LINDA HUNT – 77 YEARS OLD

Linda Hunt is one of the artists out there whose pure talent made history by taking on a character role intended for the opposite sex and succeeded. In 1982, she was heralded and very convincingly played the credit role of Billy Kwan in the romantic drama movie, The Year of Living Dangerously. For her performance in the film, she was widely recognized by many bodies and took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was yet again the very first person to have won an Oscar for a role meant for a male artist. Ever since then, her career just took flight and never slowed down.

Hunt was born in Morristown, New Jersey. Her father served as Harper Fuel Oil’s vice president, while her mother worked as a piano instructor who taught at Westport School of Music. She also made performances together with the Saugatuck Congregational Church Choir. Hunt studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy and finished her studies at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago.