Linda Susanna Hunter was born on 2 April 1945, in Morristown, New Jersey, USA, and is an actress probably best known for being in the series “NCIS: Los Angeles” as the character Henrietta Lange. She’s also known for her portrayal of Billy Kwan in the film “The Year of Living Dangerously”, which won her numerous awards. All her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is now.
So how rich is Linda Hunt? As of mid-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $6 million, mostly earned through her career as an actress; she’s had success in television, film, and on stage, and has even lent her voice to video games. As she continues to work her wealth will continue to increase.
Linda Hunt Net Worth $6 Million
Linda attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, and later went to the Goodman School of Drama located in Chicago. Around this time she had already been exposed to acting opportunities such as “Flibbertigibbet”, which was her first production at the age of 12. While studying, she had originally planned to be a stage director, because she thought that her physical height would limit her opportunities. This was proven wrong, and her film career started in 1980 with the musical comedy entitled “Popeye”. Around two years later she would earn international recognition in the film “The Year of Living Dangerously”, which was an adaptation of the Christopher Koch novel; she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first person to win a role for portraying the opposite sex. Her career in film continued with “She-Devil” and “Kindergarten Cop” in which she starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. A lot of her more recent works focused on television, appearing in series such as “The Practice” and “Without the Trace”. One of her most recent roles is on “NCIS: Los Angeles” which stars Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J. She also did narrations of “The American Experience”.
Along with her film and television career, she has also done theatre work, such as productions of “Aunt Dan and Lemon” and “Doubt”. One of her most acclaimed performances was in a production of “Mother Courage and Her Children”. She also appeared in “Top Girls”, and her various roles have won her a Tony Award nomination and two Oble Awards.
Linda has also been well known for her voice work, and she has lent her voice to animations, commercials and documentaries. She’s also hosted radio shows, doing interviews with various celebrities. She was the voice of Grandmother Willow in “Pocahontas” and she even narrated the “God of War” video game franchise. Aside from these, her voice is heard in “Carnivale”, along with various documentaries such as “The Great Indian Railway” and “Christmas in Yellowstone”.
For her personal life, it is known that Linda was diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism which is the reason for her smaller height. She is also a lesbian and is married to her wife Karen Klein. While her last name might be associated with other actresses such as Helen Hunt and Bonnie Hunt, there is no direct relationship between them.
Full Name
Linda Hunt
Net Worth
$6 Million
Date Of Birth
April 2, 1945
Place Of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Height
1.45 m
Profession
Actress
Education
Interlochen Arts Academy, Goodman School of Drama(DePaul University)
Teen Choice Awards (2009), New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (1982), National Board of Review Award (1982, 1994)
Nominations
Australian Film Institute Jury Prize, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Tony Award, Oble Awards
Movies
"Flibbertigibbet", "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982), "The New Chimpanzees" (1987), She-Devil (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), If Looks Could Kill (1991), Rain Without Thunder (1992), Twenty Bucks (1993), Younger and Younger (1993)
TV Shows
"NCIS: Los Angeles" (2009-), "The Practice" (1997-2002), "The American Experience" (1998-2006)
Her voice work includes narration for the History Channel, as well as National Public Radio.
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Has lived with her romantic partner, psychotherapist Karen Klein, since 1987. Hunt's official biography on the CBS website for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) refers to Klein as Hunt's spouse.
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Ranked #9 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Arthur Kopit's "End of the World."
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Has twice played male roles that did not feature or reference her actual female status: Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and The Management in Carnivàle (2003) (who, though mostly unseen, is often referred to by other characters as male).
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The first actor to have won an Academy Award portraying a member of the opposite sex, she won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for her role as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Note this was not Linda Hunt playing a woman pretending to be a man, like Barbra Streisand did in Yentl (1983) or, in reverse, as Dustin Hoffman did in Tootsie (1982), but Hunt playing a man in a serious drama.
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Attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. She was a charter student the first year of the Interlochen Arts Academy which was established in 1962 as a complement to the Interlochen Arts Camp which had been established in 1928.
$6 Million
