Acting · Santa Monica, California, USA · Born July 8, 1951
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).
TVThe Mighty Nein
2025
as Deirta (voice)
MovieBallerina
2025
as The Director
MovieWick Is Pain
2025
as Self
TVTowards Zero
2025
as Lady Tressilian
MovieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Narrator (voice)
TVStar Wars: Visions
2021
as Sith Mother (voice)
TVStar Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
as Isa Durand (voice)
MovieWaiting for Anya
2020
as Horcada
MovieArctic Dogs
2019
as Magda (voice)
MovieRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
MovieSteven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as The Director
MovieTrouble
2018
as Maggie
MovieAlways at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
MovieThe Cleanse
2018
as Lily
MovieIsle of Dogs
2018
as Mute Poodle (voice)
MovieAnjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
as Self - Host / Actress
MovieThe Watcher in the Woods
2017
as Mrs. Aylwood
MovieThirst Street
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieManolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
2017
as Self
MovieThe 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
TVAngie Tribeca
2016
as Anna Summour
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVAll Hail King Julien
2014
as Julienne (voice)
MovieTinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Queen Clarion (voice)
TVTransparent
2014
as Vicki
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Angela Diaz (voice)
MovieTinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
2014
as Queen Clarion (voice)
MoviePixie Hollow Bake Off
2013
as Queen Clarion (Voice)
MoviePablo
2012
as Self
MovieDiana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
as Self
MovieSecret of the Wings
2012
as Queen Clarion (voice)
Burma: A Human Tragedy
2012
as Narrator (voice)
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
TVSmash
2012
as Eileen Rand
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MoviePixie Hollow Games
2011
as Queen Clarion (voice)
MovieThe Big Year
2011
as Annie Auklet
Movie50/50
2011
as Diane Lerner
MovieUltrasuede: In Search of Halston
2011
as Self
MovieHorrid Henry: The Movie
2011
as Miss Battleaxe
MovieWhen in Rome
2010
as Celeste
TVThe Adventures of Disney Fairies
2010
as Queen Clarion (voice)
MovieDreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
MovieTinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009
as Queen Clarion (voice)
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieChoke
2008
as Ida J. Mancini
MovieTinker Bell
2008
as Queen Clarion (voice)
MovieThe Kreutzer Sonata
2008
as Elinore
MovieMartian Child
2007
as Mimi
MovieThe Darjeeling Limited
2007
as Patricia
MovieSeraphim Falls
2007
as Madame Louise
MovieMaterial Girls
2006
as Fabiella
MovieArt School Confidential
2006
as Art History Teacher
TVCovert One: The Hades Factor
2006
as Mrs. President
MovieThese Foolish Things
2006
as Lottie Osgood
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
MovieThis Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
MovieMatthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Superintendent Ellen Riggs (voice)
MovieOn the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005
as Self / Eleanor Zissou
TVMedium
2005
as Cynthia Keener
MovieThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Eleanor Zissou
TVHuff
2004
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieIron Jawed Angels
2004
as Carrie Chapman Catt
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
MovieDaddy Day Care
2003
as Miss Gwyneth Harridan
MovieBarbie as Rapunzel
2002
as Gothel (voice)
MovieBlood Work
2002
as Dr. Bonnie Fox
MovieJoan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWith the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self (archival footage)
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Etheline Tenenbaum
MovieThe Man from Elysian Fields
2001
as Jennifer Adler
TVThe Mists of Avalon
2001
as Vivianne
MovieThe Golden Bowl
2000
as Fanny Assingham
MovieAgnes Browne
1999
as Agnes Browne
MovieCleopatra: The First Woman of Power
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
MoviePhoenix
1998
as Leila
MovieEverAfter
1998
as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
MovieBuffalo '66
1998
as Jan Brown
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieDaughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Perez Family
1995
as Carmela Perez
MovieBuffalo Girls
1995
as Calamity Jane
MovieThe Crossing Guard
1995
as Mary
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieAddams Family Values
1993
as Morticia Addams
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MovieAnd the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Betsy Reisz
MovieManhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Marcia Fox
TVFamily Pictures
1993
as Lainey Eberlin
MovieThe Player
1992
as Anjelica Huston
The Making of "The Addams Family"
1991
as Self
MovieThe Addams Family
1991
as Morticia Addams
MovieRabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Grifters
1990
as Lilly Dillon
MovieThe Witches
1990
as Miss Eva Ernst
MovieEnemies, a Love Story
1989
as Tamara Broder
MovieCrimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Dolores Paley
TVLonesome Dove
1989
as Clara Forsythe Allen
MovieJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self
MovieMr. North
1988
as Persis Bosworth-Tennyson
MovieA Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Rattery
MovieThe Dead
1987
as Gretta Conroy
MovieGardens of Stone
1987
as Samantha Davis
MovieThe Making of Captain EO
1986
as Self
MovieCaptain EO
1986
as Witch
MovieGood to Go
1986
as Charlemaigne
MoviePrizzi's Honor
1985
as Maerose Prizzi
MovieThe Cowboy and the Ballerina
1984
MovieBeauty and the Beast
1984
as Marguerite
MovieThe Ice Pirates
1984
as Maida
MovieThis Is Spinal Tap
1984
as Polly Deutsch
MovieA Rose for Emily
1983
as Miss Emily Grierson
MovieThe Nightingale
1983
as Primrose
MovieFrances
1982
as Mental Patient
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Primrose
MovieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Madge
MovieThe Last Tycoon
1976
as Edna
MovieSwashbuckler
1976
as Woman of Dark Visage
TVLaverne & Shirley
1976
MovieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieThe Most Glamorous Women
1972
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970
as Claudia
MovieHamlet
1969
as Court Lady
MovieA Walk with Love and Death
1969
as Claudia
MovieSinful Davey
1969
as (uncredited)
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
MovieCasino Royale
1967
as Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieThe Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana
as Befana
Legacy
as Ruth
