Holly Hunter Add to My Celebs Age 54 Birthday Mar. 20th, 1958 Born in Conyers, Georgia, USA Height 5' 2"

Holly Hunter's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Saving Grace Grace Hanad…

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Nine Lives 2005 - The Big White 2004 - The Incredibles 2004 - Little Black Book 2003 - Thirteen 2003 - Levity 2002 - Moonlight Mile 2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 - Timecode 1998 - Living Out Loud 1997 - A Life Less Ordinary 1996 - Crash 1995 - Copycat 1995 - Home for the Holidays 1993 - The Piano 1993 - The Firm 1989 - Always 1987 - Broadcast News 1987 - Raising Arizona 1984 - Blood Simple 1984 - Swing Shift 1981 - The Burning

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the youngest of seven children whose father was a part-time sporting goods company representative and part-time farmer with a 250 acre farm. Her parents encouraged in her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play. In 1976 she went to Pittsburgh to pursue a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University. After graduating in 1980, she went to New York City, where she met playwright Beth Henley in a stalled elevator. Hunter went on to get roles in a number of Henley's southern gothic plays, including Crimes of the Heart and The Miss Firecracker Contest. In 1982 the actress went to Los Angeles. She landed her first starring role in the movies in the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona (1987), a part that is said to have been written with her in mind. She gained stardom in 1987 when she played the driven TV news producer Jane Craig in James L. Brooks' Broadcast News (1987). In 1993 she earned an Academy Award and worldwide acclaim with her performance as a mute bride to a New Zealand planter in The Piano (1993).


TRIVIA:

• 'Joel Coen' (qv) and 'Ethan Coen' (qv) saw her in "Crimes of the Heart" and wanted to cast her in the movie, _Blood Simple. (1984)_ (qv). Because she was committed in another play, "The Wake of Jamey Foster", they cast her roommate 'Frances McDormand' (qv) instead. 'Frances McDormand' (qv) ended up marrying 'Joel Coen' (qv).
• Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.
• Hired a sign language interpreter to help her create her own sign language for her role in _The Piano (1993)_ (qv).
• Moved to New York in 1980 to pursue a career in acting.
• Replaced 'Debra Winger' (qv) for the role of Jane Craig in _Broadcast News (1987)_ .
• In 1993, she won the Oscar for Best Actress for _The Piano (1993)_ (qv), in which she utilised her real-life piano skills. Eleven years later, 'Jamie Foxx' (qv) won Best Actor for _Ray (2004/I)_ (qv), in which he also played the piano. Both of them had been nominated for a supporting performance in those respective years, and both were nominated for a role they played opposite 'Tom Cruise' (qv). Hunter appeared in _The Firm (1993)_ (qv) and 'Jamie Foxx' (qv) appeared in _Collateral (2004)_ (qv).
• Wings of Desire (_Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)_ (qv)) is one of her favourite films.
• Spent a summer interning at Cortland Repertory Theatre (Cortland, New York) in 1976.

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