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.
Early life
Linda Hunt was born in
Morristown, New Jersey and raised in
Westport, Connecticut,
[Linda Hunt bio at Hollywood.com] one of the two daughters of Raymond Davy Hunt,
vice president of Harper Fuel Oil on
Long Island and Elsie Doying Hunt, a piano teacher who taught at the
Westport School of Music and accompanied the
Saugatuck Congregational Church choir.
[Biodata at Filmreference.com] Linda Hunt attended the prestigious
Interlochen Arts Academy. She has a sister, Marcia.
