Linda Hunt

Actress

April 2, 1945 (81 years)

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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.

Filmography

7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

Henrietta "Hetty" Lange

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

7.2

Without a Trace

Clare Bryson

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

7.9

Nature

Narrator (voice)

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

6.5

American Experience

Self - Narrator (voice)

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

8.2

Scorpion

Hetty Lange

Eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.

7.7

The Practice

Judge Zoey Hiller

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

7.2

Nip/Tuck

Voice of Authority

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

6.1

Great Performances

Nora

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

7.3

The Unit

Dr. Eudora Hobbs

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

9.2

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

7.9

Carnivàle

Management (voice)

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

6.2

Dune

Shadout Mapes

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

6.6

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Lady Proxima (voice)

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

6.9

Pocahontas

Grandmother Willow (voice)

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

6.9

Silverado

Stella

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

5.6

Popeye

Mrs. Oxheart

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

6.1

The Relic

Dr. Ann Cuthbert

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

6.5

Dragonfly

Sister Madeline

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.

6.0

She-Devil

Hooper

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Mona

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.