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Anjelica Huston
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| Born | July 8, 1951 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Years active | 1968–present |
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Anjelica Huston (
i/ˈhjuːstən/ HEW-stən; born July 8, 1951) is a famous American actress, director, and former model. She is known for playing unique and memorable characters in movies.
Anjelica has won many awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has also been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2010, she received a special star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Anjelica comes from a very famous family in Hollywood. Her father was the well-known director John Huston, and her grandfather was the actor Walter Huston. She is the third person in her family to win an Academy Award!
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Anjelica Huston's Life and Career
Anjelica Huston started her career in the late 1960s. She has worked in many different areas of entertainment.
Early Life and Family Background
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Anjelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, John Huston, was a famous director and actor. Her mother, Enrica Soma, was a talented ballet dancer and model. Anjelica's grandfather, Walter Huston, was also a well-known actor from Canada.
Anjelica's family moved to Ireland when she was two years old. She spent most of her childhood there and still feels it is her home. She went to school at Kylemore Abbey in Ireland and later attended Holland Park School in England.
Anjelica has a big family. She has an older brother named Tony and an adopted older brother named Pablo. She also has a younger half-sister, Allegra Huston, and a younger half-brother, actor Danny Huston. Her nephew is the actor Jack Huston. Anjelica once said she felt like a "lonely child" growing up because she and her brother were often by themselves in the Irish countryside.
Starting in Film and Modeling
Anjelica's first movie role was in her father's film, A Walk with Love and Death (1969). She played a 16-year-old French noblewoman. Anjelica felt she wasn't quite ready to act for her father at that time. Critics didn't praise her performance in this first film.
After her mother passed away, Anjelica moved to New York City. She decided to become a model, inspired by famous models like Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy. She was signed by Ford Models and worked in Europe for a few years in the early 1970s. She walked the runway for big fashion brands like Zandra Rhodes and Valentino. She also became one of the "Halstonettes," a group of models favored by designer Halston.
Breakthrough in Acting
In the early 1980s, Anjelica decided to focus more on acting. Her big breakthrough came in 1985 with the movie Prizzi's Honor. In this film, also directed by her father, she played a mobster's girlfriend named Maerose.
Anjelica won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Prizzi's Honor. This was a historic moment because it made her the third generation of her family to win an Oscar, following her father John and grandfather Walter.
She continued to gain praise for her roles in other films:
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Enemies, A Love Story (1989)
- The Grifters (1990), for which she was nominated for Best Actress.
- The Witches (1990), where she played the scary Grand High Witch. This role became one of her favorites.
- The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), where she famously played Morticia Addams. She received Golden Globe nominations for these roles.
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Directing Films
Anjelica Huston also followed in her father's footsteps by becoming a director. She wanted to direct her own stories, not just sequels to his films.
- Her first film as a director was Bastard Out of Carolina (1996). It was shown at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
- She also directed Agnes Browne (1999), an Irish comedy-drama where she also played the main character.
As an actress, she continued to take on interesting roles:
- In Ever After (1998), a modern version of the Cinderella story, she played the cruel Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent. Critics praised her performance as the stepmother.
- She appeared in the independent film Buffalo '66 (1998).
- She also starred in The Golden Bowl (2000), a period drama.
Working with Wes Anderson
Anjelica Huston has worked with director Wes Anderson on several popular films:
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), where she played the kind mother of a family of former child geniuses.
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), playing the estranged wife of an oceanographer.
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007), where she played the mother of three brothers who becomes a nun.
These collaborations are well-loved by fans of Wes Anderson's unique style.
Voice Acting and Television
Anjelica Huston has also lent her voice to animated films. She voiced Queen Clarion in the Tinker Bell movie series from 2008 to 2015.
She has also had significant roles in television:
- She played Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, in the HBO film Iron Jawed Angels (2004). She won a Golden Globe for this role.
- She starred in the NBC series Smash (2012–2013) as Broadway producer Eileen Rand.
- She appeared in the Amazon Video series Transparent (2015–2016).
Recent Work
In recent years, Anjelica Huston has continued to act.
- She narrated the film Thirst Street (2017).
- She starred in the comedy Trouble (2017).
- She played a memorable role as "The Director" in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).
It was announced in 2024 that Anjelica Huston will star in a new BBC series called Towards Zero, based on an Agatha Christie story. She is also set to star with her brother, Danny Huston, in a film called The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana.
Personal Life
Anjelica Huston was a close friend of actor Gregory Peck. They first met when she was four years old on the set of her father's film Moby Dick. Their friendship lasted until his death.
Relationships
Anjelica Huston had a long relationship with actor Jack Nicholson from 1973 to 1990. On May 23, 1992, she married sculptor Robert Graham. They lived in Venice, California, until his death in 2008. Anjelica does not have any children.
Activism and Causes
Anjelica Huston is also known for her activism.
- In 2007, she led a campaign to help secure the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.
- She is on the advisory council of Save the Chimps, which is the largest chimpanzee sanctuary. She has narrated videos to raise awareness about the mistreatment of chimpanzees.
- In 2012, she recorded a public service announcement for PETA, asking Hollywood to stop using great apes in films and TV. PETA named her their "Person of the Year 2012."
- In 2018, she donated her fur coats to help homeless people and animal shelters.
- In 2024, she wrote an open letter to the University of Bristol asking them to stop certain animal tests on rats and mice.
Acting Credits and Awards
See Also
In Spanish: Anjelica Huston para niños
