Anjelica Huston

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).

Filmography (141 Appearances)

Legacy

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The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana

TBA

The Mighty Nein

2025

Ballerina

2025

Wick Is Pain

2025

Towards Zero

2025

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021

Star Wars: Visions

2021

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021

Waiting for Anya

2020

Arctic Dogs

2019

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

Trouble

2018

Always at The Carlyle

2018

The Cleanse

2018

Isle of Dogs

2018

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

2017

The Watcher in the Woods

2017

Thirst Street

2017

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

2017

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

2016

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2016

Angie Tribeca

2016

Unity

2015

All Hail King Julien

2014

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

2014

Transparent

2014

BoJack Horseman

2014

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

2014

Pixie Hollow Bake Off

2013

Pablo

2012

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

2012

Secret of the Wings

2012

Burma: A Human Tragedy

2012

Finding Your Roots

2012

Smash

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

Pixie Hollow Games

2011

The Big Year

2011

50/50

2011

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

2011

Horrid Henry: The Movie

2011

When in Rome

2010

The Adventures of Disney Fairies

2010

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

2009

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Choke

2008

Tinker Bell

2008

The Kreutzer Sonata

2008

Martian Child

2007

The Darjeeling Limited

2007

Seraphim Falls

2007

Material Girls

2006

Art School Confidential

2006

Covert One: The Hades Factor

2006

These Foolish Things

2006

The Reichen Show

2005

This Is an Adventure

2005

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

2005

American Dad!

2005

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

2005

Medium

2005

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

Huff

2004

The Tony Danza Show

2004

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

Iron Jawed Angels

2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

Daddy Day Care

2003

Barbie as Rapunzel

2002

Blood Work

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001

The Mists of Avalon

2001

The Golden Bowl

2000

Agnes Browne

1999

Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power

1999

Teen Choice Awards

1999

Phoenix

1998

EverAfter

1998

Buffalo '66

1998

The View

1997

Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

1996

The Perez Family

1995

Buffalo Girls

1995

The Crossing Guard

1995

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

Addams Family Values

1993

Intimate Portrait

1993

And the Band Played On

1993

Manhattan Murder Mystery

1993

Family Pictures

1993

The Player

1992

The Making of "The Addams Family"

1991

The Addams Family

1991

Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle

1991

The Grifters

1990

The Witches

1990

Enemies, a Love Story

1989

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

Lonesome Dove

1989

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

Mr. North

1988

A Handful of Dust

1988

The Dead

1987

Gardens of Stone

1987

The Making of Captain EO

1986

Captain EO

1986

Good to Go

1986

Prizzi's Honor

1985

The Cowboy and the Ballerina

1984

Beauty and the Beast

1984

The Ice Pirates

1984

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

A Rose for Emily

1983

The Nightingale

1983

Frances

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

The Last Tycoon

1976

Swashbuckler

1976

Laverne & Shirley

1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

Saturday Night Live

1975

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

The Most Glamorous Women

1972

Film '72

1971

Ride This Way Grey Horse

1970

Hamlet

1969

A Walk with Love and Death

1969

Sinful Davey

1969

Omnibus

1967

Casino Royale

1967 Debut

The Oscars

1953
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