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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).
IMDb provides an extensive overview of Holly Hunter's life and career, from her early roles in southern Gothic plays to her Oscar-winning performance in The Piano. Browse her photos, videos, credits, trivia, and more on the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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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
- Contributor
- 'The Piano' (1993) Director: Jane Campion. In 1851, Ada McGrath (Hunter) arrives at the shores of New Zealand with her cherished piano and young daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), to meet Ada's new husband (Sam Neill) in an arranged marriage.
- 'Broadcast News' (1987) Director: James L. Brooks. Power walking onto the screen of audiences everywhere, Hunter appears in James L. Brooks' 1987 newsroom classic, Broadcast News, as Jane Craig, a confident, capable producer with lofty goals.
- 'Raising Arizona' (1987) Director: Joel Coen. Raising Arizona marked Hunter's first starring opportunity as Ed, a straight-laced police officer beguiled by the oft-incarcerated H.I.
- 'The Big Sick' (2017) Director: Michael Showalter. Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, wrote the unbelievably true story of their courtship in The Big Sick.
Oct 13, 2019 · NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Holly Hunter about the Season 2 finale of HBO's Succession, the struggle to find good roles, and the impact of the MeToo movement on Hollywood.
Holly Hunter is an American actress who won an Oscar for The Piano and starred in The Incredibles, Crash, and The Big Sick. Learn more about her life, career, and achievements on The Movie Database (TMDB).
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.
