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Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993), and Thirteen (2003).
Holly Hunter. Actress: Broadcast News. Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of seven children.
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Holly Hunter. Actress: Broadcast News. Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of seven children.
- March 20, 1958
Jun 13, 2024 · Holly Hunter, American actress known for playing intense, driven, and often offbeat characters in both comedies and dramas. Her notable films included Broadcast News (1987); The Piano (1993), for which she won an Academy Award; and Thirteen (2003). Learn more about her life and career.
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- BROADCAST NEWS (1987) Director and writer: James L. Brooks. Starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Jack Nicholson. James L. Brooks had planned to cast his “Terms of Endearment” star Debra Winger in the lead role of this film set in the world of television news (a topic he was well acquainted with from his producing of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) but her pregnancy forced her to drop out at the last minute.
- THE PIANO (1993) Director and writer: Jane Campion. Starring Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, Sam Neill. Hunter won just about every award they give including a Best Actress Oscar for this film about a woman who is placed in an arranged marriage to a wealthy New Zealand plantation owner but begins to fall in love with a field hand on the estate.
- RAISING ARIZONA (1987) Director: Joel Coen. Writers: Joel and Ethan Coen. Starring Nicolas Cage, John Goodman, Frances McDormand. The year 1987 was a landmark year for Hunter.
- THIRTEEN (2003) Director: Catherine Hardwicke. Writers: Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed. Hunter did receive her fourth Oscar nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) as a mother trying to deal with her rebellious daughter who starts to dabble in sex, drugs and crime after she becomes friends with the wrong crowd.
Jul 6, 2017 · Holly Hunter's Most Memorable Roles, In Her Own Words. For decades, she's epitomized spitfire wit and emotional grit. The Oscar-winner looks back with EW on her career of positively true...
Feb 23, 2024 · From Once Around to The Piano, these are Oscar winner Holly Hunter's greatest movies.
