Anjelica Huston

Acting

Born Jul 08, 1951

From Santa Monica, California, USA

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).

Anjelica Huston

Known For

Ballerina

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Addams Family Values

The Addams Family

Casino Royale

Isle of Dogs

The Player

Barbie as Rapunzel

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Filmography — Acting

Ballerina

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Addams Family Values

The Addams Family

Casino Royale

Isle of Dogs

The Player

Barbie as Rapunzel

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Tinker Bell

The Royal Tenenbaums

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Secret of the Wings

EverAfter

Buffalo '66

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

The Darjeeling Limited

This Is Spinal Tap

50/50

The Witches

Daddy Day Care

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Ice Pirates

The Big Year

Wick Is Pain

Blood Work

When in Rome

The Man from Elysian Fields

Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Grifters

Iron Jawed Angels

The Last Tycoon

The Crossing Guard

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Frances

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Prizzi's Honor

Pixie Hollow Games

Unity

Waiting for Anya

Art School Confidential

Seraphim Falls

Pixie Hollow Bake Off

Material Girls

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Choke

Manhattan Murder Mystery

The Golden Bowl

Arctic Dogs

Swashbuckler

Gardens of Stone

And the Band Played On

A Handful of Dust

Martian Child

Always at The Carlyle

Enemies, a Love Story

Buffalo Girls

Pablo

Phoenix

The Dead

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Hamlet

The Cleanse

The Perez Family

Mr. North