Holly Hunter Bio | Wiki
Holly Hunter is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, she earned the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Additionally, Hunter received three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. For her roles in the television films Roe vs. Wade, and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
Holly Hunter Age
Holly was born on March 20, 1958, in Conyers, Georgia, United States. She is 64 years old.
Holly Hunter Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.57 m).
Holly Hunter Family
She was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia by her parents Opal Marguerite and Charles Edwin Hunter. Hunter’s mother served as a housewife while her father was a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer’s representative. During her childhood, she suffered from mumps which makes her unable to hear with her left ear sometimes leading to complications at work.
Holly Hunter Husband | Children
Hunter married Janusz Kamiński in 1995. Janusz served as the cinematographer of Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. The couple divorced in 2001. Later that year, Hunter started dating British actor Gordon MacDonald. The two met in San Jose Repertory Theatre’s production of playwright Marina Carr’s By the Bog of Cats. Hunter and Gordon welcomed their twin sons Claude MacDonald and Press MacDonald in January 2006.
Holly Hunter Education
She attended Rockdale County High School where she started acting in the early 1970s. Later, Hunter enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she earned a degree in drama. While there, she performed in the theatre scene, playing ingenue roles at City Theatre, then named the City Players.
Holly Hunter Movies | Tv Shows
In 2019, Hunter played Rhea Jarrell for 6 episodes in Succession. In 1993, she played Ada McGrath, a mute Scottish woman entangled in an adulterous affair with Harvey Keitel in Jane Campion’s The Piano. Her role earned her the Best Actress award. In 2021, Hunter starred as Arpi Meskimen opposite Ted Danson in the 2021 NBC comedy Mr. Mayor.
In 1987, she starred in the Coens’ Raising Arizona as Edwina “Ed” McDunnough. Hunter played Jane Craig in Broadcast News in 1987. She earned an Academy Award for her performance after which she became a critically acclaimed star. In 1993, she played Tammy Hemphill in The Firm where her performance in The Firm won her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Additionally, in 2003, she portrayed the role of a mother Melanie Freeland in the film Thirteen. Her daughter is troubled and going through the perils of being a teenager. The film became critically acclaimed along with Hunter and her co-stars and gave her nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Some of her other movie/Tv shows credit include:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
Strange Weather 2016
Incredibles 2 2018
The Comey Rule 2020
Bless the Harts 2019
Here and Now 2018
Bonnie & Clyde 2013
Holly Hunter Health
Hunter has difficulties in hearing with her left ear due to a childhood case of mumps. The condition sometimes leads to complications at work where some scenes have to be altered from the script for her to use her right ear.
Holly Hunter Net Worth
She earns her wealth through her acting career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Hunter’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
Who Is Holly Hunter
Holly is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.