Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
Date of Birth: 20 March 1958, Conyers, Georgia, USA
Birth Name
Holly P. Hunter
Height 5'2"
Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the youngest of seven children whose father was a part-time
sporting goods company representative and part-time farmer with a 250 acre farm. Her parents encouraged in
her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play. In 1976 she went to
Pittsburgh to pursue a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University. After graduating in 1980, she went to
New York City, where she met playwright Beth Henley in a stalled elevator. Hunter went on to get roles in a
1981 The Burning - Sophie
1984 Swing Shift - Jeannie
1984 Blood Simple - Helene Trend (uncredited)
1987 Raising Arizona - Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough
1987 End of the Line - Charlotte
1987 Broadcast News - Jane Craig
1989 Miss Firecracker - Carnelle Scott
1989 Animal Behavior - Coral Grable
1989 Always - Dorinda Durston
1991 Once Around - Renata Bella
1993 The Piano - Ada McGrath
1993 The Firm - Tammy Hemphill
1995 Copycat - M.J. Monahan
1995 Home for the Holidays - Claudia Larson
1996 Crash - Helen Remington
1997 A Life Less Ordinary - O'Reilly
1998 Living Out Loud - Judith Moore
1999 Jesus' Son - Mira
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her - Rebecca Weyman
2000 Timecode - Renee Fishbine, Executive
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Penny
2000 Down from the Mountain - Herself documentary
2002 Searching for Debra Winger - Herself documentary
2002 Moonlight Mile - Mona Camp
2003 Rock That Uke - Narrator documentary
2003 Levity - Adele Easley
2003 Thirteen - Melanie Freeland
2004 Little Black Book - Barb Campbell-Dunn
2004 The Incredibles - Helen Parr / Elastigirl
2005 Nine Lives - Sonia
2005 The Big White - Margaret Barnell
2007 Saving Grace - Grace Hanadarko (TV series)
number of Henley's southern gothic plays, including Crimes of the Heart and The Miss Firecracker Contest. In 1982 the actress went to Los Angeles. She
landed her first starring role in the movies in the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona , a part that is said to have been written with her in mind. She gained stardom
in 1987 when she played the driven TV news producer Jane Craig in James L. Brooks' Broadcast News. In 1993 she earned an Academy Award and worldwide
acclaim with her performance as a mute bride to a New Zealand planter in The Piano.
Following a supporting role in the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? , Hunter took top billing in the same year's television movie Harlan County War, an
account of labor struggles among Kentucky coal-mine workers. Hunter would continue her small screen streak with a role in When Billie Beat Bobby, playing
tennis pro Billie Jean King in the fact-based story of King's famed exhibition match with Bobby Riggs; and as narrator of Eco Challenge New Zealand before
returning to film work with a minor role in the 2002 drama Moonlight Mile. The following year found Hunter drawing favorable reviews for her role in the otherwise
critically maligned[citation needed] redemption drama Levity. Also in 2003, Hunter had a supporting role in the acclaimed film Thirteen for which she received a
Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. In 2004, Hunter starred alongside Brittany Murphy in the romantic satire Little Black Book, and the same year lent
her voice to the animated film The Incredibles as the voice of Helen Parr, a.k.a. the superheroine Elastigirl. In 2005, Hunter starred along side Robin Williams in
the black comedy-drama The Big White.
Hunter became an executive producer, and helped develop a starring vehicle for herself with the TNT cable-network drama Saving Grace, which premiered in
July 2007. For her acting, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and an Emmy Award nomination. On May
30, 2008 Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
For many years, Hunter was in a relationship with actor Arliss Howard. She was married to Polish cinematographer Janusz Kaminski from May 20, 1995 until
their divorce on 21 December 2001. Since 2001, she has been in a relationship with American actor Gordon MacDonald, with whom she co-starred in Marina
Carr's By the Bog of Cats in a 2001 run at the San Jose Repertory Theater, and later in a 2004 West End production of the same play. In January 2006,
Hunter's publicist announced that Hunter had given birth to the couple's twins at the age of 47. Entertainment Weekly later reported that the twins were boys.
Filmography
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 1994 - Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Piano Australian Film Institute 1993 - AFI Award Best Actress in a Lead Role for: The Piano BAFTA Awards 1994 - BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: The Piano Berlin International Film Festival 1988 - Silver Berlin Bear Best Actress for: Broadcast News Boston Film Festival 1998 - Film Excellence Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1993 - BSFC Award Best Actress for: The Piano 1988 - BSFC Award Best Actress for: Broadcast News CableACE Awards 1994 - CableACE Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Cannes Film Festival 1993 - Best Actress for: The Piano Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994 - CFCA Award Best Actress for: The Piano Cognac Festival du Film Policier 1996 - Special Mention for: Copycat Costume Designers Guild Awards 2004 - Distinguished Actor Award Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1994 - DFWFCA Award Best Actress for: The Piano Delta's Choice Awards 2005 Delta 99 most desirable women - #70 2004 Delta - Best Supporting Actress for: Thirteen 2004 Delta - Best Dramatic Performance for: Thirteen 2004 Delta 99 most desirable women - #99 Emmy Awards 1993 - Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 1989 - Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for: Roe vs. Wade Golden Globes, USA 1994 - Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Piano Gracie Allen Awards 2008 - Gracie Outstanding Female Lead - Drama Series for: "Saving Grace" Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2004 - Sierra Award Best Supporting Actress for: Thirteen Locarno International Film Festival 2005 - Bronze Leopard Best Actress for: Nine Lives 2003 - Bronze Leopard Best Actress for: Thirteen London Critics Circle Film Awards 1994 - ALFS Award Actress of the Year for: The Piano Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1993 - LAFCA Award Best Actress for: The Piano 1987 - LAFCA Award Best Actress for: Broadcast News National Board of Review, USA 1993 - NBR Award Best Actress for: The Piano 1987 - NBR Award Best Actress for: Broadcast News National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1994 - NSFC Award Best Actress for: The Piano New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1993 - NYFCC Award Best Actress for: The Piano 1987 - NYFCC Award Best Actress for: Broadcast News Phoenix Film Festival 2001 - Copper Wing Tribute Award - Phoenix Film Foundation Awards Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1994 - SEFCA Award Best Actress for: The Piano Sundance Film Festival 2003 - Tribute to Independent Vision Award Walk of Fame 2008 - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 30 April. At 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.
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