page_title: Linda Hunt
hierarchical_section_title: Linda Hunt
caption_attribution_description: English: Linda Hunt &amp; Miguel Ferrer at the NCIS LA Season 7 Premiere as part of Paleyfest Previews - DSC_0379
context_page_description: Lydia Susanna Hunter, better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American actress. She first appeared on screen as Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye.
  Hunt's breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar portraying a character of the opposite sex.
  Hunt currently plays Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role she has held since the 2009 debut.
  Hunt is a dwarf. She is openly lesbian.
context_section_description: Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American actress. She first appeared on screen as Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980).
  Hunt's breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar portraying a character of the opposite sex.
  Hunt currently plays Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role she has held since the 2009 debut.
  Hunt is a dwarf. She is openly lesbian.
caption: Hunt in September 2015
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