Anjelica Huston
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Anjelica Huston

Born 8 July 1951 · Santa Monica, California, USA
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Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She is the daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston. After reluctantly making her big screen debut in her father's A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Huston moved from London to New York City, where she worked as a model throughout the 1970s. She decided to actively pursue acting in the early 1980s, and, subsequently, had her breakthrough with her performance in Prizzi's Honor (1985), also directed by her father, for which she became the third generation of her family to receive an Academy Award, when she won Best Supporting Actress, joining both John and Walter Huston in this recognition. Huston received Academy Award nominations for Enemies, A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990), for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the Woody Allen films Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for starring as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993). She also received acclaim for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's film adaptation The Witches (1990). Huston has frequently worked with director Wes Anderson, starring in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Her other notable credits include The Dead (1987), Ever After (1998), Buffalo '66 (1998), Daddy Day Care (2003), 50/50 (2011) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). She has lent her voice to several animated films, mainly the Tinker Bell franchise (2008–2015). On television, Huston has had recurring roles on Huff (2006), Medium (2008–2009), and Transparent (2015–2016). She won a Gracie Award for her portrayal of Eileen Rand on Smash (2012–2013). Huston made her directorial debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996). This was followed by Agnes Browne (1999), in which she also starred. She has written the memoirs A Story Lately Told (2013) and Watch Me (2014).

Known for

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Isle of Dogs
The Addams Family
The Royal Tenenbaums
50/50
The Darjeeling Limited
Addams Family Values
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Ballerina
BoJack Horseman
American Dad!
Ballerina
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Waiting for Anya
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Arctic Dogs
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
The Cleanse
Trouble
Isle of Dogs
Thirst Street
The Watcher in the Woods
Unity
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
Pixie Hollow Bake Off
Haven't We Met Before?
Secret of the Wings
50/50
Horrid Henry: The Movie
The Big Year
Pixie Hollow Games
When in Rome
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Tinker Bell
Choke
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Darjeeling Limited
Martian Child
Seraphim Falls
Material Girls
Art School Confidential
These Foolish Things
Riding the Bus with My Sister
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Iron Jawed Angels
Daddy Day Care
Blood Work
Barbie as Rapunzel
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Golden Bowl
Agnes Browne
Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power
EverAfter
Phoenix
Buffalo '66
Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories
Bastard Out of Carolina
The Crossing Guard
The Perez Family
Buffalo Girls
Addams Family Values
Manhattan Murder Mystery
And the Band Played On
The Player
The Addams Family
Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle
The Witches
The Grifters
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Enemies, a Love Story
A Handful of Dust
Mr. North
Gardens of Stone
The Dead
Captain EO
Good to Go
Prizzi's Honor
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
The Ice Pirates
This Is Spinal Tap
Beauty and the Beast
A Rose for Emily
The Nightingale
Frances
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Swashbuckler
The Last Tycoon
Hamlet
A Walk with Love and Death
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