years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
1976 -- present morristown , new jersey , u.s. linda hunt 2 april 1945 karen klein -lrb- m. 2008 -rrb- linda hunt
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linda hunt

lydia susanna hunter -lrb- born april 2 , 1945 -rrb- , 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 '' '' .
after making her film debut playing mrs. oxheart in `` popeye '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- , hunt portrayed the male character billy kwan , her breakthrough performance , in `` the year of living dangerously '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- .
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 '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` dune '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` silverado '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , `` eleni '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , `` waiting for the moon '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- , `` she-devil '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , `` kindergarten cop '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , `` if looks could kill '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , `` rain without thunder '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , `` twenty bucks '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` younger and younger '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` prêt-à-porter '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , `` pocahontas '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , `` the relic '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , '' '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , `` dragonfly '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , `` yours mine and ours '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- and `` stranger than fiction '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
hunt has also had a successful television career .
she played rose in the television movie `` basements '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- 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 on the cbs television series '' '' , 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 .
