tragedy. It began a busier stretch of film appearances, including her work with Lanthimos and Francis Ford Coppola. We would like directors to make more use of that ability, rather than stopping at the unusual face and voice. Coppola's *Megalopolis* (2024), in which she plays Teresa Cicero, is not one we recommend. There are handsome things to look at and Aubrey Plaza to enjoy, but we found little substance beneath its grand claims. It would be unfair to make that a judgement on Hunter, just as her welcome presence cannot cure the repetition in *Poor Things*. Start with the Lanthimos film for a sample of her authority, and allow for an evening that runs a good half hour too long. ## Biography Kathryn Hunter is an American-born British actress and theatre director. Born Aikaterini Hadjipateras on 9 April 1957 in New York City to Greek parents and raised in England, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and studied clowning at École Philippe Gaulier. Hunter is known for her work in physical theatre, including long association with Complicité. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress for *The Visit* (National Theatre). Her screen roles include Arabella Figg in *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), the Witches in *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), for which she received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, Eedy Karn in the series *Andor* (2022), Swiney in *Poor Things* (2023) and Teresa Cicero in *Megalopolis* (2024). She was married to actor Marcello Magni from 2011 until his death in 2022. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, radiotimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) - *Ray Gunn* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Vanzine (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ray-gunn.md) - *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Teresa Cicero — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md) - *Poor Things* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Swiney — [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) - *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, as Eedy Karn — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) - *Landscapers* (2021), Fi1m 78, as Tabitha Edwards — [page](https://film.one/tv/landscapers.md) - *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Witches / Old Man — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) - *Flowers* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Wendy — [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md) - *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Fi1m 68, as Arabella Figg — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md) - *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Countess — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md) ## Complete filmography (35) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ray Gunn* (2026), as Vanzine (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ray-gunn.md) - *Ann Droid* (2026), series, as Eileen - *Ladies First* (2026), as Glenda Cartwright - *Hedda* (2025), as Bertie - *Vicious* (2025), as The Woman - *Black Doves* (2024), series, as Lenny - *Megalopolis* (2024), as Teresa Cicero — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md) - *Grotesquerie* (2024), series, as Maisie DeBroses Montgomery / Moira Hatzigeorgiou, Maisie DeBroses Montgomery - *The Front Room* (2024), as Solange - *Poor Things* (2023), as Swiney — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) - *The Pod Generation* (2023), as Post Office Clerk - *Inland* (2023), as Eliza 'Lizzie' Heron - *Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead* (2023), as Janina - *Andor* (2022), series, as Eedy Karn — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) - *Landscapers* (2021), series, as Tabitha Edwards — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/landscapers.md) - *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), as Witches / Old Man — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) - *Until The Lions* (2020), as Voice-over - *RSC Live: Timon of Athens* (2019), as Timon - *Les Misérables* (2018), series, as Madame Victurnien - *Black Earth Rising* (2018), series, as Capi Petridis - *Flowers* (2016), series, as Wendy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md) - *Tale of Tales* (2015), as Witch - *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2014), as Puck - *Kafka's Monkey* (2009), as Red Peter, The Ape - *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), as Arabella Figg — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md) - *All or Nothing* (2002), as Cécile - *Simon Magus* (1999), as Grandmother - *Girls' Night* (1998), as Nurse - *Wet and Dry* (1997), Actor - *Grushko* (1994), as Dr Sopova - *The Baby of Mâcon* (1993), as The Second Midwife - *Maria's Child* (1993), as Margarita Guzman - *Orlando* (1992), as Countess — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md) - *Stages*, Actor - *Jasmine. 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