American actress, born 2 April 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
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.
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 . Note this was not Linda Hunt playing a woman pretending to be a man, like Barbra Streisand did in Yentl or, in reverse, as Dustin Hoffman did in Tootsie , but Hunt playing a man in a serious drama.
Has twice played male roles that did not feature or reference her actual female status: Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously and The Management in "Carnivle" (who, though mostly unseen, is often referred to by other characters as male).
Was nominated for Broadways 1984 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Arthur Kopit s "End of the World."
Ranked #9 on Tropopkins Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
Has lived with her romantic partner, psychotherapist Karen Klein, since 1987. Hunts official biography on the CBS website for "NCIS: Los Angeles" refers to Klein as Hunts spouse.
Her voice work includes narration for the History Channel, as well as National Public Radio.
Was the 88th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Year of Living Dangerously at The 56th Annual Academy Awards on April 9, 1984.
When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.
