In our article, we will talk about the famous American actress Linda Kozlowski. Biography, successful roles, personal life of the artist - all this will be discussed later in the material.
early years
Actress Linda Kozlowski was born on January 7, 1958 in the provincial American town of Fairfield, Connecticut. Since childhood, the girl showed interest in cinema. Therefore, upon reaching adulthood, she went to comprehend stage performance at the prestigious acting school Dzhulliard. Here our heroine studied opera, participated in theatrical productions. However, the graduation from the famous school did not bring any dividends to the young actress.
Trying to find some work, Linda Kozlowski went to New York. She played in Broadway theater productions. Soon, the artist became a real star of such popular performances as “The Death of a Salesman” and “How It All Began”. It was on the stage that the aspiring actress was spotted by reputable filmmakers.
Movie debut
For the first time on wide screens, Linda Kozlowski appeared in 1985. During this period, the young theater actress was offered the role of Miss Forsyth in the film adaptation of Arthur Miller's play Death of the Salesman. Here, the novice actress was lucky to work on the same platform with Dustin Hoffman himself , who played an aging loser who intends to commit suicide in order to pay off family debts. It is noteworthy that on wide screens Linda Kozlowski appeared in an image well familiar to her from the Broadway production of the same name.
The finest hour of the actress
The real success was expected by Linda Kozlowski a year later after a rather noticeable debut in the movie. In 1986, the aspiring actress was offered the role of a journalist named Sue Charlton in the comedy film Crocodile Dundee, a wonderful Australian director Peter Feyman. Participation in the project allowed the artist to rise to the level of a real screen star already at the start of her career. Confirmation of the high status of the actress was her nomination for the Golden Globe Award in 1987. Ahead, the actress was expected to have no less successful shootings in the continuation of the popular story about “Dundee Crocodile”.
Other successful roles
Filming in the movie "Dundee Crocodile" gave a great start to the career development of a young artist. Soon, one after another, promising roles rained down on her. In 1988, Linda got the image of one of the central heroines of the comedy film “Pass Ammo”. Two years later, Kozlowski again played, now with her husband Paul Hogan, in the successful film directed by John Cornell, “Almost an Angel”.
Extremely successful for the actress was the year 1993. During this period, she got a place in the new project of the famous director Rodney Gibbons - a horror film called "Neighbor."
Then, for the artist, the main role in the sensational crime drama “By the Law of the Streets” followed. Here Linda played a woman detective who investigates frauds with real estate. It is worth noting that for this work, the actress received not the most positive reviews from critics. However, the rather cool perception of the film by a wide audience did not affect its high status as a Hollywood star.
Retirement
In 2001, Linda Kozlowski participated in her latest film, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. In fact, being at the peak of her career, the actress shocked the audience with a statement about the termination of all filming. The reason was the disappointment of the famous artist due to the lack of promising roles. In one of her interviews, Linda noted that she did not intend to star in second-rate films in which she was offered to play in recent years. The actress declared disrespect for her own person on the part of the directors, referred to her respectable age and assured the audience that she would never appear on the set again.
Linda Kozlowski: movies
During her career in Hollywood cinema, the actress starred in the following films:
- "The death of a salesman."
- “Pass the ammo.”
- "Almost an angel."
- Crocodile Dundee.
- "Beloved son."
- "Neighbor".
- "Nurse".
- "Crocodile Dundee-2."
- Zorn.
- Shaughnessy.
- "According to the law of the streets."
- "Village of the Damned."
- "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles."
Personal life
In 1990, Linda connected her life with the shooting partner and starring actor in the movie Dundee Crocodile - Paul Hogan. Soon the first-born of the famous couple was born, who was named Chance.
Before meeting Kozlowski, the actor was married twice. In order to marry Linda, he had to engage in protracted litigation with his ex-wife. The process lasted 4 years, after which the actors still received an official right to marry.
In 2014, Kozlowski and Hogan decided to break up. The initiator of the breakup was the 56-year-old actress. As a reason, which was indicated in the court documents, the presence of irreconcilable contradictions in family life was declared. The actress demanded from her husband the right to sole custody of his son, as well as the payment of alimony. Ultimately, the court ordered Paul Hogan to share his capital with his ex-wife, which at that time was estimated at $ 20 million.