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Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first and, as of 2024, the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex.
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt: Won Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Film: Jim McElroy: Nominated Best Direction: Peter Weir: Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role: Mel Gibson: Nominated Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Linda Hunt Won Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Koch, Peter Weir and David Williamson: Nominated Best ...
Fans of two-time Teen Choice: Action Actress (and Academy Award) winner Linda Hunt will have to wait a while longer to see Hetty back on NCIS: Los Angeles. As the COVID pandemic raged, Hunt only ...
It also stars Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett, and Gabrielle Anwar. The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 15, 1991, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $7.7 million against a $12 million budget.
The new holiday movie stars iconic actresses Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills and Nicollette Sheridan with Travis Burns and Taylor Ann Thompson added for good measure.
Linda Hunt: Jaroslava Šiktancová ... Chani is portrayed by actress Sean Young in the 1984 film, [8] ... "Steven Berkoff is an incredible character actor, but there ...
The supporting cast features Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Lynne Whitfield, and Linda Hunt. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Delphi III Productions, and distributed to theatres by Columbia, and by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for home media.
[9] [a] Linda Hunt is the only person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex. [11] Best Original Song co-winner Irene Cara became the first black woman to win an Oscar in a non-acting category. [12]