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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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3 days ago · 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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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
- Holly Hunter. Her voice — that dazzling, invigorating Georgia twang — could have limited Holly Hunter's 37-year career, but she tricked that assumed weakness into an invincible strength.
- With Frances McDormand, friends since 1981. Hunter’s friendship with Frances McDormand altered the course of both women’s lives. “I met Fran on a trip to Yale in 1981, and it was an immediate hookup,” Hunter says.
- Raising Arizona (1987) Hunter had appeared in just a few TV movies when the Coens cast her in Raising Arizona. The baby-crazy police officer named Ed was a role they’d written for her.
- Broadcast News (1987) Her role as the terrier-like television news producer Jane Craig scored Hunter her first Oscar nomination and rocketed her to Hollywood’s A list.
Feb 23, 2024 · From Once Around to The Piano, these are Oscar winner Holly Hunter's greatest movies.
Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
