• Anjelica Huston is a famous actress
• She starred in 'The Addams Family'
• Learn more about her life and career here

Best known for her role as "Morticia Addams" in The Addams Family during the 1990s, Anjelica Huston has been active in show business since she was little because she grew up in a family full of artists! Her mother Enrica Soma was a ballet dancer, and her father John Huston was a film director and actor, that's why she actually started to act by taking a few small roles in her father's movies in the late 1960s. However, her major breakthrough was in 1969 at the age of 18 in the film A Walk with Love and Death. During the 1970's she also worked as a model. 

In 1985 she portrayed "Maerose" in her father's film Prizzi's Honor, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the third generation of her family to receive an Oscar, joining her father and grandfather Walter Huston, very prominent figures in the film industry. In the 1990s she won two Golden Globe awards for her role as "Morticia Addams" in The Addams Family and its sequel, where she shared credits with Raul Julia and other celebrities. In 1996 the actress followed in her father's footsteps and made her debut as a director with the film Bastard out of Carolina, which received positive reviews.

What has Anjelica Huston done recently and where is she now? 

Anjelica Huston has not stopped acting since she was a little kid! Some of her most recent professional credits include films like Material Girls (2006), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Big Year (2011), and The Cleanse (2016). She recently worked on the British-Canadian animated comedy film Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad, where she voiced "Maureen." In television, her most recent work was in the 2018 comedy series Angie Tribeca; and in the past few years she also appeared in the supernatural drama series Medium as well as in Huff. Most recently however you can see her in the 2021 film The French Dispatch and in the 2024 series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Three quick facts about The Addams Family star Anjelica Huston

• Anjelica Huston was in a relationship with actor Jack Nicholson in the early 1970s, but they split in 1990. In 1992, she married sculptor Robert Graham and lived with him for 16 years until he passed away. The actress does not have any children.
• She loves animals, especially cats! In 1996 during an appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Anjelica revealed that she had eight outdoor cats and three indoor cats
• She is an avid reader and speaks French fluently

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