Holly Hunter
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Image:The Piano.jpg Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958 in Conyers, Georgia) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
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Biography
Career
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 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 hit animated film The Incredibles. Hunter has also appeared in several television films and has earned two Emmys.
Personal life
Hunter 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 British actor Gordon MacDonald, with whom she co-starred in By the Bog of Cats in a 2001 run at the San Jose Repertory Theater, and later in a 2004 West End production. In January 2006, Hunter's publicist announced that the couple had welcomed twins;[1] Entertainment Weekly later reported that the twins were boys.
Selected filmography
- Nine Lives (2005)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Little Black Book (2004)
- Thirteen (2003)
- Levity (2003)
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Timecode (2000)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Jesus' Son (1999)
- Living Out Loud (1998)
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
- Crash (1996)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- Copycat (1995)
- The Firm (1993)
- The Piano (1993)
- Always (1989)
- Broadcast News (1987)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Svengali (1983) (TV)
- The Burning (1981)
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External links
- {{{2|{{{name|Holly Hunter}}}}}} at The Internet Movie Database
- "What people don't know about Holly", an interview and in-depth profile in The Guardian, November 22, 2003de:Holly Hunter
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Categories: 1958 births | American actors | American film actors | American voice actors | American television actors | Best Actress Oscar | Best Actress Oscar Nominee | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominee | Emmy Award winners | Carnegie Mellon alumni | Living people | People from Georgia (U.S. state)