Holly Hunter | |
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Born | Conyers, Georgia, U.S. | March 20, 1958
Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1981–present |
Spouse | |
Partner | Gordon MacDonald (2001–present) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Full list |
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958)[1] is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993), and Thirteen (2003). She also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).
Hunter's other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Copycat (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004) and its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017). She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010).
actor Holly Hunter in 1958 (age 63)