Holly Hunter is an Academy-award winning Film and Television Actress whose acclaimed career has seen her play a number of strong and challenging female roles. After getting her start in the Coen Brothers film Raising Arizona, Hunter scored an Academy-award nomination for the 1987 film Broadcast News. In 1993, she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano. With over 20 films under her belt, she has currently taken the leap to the small screen, starring in the TNT crime series, Saving Grace.
Holly Hunter Timeline
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March 20, 1958: Born
1987: Raising Arizona
1987: Broadcast News
1989: Miss Firecracker
1989: Roe vs. Wade
1989: Always
1991: Once Around
1993: The Piano
1993: The Firm
1995: Copycat
1995: Home for the Holidays
1996: Crash
1997: A Life Less Ordinary
1998: Living Out Loud
2000: Timecode
2002: Moonlight Mile
2003: Thirteen
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Nine Lives
2007: Saving Grace
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Fast Facts
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Name
Holly P. Hunter
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Born
March 20, 1958
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Born in Conyers, Georgia and is the youngest of seven children
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First acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play
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Was married to Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
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Replaced Debra Winger for the role of Jane Craig in Broadcast News
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Performed all of the piano music for her performance in The Piano
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Lived in the same house as Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, and Sam Raimi in 1985 in Silver Lake, just outside of Los Angeles
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Boyfriend is Gordon MacDonald and they have twin boys
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Cousin of former Baseball player Tim Salmon
