- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 74
- Birth Place: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
- Height: 4′ 9″ (1.45 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Karen Kline)
- Full Name: Lydia Susanna Hunter
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: April 2, 1945
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Occupation: Actress
- Education: Interlochen Arts Academy, Goodman School of Drama in Chicago
American TV, stage and film actress Linda Hunt has an estimated net worth of $3 million. She is best known for her appearance on NCIS: Los Angeles, a CBS series where she played the role of Henrietta Lange. Her performance in the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously won Hunt several awards, which include an Australian Film Institute Award, an Academy Award, and several nominations from renowned award giving bodies like the Golden Globe.
Linda Hunt was born Lydia Susanna Hunter on April 2, 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. She is an alumnus of Interlochen Arts Academy, and Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. Openly lesbian, Hunt has been married to Karen Kline since 2008.
Been active in the show business since 1973, Hunt has appeared in several successful films which include If Looks Could Kill, Stranger Than Fiction, The Bostonians, Kindergarten Cop, Silverado, Dune, Eleni, She-Devil, Dragonfly, Waiting for the Moon, Yours Mine and Ours, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, The Relic and Pocahontas.
Among her notable television projects include Space Rangers, Carnivale, The Practice, Without A Trace, The Unit, Nip Tuck, andNCIS Los Angeles.