She decided to actively pursue acting in the early 1980s, and subsequently, had her breakthrough with her performance as a mobster moll 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 moved from London to New York City, where she worked as a model throughout the 1970s. The daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston, she reluctantly made her big screen debut in her father's A Walk with Love and Death (1969). In 2010, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. Anjelica Huston ( / ˈ h juː s t ən/ ⓘ HEW-stən born July 8, 1951) is an American actress and director known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters.
