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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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Learn about the life and career of Holly Hunter, an Oscar-winning actress known for her roles in Broadcast News, The Piano and Raising Arizona. Find out her family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- March 20, 1958
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- '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.
- 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.
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).
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.
