Holly Hunter

American actress

Photo by: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:March 20, 1958

Age:68

Zodiac Sign:Pisces

Children:2

Born in:Conyers, United States

Residence:New York, United States

Languages:English

Television Actor Stage Actor Film Producer Film Actor Television Producer

Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeThe PianoO Brother, Where Art Thou?Raising ArizonaBlood Simple

Awards

Lucy Award (2009)Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2004)International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2004)Academy Award for Best Actress (1994)BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (1994)

Holly Hunter

American actress

Biography

Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, her first acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play, before appearing in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated with a drama degree at Carnegie Mellon University and performed in local theater. Hunter then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in a slasher film released in 1981, The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films, before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear and her first nomination at the Academy Awards for her starring role in Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993). That same year, she was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the legal thriller The Firm (1993). She earned another Oscar nomination in the same category a decade later for the coming-of-age drama Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an AACTA Award, a BAFTA Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Golden Globe.

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Photos

Holly Hunter speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Riedel / TNT.

Zack Snyder, Holly Hunter, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

Holly Hunter speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.

1989 Emmy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. Scanned from the original 35MM film negative.