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Holly Hunter
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| Holly Hunter | |
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 Holly at the 1994 Emmy Awards (photo by Alan Light) |
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| Birth name | Holly Hunter |
| Born | March 20, 1958 Conyers, Georgia, United States |
| Years active | 1981 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Gordon MacDonald |
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
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Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Opal Marguerite (née Catledge), a housewife, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer representative.[1] Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after which she moved to New York City and roomed with Frances McDormand, both aspiring actors. When she first moved to Los Angeles she shared a house with a group of people which included McDormand and director Sam Raimi, as well as future collaborators Joel and Ethan Coen.
Hunter's first starring role in films came in 1987's Raising Arizona. That year, she also starred in Broadcast News, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for the Best Actress. In 1993, she won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano and showcased her skill with the piano by playing all the elaborate pieces on the score herself. That year, Hunter was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm. In 2004, she earned another Best Supporting Actress nomination for Thirteen and voiced a star role (Helen Parr/Elastigirl) in the animated film The Incredibles. Hunter has also appeared in several television films and has earned two Emmys. She is currently starring in and producing Saving Grace, a crime series on TNT portraying an Oklahoma City Police Department detective.
For many years, Hunter was in a relationship with actor Arliss Howard. She was married to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski from May 20, 1995 until their divorce on December 21, 2001. Since 2001, she has been in a relationship with American actor Gordon MacDonald (who is from New York and not Britain, contrary to what has been reported) 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 the couple had welcomed twins;[2] Entertainment Weekly later reported that the twins were boys.
Holly's cousin is Tim Salmon, former right fielder and designated hitter of the Los Angeles Angels major league baseball team.
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Burning | Sophie | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Jeannie | |
| Blood Simple | Helene Trend (voice only) | uncredited | |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough | |
| End of the Line | Charlotte | ||
| Broadcast News | Jane Craig | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Carnelle Scott | |
| Animal Behavior | Coral Grable | ||
| Always | Dorinda Durston | ||
| 1991 | Once Around | Renata Bella | |
| 1993 | The Piano | Ada McGrath | Academy Award for Best Actress; BAFTA Award; Golden Globe |
| The Firm | Tammy Hemphill | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe |
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| 1995 | Copycat | M.J. Monahan | |
| 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 Waynon | segment "Fantasies About Rebecca" |
| Woman Wanted | Emma Riley | ||
| Timecode | Renee Fishbine, Executive | ||
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Penny | ||
| Down from the Mountain | Herself | documentary | |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes | Herself | Uncredited |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Herself | documentary |
| Moonlight Mile | Mona Camp | ||
| 2003 | Rock That Uke | Narrator | documentary |
| Levity | Adele Easley | ||
| Thirteen | Melanie 'Mel' Freeland | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe |
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| 2004 | Little Black Book | Barb | |
| The Incredibles | Helen Parr / Elastigirl | voice | |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Sonia | |
| The Big White | Margaret Barnell | ||
| 2009 | Frost Flowers | Cora | pre-production |
Won:
- Best Actress — The Piano (1993)
Nominated:
- Best Actress — Broadcast News (1987)
- Best Supporting Actress — The Firm (1993)
- Best Supporting Actress — thirteen (2003)
Won:
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — Roe vs. Wade (1989)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
Nominated:
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — Harlan County War (2000)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2001)
Won:
- Best Actress — The Piano
Won:
- Best Actress — Broadcast News
Won:
- Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama — The Piano (1993)
Nominated:
- Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy — Broadcast News (1987)
- Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — Roe vs. Wade (1989)
- Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
- Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — Harlan County War (2000)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture — thirteen (2003)
- Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Saving Grace (2008)
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ana Beatriz Nogueira for Vera |
Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress 1988 for Broadcast News |
Succeeded by Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel |
| Preceded by Pernilla August for The Best Intentions |
Award for Best Actress - Cannes Film Festival 1993 for The Piano |
Succeeded by Virna Lisi for La Reine Margot |
| Preceded by Emma Thompson for Howards End |
Academy Award for Best Actress 1993 for The Piano |
Succeeded by Jessica Lange for Blue Sky |
| Preceded by Emma Thompson for Howards End |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1994 for The Piano |
Succeeded by Jessica Lange for Blue Sky |
| Preceded by Sissy Spacek for Crimes of the Heart |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 1987 for Broadcast News |
Succeeded by Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark |
| Preceded by Emma Thompson for Howards End |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 1993 for The Piano |
Succeeded by Linda Fiorentino for The Last Seduction |
- "What people don't know about Holly", an interview and in-depth profile in The Guardian, November 22, 2003
Categories: 1958 births | Actors from Pittsburgh | American film actors | American television actors | American voice actors | Best Actress Academy Award winners | Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) | Carnegie Mellon University alumni | Emmy Award winners | Georgia (U.S. state) actors | Living people | People from Georgia (U.S. state)