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Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage and television actress known for her role as Henrietta Lange in the CBS series ''NCIS: Los Angeles''. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in ''Popeye'' (1980), Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance, in ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982). Her role as Billy Kwan earned her an Academy Award, an Australian Film Institute Award, a Golden Globe nomination and various other awards. She has had great success in films such as ''The Bostonians'' (1984), ''Dune'' (1984), ''Silverado'' (1985), ''Eleni'' (1985), ''Waiting for the Moon'' (1987), ''She-Devil'' (1989), ''Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''If Looks Could Kill'' (1991), ''Rain Without Thunder'' (1992), ''Twenty Bucks'' (1993), ''Younger and Younger'' (1993), ''Prêt-à-Porter'' (1994), ''Pocahontas'' (1995), ''The Relic'' (1997), ''Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'' (1998), ''Dragonfly'' (2002), ''Yours Mine and Ours'' (2005) and ''Stranger Than Fiction'' (2006). Hunt has also had a successful television career. She played Rose in the television movie ''Basements'' (1987) and narrated in the television movie ''The New Chimpanzees''. She guest starred on ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' in both 1978 and 1987, ''Space Rangers'' in 1993, ''Carnivale'' in both 2003 and 2005, ''Without a Trace'' in 2008, ''The Unit'' in 2008 and ''Nip Tuck'' in 2009. From 1997 to 2002, Hunt played the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on ''The Practice''. She currently portrays Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange on the CBS television series ''NCIS: Los Angeles'', a role she has held since the 2009 debut, for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards. She is also the narrator in the ''God of War'' video game franchise. ==Early life== Hunt was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in Westport, Connecticut. She is one of the two daughters of Raymond Davy Hunter, vice president of Harper Fuel Oil on Long Island, and Elsie Doying Hunter, a piano teacher who taught at the Westport School of Music and accompanied the Saugatuck Congregational Church choir. Hunt attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago (now part of DePaul University).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/about_history.php )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda Hunt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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