Holly Hunter

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Biography

Born 03/20/1958

Petite, fiery, and altogether confident, Holly Hunter was an Academy Award-winning actress and producer who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s with a string of roles in challenging and critically acclaimed films. She was renowned as the mute pianist who carries out a torrid affair...
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Awards

  • In 2003, received Sundance Film Festival Award for Tribute to Independent Vision
  • In 1994, received CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
  • In 1994, received BAFTA Award for Best Actress

Highlights

  • In 2009, Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series
  • In 2008, Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (May)
  • In 2007, Cast in first starring role in a TV series, as a tormented police detective in the TNT drama, "Saving Grace"; earned Golden Globe (2008), SAG (2008, 2009) and Emmy (2008, 2009) nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series

Family & Companions

  • Gordon MacDonald: Companion (Together since 2001; co-starred in London's West End production of Marina Carr's "By the Bog of Cats" )
  • Arliss Howard: together in the early 1990s
  • Charles Edwin Hunter: father (Died in 1982)

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