Kathryn Hunter Biography
Aikaterinin Hadjipateras, known professionally as Kathryn Hunter, is a British-American actress and theatre director, known for her appearances as Arabella Figg in the Harry Potter film series, Eedy Karn in the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series Andor, as the Three Witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, and most recently as the tattooed madam in Yorgos Lanthimo’s Poor Things.
How old is Kathryn Hunter? – Age
She is 66 years old as of April 9, 2023. The actor was born on April 9, 1957, in New York City, United States.
Kathryn Hunter Height
The director stands at a height of 5 feet tall.
Kathryn Hunter Career
Stage Work
In her stage work, Hunter is particularly associated with physical theatre, having been described as a “virtuoso physical performer”. She has worked with renowned companies in that field including Shared Experience and Complicite. She won an Oliver Award in 1991 for playing the millionaires in Friedrich Durrematt’s The Visit. Kathryn has also played animals and other creatures. in November 2013, she co-starred as the fairy Puck in Julie Taymor’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the show that opened the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn.
In 2008, she co-starred in the first English-Language production of Fragments, a collection of short plays by Samuel Beckett, directed by Peter Brook. Hunter was made an Artistic at the Royal Shakepeare Company in 2008. In 2010, the actress played Cleopatra in a production of Antony and Cleopatra and the Fool in a production of King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Counrtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
In February 2016, Kathryn took the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Southwark Playhouse, London. In 2017, she starred in the title role in The House of Bernarda Alba at the Royal Exchange Manchester. In 2018, Hunter returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play the title role in Timon of Athens, directed by Simon Godwin. From December 2022 to June 2023, Hunter is Playing the lead role of Janina Duszejko in stage adaptation of the Polish mystery novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, adapted for the stage by Complicite.
TV and Film
Her screen work includes a supporting role in the TV series Rome as Cleopatra’s companion, Charmian, and voicing Gorn in Tron: Uprising. Notable film work includes Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing and Harry Potter’s neighbor, Arabella Figg, in the fifth movie of the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She played the role of Sister Geraldine Catterson. In 2018 she starred in the BBC Two drama Black Earth Rising as Capi Petridis, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In 2021, the actress acclaim in her portrayal of the Three Witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, and for her performance was awarded the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Kathryn Hunter Net Worth
Kathryn Hunter’s estimated net worth as of 2023, is $24 million.
Kathryn Hunter Movie
1992 – Orlando
1993 – The Baby of Macon
1999 – Simon Magus
2002 – All or Nothing
2015 – Tale of Tales
2021 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
2022 – Inland
2023 – The Pod Generation
2024 – Megalopolis
Kathryn Hunter TV Shows
1992 – Screen Two
1994 – Grushko
2001 – Silent Witness
2018 – Flowers
2019 – Les Miserables
2021 – Landscapers
2022 – Andor