---
name: "Linda Hunt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linda-hunt"
fi1m_id: "linda-hunt"
imdb_id: "nm0001373"
tmdb_id: 12516
wikidata_id: "Q232874"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:44.825772+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."
---

# Linda Hunt

## Identity

Linda Hunt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/linda-hunt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** linda-hunt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001373
- **TMDB ID:** 12516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q232874
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hunt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12516

Actor. Born 2 April 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1945, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1980–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Penelope Ann Miller](https://film.one/person/penelope-ann-miller.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (1), 1990s 60 (2), 2000s 77 (2), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Action 2, Drama 2, Family 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,044m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hunt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12516

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Solo: A Star Wars Story*](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md) (58), [*Pocahontas*](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md) (54)
- **Peacock:** [*Stranger Than Fiction*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Linda Hunt is an American actress. She was born on 2 April 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, and trained at the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Hunt made her film debut in *Popeye* (1980). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Billy Kwan in *The Year of Living Dangerously* (1982). Her other film roles include Shadout Mapes in *Dune* (1984), Miss Schlowski in *Kindergarten Cop* (1990) and Dr. Mittag-Leffler in *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006). She provided the voice of Grandmother Willow in *Pocahontas* (1995) and its sequel, and Lady Proxima in *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018). On television she played Henrietta "Hetty" Lange in *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009–2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tcm.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), Fi1m 58, as Lady Proxima (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Dr. Mittag-Leffler — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, as Management (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), Fi1m 54, as Grandmother Willow (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, as Miss Schlowski — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Popeye* (1980), Fi1m 64, as Mrs. Oxheart — [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), as Lady Proxima (voice) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *The Relationtrip* (2017), as Dr. Lipschweiss
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Hetty Lange
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
- *The Making of God of War II* (2007), as Gaia
- *Christmas in Yellowstone* (2006), as Narrator
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), as Dr. Mittag-Leffler — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *The Great Fever* (2006), as Narrator
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Dr. Eudora Hobbs
- *The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn* (2006), as Narrator (voice)
- *Yours, Mine & Ours* (2005), as Mrs. Munion
- *Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution* (2005), series, as Narrator
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, as Management (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Voice of Authority — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Clare Bryson
- *Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously* (2002), as narrator
- *Dragonfly* (2002), as Sister Madeline
- *Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World* (1998), as Grandmother Willow (voice)
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Judge Zoey Hiller
- *The Relic* (1997), as Dr. Ann Cuthbert
- *Eat Your Heart Out* (1997), as Kathryn
- *Third Stone from the Sun* (1995), as The Varua (voice)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), as Grandmother Willow (voice) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *The New Chimpanzees* (1995), as Narrator (voice)
- *Prêt-à-Porter* (1994), as Regina Krumm
- *Twenty Bucks* (1993), as Angeline
- *Younger and Younger* (1993), as Frances
- *Rain Without Thunder* (1993), as Atwood Society Director
- *Space Rangers* (1993), series, as Cmdr. Chennault
- *Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems* (1992), as (voice)
- *Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes* (1992), as (voice)
- *Wild by Law* (1991), as Narrator
- *If Looks Could Kill* (1991), as Ilsa Grunt
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), as Miss Schlowski — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *She-Devil* (1989), as Hooper
- *Carmilla* (1989), as Narrator (voice)
- *Nightmare Classics* (1989), series, as Narrator
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1989), as Title Opening (voice)
- *Waiting for the Moon* (1987), as Alice B. Toklas
- *Basements* (1987), as Rose (segment "The Room")
- *The Room Upstairs* (1987), as Mrs. Sanders
- *Louise Brooks* (1986), as Narrator
- *Eleni* (1985), as Katina
- *Silverado* (1985), as Stella
- *Dune* (1984), as Shadout Mapes
- *The Bostonians* (1984), as Dr. Prance
- *The Year of Living Dangerously* (1982), as Billy Kwan
- *Nature* (1982), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Alice B. Toklas
- *Popeye* (1980), as Mrs. Oxheart — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)
- *Fame* (1978), as Mona
- *Ah, Wilderness!* (1976), as Nora
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Nora
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Mona, Mrs. Sanders

## Gallery

- ![Linda Hunt](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-5f194c66dea2.jpg) Linda Hunt — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Linda_Hunt.jpg/1280px-Linda_Hunt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-85e693b2589a.jpg) Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Linda_Hunt_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Hunt_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-a6e14701a3cd.jpg) Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Linda_Hunt_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Hunt_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-85ea151b3d5b.jpg) Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Linda_Hunt_%28cropped_2%29_%28squared%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Hunt_%28cropped_2%29_%28squared%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Hunt](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-bab6b3ab0584.jpg) Linda Hunt — Image via TMDB
- ![Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/99378/gallery-125f75970211.jpg) Linda Hunt & Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379 (2015) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Miguel_Ferrer_and_Linda_Hunt.jpg/1280px-Miguel_Ferrer_and_Linda_Hunt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1984: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Year of Living Dangerously*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1984: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)

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

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