Early life

Anjelica Huston was born in Santa Monica, California, and is the daughter of director and actor John Huston and Italian-American prima ballerina and model Enrica Soma. Huston's paternal grandfather was Canadian-born actor Walter Huston. Huston has Scots-Irish, English and Welsh ancestry from her father.

She spent much of her childhood in Ireland, particularly near Craughwell, County Galway, and England, where she attended Holland Park School. In the late 1960s, she began taking a few small roles in her father's movies. She started very small indeed, substituting her hands for Deborah Kerr's in the British Casino Royale and advanced to bigger roles in 1969, starring, for example, in A Walk with Love and Death, where she played the 16-year-old French noblewoman Claudia. In the same year, her mother, who was 39 years old, died in a car accident, and Anjelica relocated to the U.S., where she modeled for several years. While she modeled, she worked with photographers such as Richard Avedon and Bob Richardson.

Huston has an older brother, Tony, a younger maternal half-sister named Allegra, whom she called "Legs", a younger paternal half-brother, actor Danny Huston, and an adopted older brother, Pablo. She is the aunt of Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston.

Career

Acting career

Deciding to focus more on movies, in the early 1980s she studied acting. Her first notable role was in Bob Rafelson's remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). Later, her father cast her as Maerose, daughter of a Mafia don whose love is scorned by a hit man (Jack Nicholson) in the film adaptation of Richard Condon's Mafia-satire novel Prizzi's Honor (1985). Huston won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance, making her the first person in Academy Award history to win an Oscar when a parent and a grandparent had also won one.

Huston earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a con artist in Stephen Frears' The Grifters (1990). She also starred as the lead in her father's final directorial film, The Dead (1987), an adaptation of a James Joyce story.

She was then cast as Morticia Addams, in the hugely successful 1991 movie adaptation of The Addams Family. In 1993, she reprised the role for the sequel Addams Family Values. Anjelica also starred in the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster, Ever After: A Cinderella Story alongside Drew Barrymore and Melanie Lynskey as the Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent. She starred in two Wes Anderson films, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), as well as appearing in a minor role in 2007's The Darjeeling Limited. She voiced the role of Queen Clarion in the Disney Fairies film series starring Tinker Bell. On January 22, 2010, Huston was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2011, Huston was in the film Horrid Henry: The Movie. Huston later appeared on the NBC television series, Smash, portraying Broadway producer Eileen Rand. In 2015, Huston appeared in two episodes of the second season of the Amazon Video series Transparent.

Directing career

Huston has recently expanded her horizons, following in her father's footsteps in the director's chair. Her first directorial credit was Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), followed by Agnes Browne (1999), in which she both directed and starred, and then Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005).

Political activism

In November 2007, Huston led a letter campaign organized by the U.S. Campaign for Burma and Human Rights Action Center. The letter, signed by over twenty five high-profile individuals from the entertainment business, was addressed to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and urged him to "personally intervene" to secure the release of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma.

Huston's biggest donation has been a yearly commitment to Transgender Law Center for over a decade. TLC has a growing number of locations throughout California.

In December 2012, Huston recorded a public service announcement for PETA, urging her colleagues in Hollywood to refrain from using great apes in television, movies and advertisements. Later, the animal rights organization named her their Person of the Year 2012.

Personal life

In 1969, at age 18, Huston began dating photographer Bob Richardson who was 23 years her senior. Their relationship lasted almost four years. She met Jack Nicholson in 1973 and they lived together, on and off, from that year until 1990, when the media reported he had fathered a child with Rebecca Broussard. She was briefly involved in a relationship with Ryan O'Neal during one of her separations from Nicholson in the late 1970s.

On May 23, 1992, Huston married sculptor Robert Graham. The couple lived in a five-story house designed by Graham at 69 Windward Avenue in Venice, California, until his death on December 27, 2008. They did not have any children.

Huston's home went on the market for $18 million in 2010, but initially failed to sell. In September 2012, the New York Post reported that Huston was planning to transform her house into a private social club; the actress was said to have accepted $12 million for the property and to serve on the advisory board for a new private club to be based there. In April 2014, Huston sold the house for $11.15 million.

Huston was close friends with actor Gregory Peck, whom her father directed in Moby Dick (1956). The two of them first met on the set of the film when she was four years old as Peck was in costume as Captain Ahab. Decades later, after her father's death, Huston reunited with Peck and maintained a friendship that lasted until his death.

