Holly Hunter Biography
Summary
"Holly Hunter" (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
Biography
Early life
Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Opal Marguerite (née Catledge), a housewife, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer representative. Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after which she moved to New York City and roomed with Frances McDormand, both aspiring actors. When she first moved to Los Angeles she shared a house with a group of people which included McDormand and director Sam Raimi, as well as future collaborators Joel and Ethan Coen.
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 animated film "The Incredibles". Hunter has also appeared in several television films and has earned two Emmys. She is currently starring in and producing "Saving Grace", a crime series on TNT portraying an Oklahoma City Police Department detective.
Personal life
For many years, Hunter was in a relationship with actor Arliss Howard. She 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 American actor Gordon MacDonald (who is from New York and not Britain, contrary to what has been reported) with whom she co-starred in Marina Carr's "By the Bog of Cats" in a 2001 run at the San Jose Repertory Theater, and later in a 2004 West End production of the same play. In January 2006, Hunter's publicist announced that the couple had welcomed twins; "Entertainment Weekly" later reported that the twins were boys.
Holly's cousin is Tim Salmon, former right fielder and designated hitter of the Los Angeles Angels major league baseball team.
Filmography
"The Burning" (1981)
"Swing Shift" (1984)
"Blood Simple" (1984) (voice only)
"Raising Arizona" (1987)
"End of the Line" (1987)
"Broadcast News" (1987)
"Miss Firecracker" (1989)
"Animal Behavior" (1989)
"Always" (1989)
"Once Around" (1991)
"The Piano" (1993)
"The Firm" (1993)
"Copycat" (1995)
"Home for the Holidays" (1995)
"Crash" (1996)
"A Life Less Ordinary" (1997)
"Living Out Loud" (1998)
"Jesus' Son" (1999)
"Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2000)
"Woman Wanted" (2000)
"Timecode" (2000)
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000)
"Down from the Mountain" (2000) (documentary)
"Festival in Cannes" (2001)
"Searching for Debra Winger" (2002) (documentary)
"Moonlight Mile" (2002)
"Rock That Uke" (2003) (documentary) (narrator)
"Levity" (2003)
"Thirteen" (2003)
"Little Black Book" (2004)
"The Incredibles" (2004) (voice)
"Nine Lives" (2005)
"The Big White" (2005)
"Frost Flowers" (2007) (pre-production)
"My Boy" (2007) (in production)
Awards
[[Academy Award]]s
"Won:"
Best Actress — "The Piano" (1993)
"Nominated:"
Best Actress — "Broadcast News" (1987)
Best Supporting Actress — "The Firm" (1993)
Best Supporting Actress — "thirteen" (2003)
[[Emmy Award]]s
"Won:"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — "Roe vs. Wade" (1989)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" (1993)
"Nominated:"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — "Harlan County War" (2000)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — "When Billie Beat Bobby" (2001)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2001)
[[Cannes Film Festival]]
"Won:"
Best Actress — "The Piano"
[[Berlin Film Festival]]
"Won:"
Best Actress — "Broadcast News"
[[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]]
"Won:"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama — "The Piano" (1993)
"Nominated:"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy — "Broadcast News" (1987)
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — "Roe vs. Wade" (1989)
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" (1993)
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie — "Harlan County War" (2000)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture — "thirteen" (2003)
External links
('What people don't know about Holly') , an interview and in-depth profile in "The Guardian", November 22, 2003
Credit
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article about Holly Hunter.
