Biography
Representing the third generation of Hustons to win an Academy Award, the actress emerged from the long shadow cast by her father with an Oscar-winning turn in "Prizzi's Honor" (1985). Prior to her triumph, Huston struggled to make her way as a model and actress, while her biggest claim to fame up to that point was being in a longtime romantic relationship with Jack Nicholson. After "Prizzi's Honor," however, Huston came into her own and …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Cast as the tenacious producer of a Broadway musical on NBC's "Smash" | |
2011 | Cast in the comedy feature "The Big Year" opposite Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin | |
2011 | Cast opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in "50/50" | |
2010 | Played the curator of the Guggenheim and Kristen Bell's boss in the comedy "When in Rome" | |
2010 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
2008 | Cast as Sam Rockwell's mother in the film "Choke," based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk | |
2008 | Played a missing persons investigator in a six-episode story arc on "Medium" (NBC); received an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress in a Drama | |
2007 | Co-starred with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan in the western "Seraphim Falls" | |
2006 | Cast in Terry Zwigoff's adaptation of Daniel Clowes' comic story "Art School Confidential" | |
2006 | Guest starred as an unorthodox psychiatrist in a four episode stint on the Showtime series "Huff" | |
2005 | Directed Rosie O'Donnell and Andie MacDowell in the CBS movie "Riding the Bus With My Sister" | |
2004 | Co-starred with Bill Murray in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" as Zissou's (Murray) estranged wife | |
2003 | Co-starred with Hilary Swank in the HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels," about the American women's suffrage movement during the early 1900s; received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress | |
2002 | Starred opposite Clint Eastwood in "Blood Work" | |
2001 | Played the matriarch in a family of failed geniuses in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" | |
2001 | Portrayed the Lady in the Lake in the TNT retelling of the Arthurian legend "The Mists of Avalon" | |
2000 | Appeared in James Ivory's "The Golden Bowl" (based on the Henry James novel) | |
1999 | Directed, co-produced and starred in "Agnes Browne" as a widowed mother of seven in 1960s Ireland | |
1998 | Acted in Danny Cannon's mediocre crime film "Phoenix" (HBO), portraying Ray Liotta's love interest | |
1998 | Portrayed the evil stepmother in Andy Tennant's take on the Cinderella story "Ever After" | |
1998 | Played Vincent Gallo's Buffalo Bills-crazed mom in Gallo's "Buffalo 66" | |
1996 | Made directorial debut with "Bastard Out of Carolina" (originally filmed for TNT, but they would not air it due to its content; later aired on Showtime); received an Emmy nomination for Directing | |
1995 | Portrayed Calamity Jane in the CBS miniseries "Buffalo Girls" (adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel); received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries | |
1995 | Re-teamed with Nicholson to play an estranged couple in Sean Penn's "The Crossing Guard" | |
1993 | Portrayed Doctor Betsy Reisz in the acclaimed HBO movie "And the Band Played On" that followed the course of the AIDS crisis | |
1993 | Offered a strong performance as the mother of an autistic child in the ABC miniseries "Family Pictures" | |
1993 | Re-teamed with Woody Allen for "Manhattan Murder Mystery" | |
1993 | Reprised role of Morticia for "Addams Family Values" | |
1992 | Appeared as herself in Robert Altman's "The Player" | |
1991 | Portrayed gothic matriarch Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" | |
1990 | Acted the part of the Grand High Witch in Nicolas Roeg's "The Witches" | |
1990 | Received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Lily Dillon in "The Grifters" | |
1989 | Cast as as Clara Allen in the CBS miniseries "Lonesome Dove" (adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel); received an Emmy nomination for Lead Actress in a Miniseries | |
1989 | Acted in first film with director Woody Allen, "Crimes and Misdemeanors," playing the desperate mistress of Martin Landau | |
1989 | Received a Best Supporting Oscar nomination as a Nazi concentration camp survivor in Paul Mazursky's "Enemies, a Love Story" | |
1988 | Acted in half-brother Danny Huston's "Mr. North"; co-adapted by father, John Huston | |
1987 | Played a woman in a loveless marriage in John Huston's final film, "The Dead"; screenplay was adapted by brother, Tony from the short story of the same name by James Joyce | |
1987 | Re-teamed with Coppola in her first leading role, "Gardens of Stone" | |
1986 | Joined Michael Jackson and Dick Shawn in Francis Ford Coppola's 17-minute, 3-D musical "Captain Eo" (produced for the Disney theme parks) | |
1985 | Played title role in the Los Angeles stage production of "Tamara" | |
1985 | Landed breakthrough screen role as the Mafia princess in John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor"; third onscreen collaboration with Nicholson | |
1984 | Made TV-movie debut in "The Cowboy and the Ballerina" (CBS) | |
1984 | Career received a boost when she was cast as an Amazon with guns in "The Ice Pirates" | |
1984 | Appeared in Rob Reiner's feature directing debut "This Is Spinal Tap" | |
1982 | Acted on episodes of "Laverne and Shirley" (ABC) | |
1981 | Second film with Nicholson, Bob Rafelson's remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" | |
1976 | Returned to the screen in Elia Kazan's "The Last Tycoon"; first film with Jack Nicholson | |
1973 | Moved to Los Angeles, CA to live with off-screen love Jack Nicholson | |
1971 | Modeled for photographer (an old friend of Huston's mother) Richard Avedon in a 30-page fashion shoot for Vogue magazine | |
1969 | Moved to NYC after mother's death and was an understudy for Marianne Faithful in the Broadway production of "Hamlet" | |
1969 | First starring role, "A Walk with Love and Death"; directed by her father (who also co-starred as her uncle) | |
1969 | Made feature acting debut with an uncredited appearance in her father, John Huston's "Sinful Davey" | |
1967 | Auditioned for the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's film version of "Romeo and Juliet" | |
1961 | Moved to London at age ten | |
| Moved to Ireland as a young child and lived in an estate in Galway | ||
Awards
2012 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in 50/50 |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Medium |
2004 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Iron Jawed Angels |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Movie in Iron Jawed Angels |
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in The Mists Of Avalon |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Movie in The Mists Of Avalon |
1999 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Donostia Award |
1999 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Euskatel Youth Award in Agnes Browne |
1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries or a Special in Bastard Out of Carolina |
1996 | Directors Guild of America Award for Movies For Television and Mini-Series in Bastard Out of Carolina |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Buffalo Girls |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in The Crossing Guard |
1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Buffalo Girls |
1995 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in The Crossing Guard |
1994 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Manhattan Murder Mystery |
1993 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Addams Family Values |
1993 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Family Pictures |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in The Addams Family |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in The Addams Family |
1991 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in The Grifters |
1990 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Crimes and Misdemeanors |
1990 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in The Grifters |
1990 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in The Grifters |
1990 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in The Grifters |
1990 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in The Grifters |
1990 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in The Witches |
1990 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in The Witches |
1990 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in The Witches |
1989 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Enemies, A Love Story |
1989 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in Enemies, A Love Story |
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Lonesome Dove |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Lonesome Dove |
1988 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in The Dead |
1985 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in Prizzi's Honor |
1985 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in Prizzi's Honor |