Linda Hunt “Henrietta “Hetty” Lange”
Known for her Academy Award-winning performance as Billy Kwan in “The Year of Living Dangerously,” Linda Hunt has played a diverse range of characters in film, theater and television. She began her theatrical career more than 30 years ago at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., playing roles in plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg, O’Neill and Tennessee Williams. In the 1980’s, she earned a Tony Award nomination for her work in Arthur Kopit’s “End of the World” and Obie Awards for roles in Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls” and “A Metamorphosis in Miniature.”
Her other stage appearances include the title role in “Mother Courage and Her Children,” Wallace Shawn’s “Aunt Dan & Lemon,” where she originated the role of Dan in London and New York, “The Cherry Orchard” and Dolly Levi in Des McAnuff’s production of “The Matchmaker.”
Hunt made her film debut in 1980 in Robert Altman’s “Popeye.” Other film credits include “Stranger Than Fiction,” “Twenty Bucks,” “Prêt a Porter,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Waiting for the Moon,” “She-Devil,” “Silverado,” “The Bostonians” and David Lynch’s “Dune.” Hunt also voiced Grandmother Willow in the animated feature “Pocahontas.”
Hunt’s television credits include guest roles on “Without a Trace” and “The Unit,” on the Network, and “The Practice.” Frequently, she is heard narrating documentaries for the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and PBS and she also voiced the character of Management on HBO’s “Carnivale.”
Hunt lives in Los Angeles with her spouse of 22 years, Karen, and their three canine kids.
Love this show and all the characters
Please do not get rid of deeks and don’t send
Him back to LAPD he’s perfect for the show he makes it funny. The show wouldn’t be the same without him
Congrats to Eric & Sarah on their impending journey into parenthood.
Theory: All season they have been hinting something will happen to Deeks and next season they are going to focus on him like they did with Sam this season, Kensi last season, and Callen the season before.
I think something is going to happen to Deeks, probably while protecting Sam’s family.
Happy Birthday to the “Midnight Star”!!!
Both parts for the pilot were okay. There is only so much a writer can squeeze into a pilot episode when it comes to introducing the characters and the vibe of the show so I will wait to reserve my final judgement of the show if it gets picked up by the network.
You have no idea how that made my day, what with season-ending cliffhangers coming up.
Loved this episode. Dave Kalstein who wrote, and Larry Teng who directed, made an awesome team along with the cast, really brought this storyline to life.
I can’t wait for this episode! I can’t wait to see what exactly Hetty & Nate are posing as while undercover.
My thoughts exactly! Talk about not figuring out that Sam’s wife was also a federal agent till the episode was more than halfway done. I think I may be a little slow on the uptake. This episode definitely kept me on the edge of my
Do we really need another spin-off? Look at what happened when CBS agreed to a spin-off of Criminal Minds. It didn’t work. CBS got lucky when they spinned off NCIS from Jag, than spun NCIS LA off from NCIS. But something tells me this spin-off of NCIS LA wouldn’t work. I thought Shane Brennan left NCIS to focus solely on NCIS LA. I hope NCIS LA doesn’t suffer with this spin off.