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Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex.
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Linda Hunt. Jump to. 12 wins & 5 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1984 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Year of Living Dangerously. Australian Film Institute. 1983 Winner AFI Award. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Year of Living Dangerously. 1983 Winner AFI Award. Jury Award. The Year of Living Dangerously.
- April 2, 1945
But 35 years ago, when Peter Weir embraced the spirit of the title “The Year of Living Dangerously” and hired an American woman to play a Chinese-Australian man in that political drama, his gamble...
Hunt's work in the film earned an Oscar, among many critic awards, all for Best Supporting Actress. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Born April 2, 1945. Add to list. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 5 nominations total. Photos 71. Known for. The Year of Living Dangerously. 7.1. Billy Kwan. 1982. Kindergarten Cop. 6.2. Miss Schlowski. 1990.
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- Morristown, New Jersey, USA
The first actor to have won an Academy Award portraying a member of the opposite sex, she won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for her role as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).
- April 2, 1945
Linda Hunt. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Linda Hunt - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action (2012) , Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action (2011) , Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1983) and more awards.