Huston wrote her memoirs as one 900-page book; she split it into two books at her publisher's urging.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Walk with Love and Death, AA Walk with Love and Death	Claudia
1981	Postman Always Rings Twice, TheThe Postman Always Rings Twice	Madge Gorland
1982	Rose for Emily	Miss Emily Grierson
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Polly Deutsch
	Ice Pirates, TheThe Ice Pirates	Maida
1985	Prizzi's Honor	Maerose Prizzi
1986	Captain EO	The Supreme Leader
1987	Gardens of Stone	Samantha Davis
	Dead, TheThe Dead	Gretta Conroy
1988	Mr. North	Persis Bosworth-Tennyson
	Handful of Dust, AA Handful of Dust	Mrs. Rattery
1989	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Dolores Paley
	Enemies, a Love Story	Tamara Broder
1990	Witches, TheThe Witches	Miss Eva Ernst/The Grand High Witch	Speaks in a German accent
	Grifters, TheThe Grifters	Lilly Dillon
1991	Addams Family, TheThe Addams Family	Morticia Addams
1993	Manhattan Murder Mystery	Marcia Fox
	Addams Family Values	Morticia Addams
1995	Perez Family, TheThe Perez Family	Carmela Perez
1995	Crossing Guard, TheThe Crossing Guard	Mary
1998	Phoenix	Leila
	Ever After	Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent	Speaks in English accent
	Buffalo '66	Jan Brown
1999	Agnes Browne	Agnes Browne	Also director
	Golden Bowl, TheThe Golden Bowl	Fanny Assingham
2001	Royal Tenenbaums, TheThe Royal Tenenbaums	Etheline Tenenbaum
	Man from Elysian Fields, TheThe Man from Elysian Fields	Jennifer Adler
2002	Barbie as Rapunzel	Gothel	Voice
2003	Daddy Day Care	Miss Harridan
	Kaena: The Prophecy	Queen of the Selenites	Voice; English version
2004	Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, TheThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Eleanor Zissou
2006	Covert One: The Hades Factor	President Castilla
	Material Girls	Fabiella Du Mont
	These Foolish Things	Lottie Osgood
2007	Darjeeling Limited, TheThe Darjeeling Limited	Patricia Whitman
2008	Choke	Ida Mancini
	Tinker Bell	Queen Clarion	Voice
2009	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	Queen Clarion	Voice
2011	50/50	Diane Lerner
	Horrid Henry: The Movie	Miss Battle-Axe
	Pixie Hollow Games	Queen Clarion	Voice
2012	Secret of the Wings	Queen Clarion	Voice
2014	The Pirate Fairy	Queen Clarion	Voice
2015	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	Queen Clarion	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Laverne & Shirley	Geraldine	Episode: "An Affair to Forget"
1983		Miss Paris	Episode: "Miss Paris"
1986	Saturday Night Live	Co-host	Episode: "Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic"
1988	Lonesome Dove	Clara Allen	4 episodes
1993	Family Pictures	Lainey Eberlin	Television movie
1995	Buffalo Girls	Calamity Jane	Television movie
2001	Mists of Avalon, TheThe Mists of Avalon	Viviane, Lady of the Lake	Television movie
2004	Iron Jawed Angels	Carrie Chapman Catt	Television movie
2006	Huff	Dr. Lena Markova	4 episodes
2008-2009	Medium	Cynthia Keener	8 episodes
2011	American Dad!	Superintendent Ellen Riggs	2 episodes
2012-2013	Smash	Eileen Rand	32 episodes
2014	BoJack Horseman	Angela Diaz (voice)	Episode: "The Telescope"
2015	Transparent	Vikki	2 episodes

Bibliography

Books

• Huston, Anjelica (2013). A story lately told : coming of age in Ireland, London, and New York. New York: Scribner. Also published in London by Simon & Schuster.
  • — (2014). A story lately told : coming of age in Ireland, London, and New York. Paperback reprint. New York: Scribner.
• — (2014). Watch me : a memoir. New York: Scribner.

Critical studies, reviews and biography

• Jones, Lewis (4 January 2014). "Blazing saddles". Books. The Spectator 324 (9671): 24-25. Review of A story lately told.

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1985	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1985	National Board of Review	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1985	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1985	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1986	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
1986	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1986	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
1986	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1986	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1987	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Dead	Nominated
1988	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Female	The Dead	Won
1988	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Dead	Nominated
1989	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Enemies: A Love Story	Nominated
1989	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Lonesome Dove	Nominated
1990	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Enemies: A Love Story	Nominated
1990	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Lonesome Dove	Nominated
1990	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Enemies: A Love Story	Won
1990	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Won
1990	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	The Witches	Won
1990	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Enemies: A Love Story	Won
1990	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Nominated
1991	Academy Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Nominated
1991	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Nominated
1991	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Won
1991	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	The Witches	Won
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Nominated
1991	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	The Grifters	Nominated
1991	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead	The Grifters	Won
1991	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	The Grifters	Won
1991	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	The Witches	Won
1991	Saturn Awards	Best Actress	The Witches	Nominated
1992	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Addams Family	Nominated
1992	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	The Addams Family	Nominated
1994	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Family Pictures	Nominated
1994	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Addams Family Values	Nominated
1994	Saturn Awards	Best Actress	The Addams Family Values	Nominated
1995	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Manhattan Murder Mystery	Nominated
1995	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Buffalo Girls	Nominated
1996	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	The Crossing Guard	Nominated
1996	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Buffalo Girls	Nominated
1996	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	The Crossing Guard	Nominated
1999	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama/Romance	EverAfter	Won
1999	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Villain	EverAfter	Nominated
1999	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress	EverAfter	Nominated
2002	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Cast	The Royal Tenenbaums	Nominated
2002	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Mists of Avalon	Nominated
2002	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	The Royal Tenenbaums	Nominated
2002	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	The Mists of Avalon	Nominated
2004	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Cast	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Nominated
2004	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Iron Jawed Angels	Nominated
2005	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Cast	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Nominated
2005	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Iron Jawed Angels	Won
2005	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Iron Jawed Angels	Won
2008	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Medium	Nominated
2008	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Choke	Nominated
2012	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Female	50/50	Nominated
2013	Gracie Allen Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Smash	Won
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	Transparent	Nominated

Charities

Anjelica Huston supports the following charitable causes: Homeless, AIDS, Rape/Sexual Abuse, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]