Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter at Comic-Con (2015)

Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958 in Conyers , Georgia ) is an American actress . She is an Oscar and a Golden Globe award winner.

Life

Holly Hunter was born in Georgia, the youngest of seven children to a farming family. She started acting at an early age and went to Pittsburgh in 1976 , where she took acting lessons. From 1980 to 1982 she lived and worked in New York and then went to Hollywood. She had her greatest success in 1993 with the film The Piano by Jane Campion . For this film, Hunter won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1994 . In addition, she has so far been seen in very different roles such as Copykill or Die Firma .

Between 1995 and 2001 Hunter was married to the Polish cameraman Janusz Kamiński . She has twins with her partner, British actor Gordon MacDonald .

Filmography (selection)

• 1981: The Burning
• 1984: Swing Shift - temporary love (Swing Shift)
• 1987: Arizona Junior (Raising Arizona)
• 1987: A Gathering of Old Men (A Gathering of Old Men)
• 1987: News Fever - Broadcast News (Broadcast News)
• 1987: Full steam ahead to Chicago (End of the Line)
• 1989: Miss Firecracker
• 1989: Roe vs. Wade (TV movie)
• 1989: A Monkey to Smooch (Animal Behavior)
• 1989: Always - The Fire Angel of Montana (Always)
• 1991: A Charming Disgust (Once Around)
• 1992: Mad with Love ( Crazy in Love , television film)
• 1993: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (TV movie)
• 1993: The Piano (The Piano)
• 1993: The company (The Firm)
• 1995: Copykill (Copycat)
• 1995: Family celebration and other difficulties (Home for the Holidays)
• 1996: crash
• 1997: A Life Less Ordinary (A Life Less Ordinary)
• 1998: Kissed Awake (Living Out Loud)
• 2000: Feelings That One See - Things You Can Tell (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her)
• 2000: Woman Wanted
• 2000: Timecode
• 2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
• 2000: Time of Justice ( Harlan County War , Movie made for TV)
• 2001: When Billie Beat Bobby (TV movie)
• 2002: Moonlight Mile
• 2003: Levity
• 2003: Thirteen (Thirteen)
• 2004: The Incredibles ( The Incredibles , voice for Elastigirl )
• 2004: My Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriends (Little Black Book)
• 2005: Nine Lives
• 2005: The Big White - Trouble with Raymond (The Big White)
• 2007–2010: Saving Grace (TV series)
• 2012: Jackie - Who Needs a Mother (Jackie)
• 2012: Better by a class (Won't Back Down)
• 2013: Top of the Lake (Miniseries)
• 2013: Bonnie & Clyde (TV movie)
• 2016: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• 2016: Strange Weather
• 2017: The Big Sick
• 2018: Here and Now (TV series)
• 2018: The Incredibles 2 ( Incredibles 2 , voice for Elastigirl )
• 2019: Succession (TV series)

Awards

• 1988: Silver Bear at the Berlinale for being featured in Nachrichtenfieber - Broadcast News
• 1988: Oscar : Nominated for Best Actress (News Fever - Broadcast News)
• 1989/1993: Emmy
• 1993: Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival ( The Piano )
• 1994: Oscar: Best Actress (The Piano)
• 1994: London Critics Circle Film Award : Best Actress (The Piano)
• 1994: Oscar: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress ( The Company )
• 1994: Golden Globe : Best Actress in a Drama (The Piano)
• 2004: Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama ( Thirteen )
• 2004: Oscar: nominated for Best Supporting Actress (thirteen)
• 2008: Star on the Walk of Fame

Web links

Commons : Holly Hunter  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Holly Hunter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Prisma Online - with the latest TV information