Holly Hunter is a famous Movie Actress, born on March 20, 1958 in United States. As of June 1, 2023, Holly Hunter’s net worth is $14 Million. She starred as Grace Hanadarko on the TV series Saving Grace from 2007 to 2010.
| Father | Charles Edwin Hunter |
| Mother | Opal Marguerite (née Catledge) |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Janusz Kamiński |
| Children(s) | Press MacDonald, Claude MacDonald |
Biography
American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in the 1993 feature The Piano. She also received Academy Award nominations for her performances in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. She lent her voice to the Pixar film The Incredibles. Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress and producer. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, she won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News (1987), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993) and again for Thirteen (2003)..
She was married to Janusz Kaminski from 1995 to 2001. She began dating Gordon MacDonald in 2001. They have twin sons, Press and Claude.
Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Opal Marguerite (née Catledge), a housewife, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer’s representative. Hunter began acting at Rockdale County High School in the early 1970s, performing in “Oklahoma,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and for a while performed in the theatre scene there, playing ingenue roles at City Theatre, then named the City Players.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Holly Hunter ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let's check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Holly Hunter's ethnicity is Not Known. We will update Holly Hunter's religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.Hunter made her film debut in the 1981 slasher movie The Burning. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, Hunter appeared in TV movies before being cast in a supporting role in 1984’s Swing Shift. That year, she had her first collaboration with the writing-directing-producing team of brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, in Blood Simple, making an uncredited appearance as a voice on an answering-machine recording. More film and television work followed until 1987, when she earned a starring role in the Coens’ Raising Arizona and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Broadcast News, after which Hunter became a critically acclaimed star. She went on to the screen adaptation of Henley’s Miss Firecracker; Steven Spielberg’s Always, a romantic drama with Richard Dreyfuss; and the made-for-TV 1989 docudrama about the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
Holly Hunter Net Worth
Holly Hunter is one of the richest Movie Actress & listed on most popular Movie Actress. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Holly Hunter's net worth $14 Million.
| Net Worth | $14 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Movie Actress |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
She studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University.
Hunter made her film debut in the 1981 slasher movie The Burning. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, Hunter appeared in TV movies before being cast in a supporting role in 1984’s Swing Shift. That year, she had her first collaboration with the writing-directing-producing team of brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, in Blood Simple, making an uncredited appearance as a voice on an answering-machine recording. More film and television work followed until 1987, when she earned a starring role in the Coens’ Raising Arizona and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Broadcast News, after which Hunter became a critically acclaimed star. She went on to the screen adaptation of Henley’s Miss Firecracker; Steven Spielberg’s Always, a romantic drama with Richard Dreyfuss; and the made-for-TV 1989 docudrama about the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, Hunter won for Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–10). Her other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
Following her second collaboration with Dreyfuss, in Once Around, Hunter garnered critical attention for her work in two 1993 films, resulting in her being nominated for two Academy Awards the same year: Hunter’s performance in The Firm won her a nomination as Best Supporting Actress, while her portrayal of a mute Scottish woman entangled in an adulterous affair with Harvey Keitel in Jane Campion’s The Piano won her the Best Actress award.
Holly Hunter Husband
According to our records, Holly Hunter married to Janusz Kamiński. As of January 12, 2023, Holly Hunter’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Holly Hunter. You may help us to build the dating records for Holly Hunter!Hunter has been in a relationship with British actor Gordon MacDonald since 2001. The couple met in San Jose Repertory Theatre’s production of playwright Marina Carr’s By the Bog of Cats, in which she played a woman abandoned by her lover of 14 years, played by MacDonald. In January 2006, Hunter gave birth to the couple’s twin boys Claude and Press.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Holly Hunter's height 5 ft 2 in weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | 5 ft 2 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous Movie Actress born in United States. Holly Hunter celebrates birthday on March 20 of every year.
Hunter went on to star in the comedy-drama Home for the Holidays and the thriller Copycat, both in 1995. She also appeared in David Cronenberg’s Crash and as a sardonic angel in A Life Less Ordinary. The following year, she played a recently divorced New Yorker in Richard LaGravenese’s Living Out Loud; starring alongside Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, and Martin Donovan. Hunter rounded out the 1990s with a minor role in the independent drama Jesus’ Son and as a housekeeper torn between a grieving widower and his son in Kiefer Sutherland’s drama Woman Wanted.
Does Holly Hunter have a disability?
Holly Hunter cannot hear with her left ear as she suffered from mumps during her childhood. This defect, at times, came in her way at work, and some directors have changed some scenes in the script to enable her to hear with her right ear. Hunter married cinematographer Janusz Kamiński in 1995.
What happened to the actress Holly Hunter?
Hunter then returned to television for the HBO series Here and Now (2018), a drama about a multiracial family, and in 2019 she had a recurring role in another HBO show, Succession, about a family that owns a global media empire.
What is Holly Hunter most famous for?
Holly Hunter, who turns 61 today, is an American actress best known for her roles in Raising Arizona, Broadcast News, The Piano, Top of the Lake and The Big Sick.
Who is Holly Hunter's partner?
Gordon MacDonald (2001–)
Why is Holly Hunter's mouth crooked?
A tiny tidbit from Reddit reveals that due to the hearing impairment, Holly speaks mostly out of the right side of her mouth. Her character in ‘The Incredibles’ (Elastagirl/ Helen Parr) shares this trait.
Following a supporting role in the Coens’ O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Hunter took top billing in the same year’s television movie Harlan County War, an account of labor struggles among Kentucky coal-mine workers. Hunter would continue her small screen streak with a role in When Billie Beat Bobby, playing tennis pro Billie Jean King in the fact-based story of King’s famed exhibition match with Bobby Riggs; and as narrator of Eco Challenge New Zealand before returning to film work with a minor role in the 2002 drama Moonlight Mile.
The following year found Hunter in the redemption drama Levity. Also in 2003, Hunter had the role of a mother named Melanie Freeland, whose daughter is troubled and going through the perils of being a teenager in the film Thirteen. The film was critically acclaimed along with Hunter and her co-stars and earned her nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2004, Hunter starred alongside Brittany Murphy in the romantic satire Little Black Book, and provided the voice for Helen Parr (also known as Elastigirl) in the acclaimed computer-animated superhero film, The Incredibles. Hunter has also voiced Elastigirl in the Disney Infinity video game series, and reprised the role for the film’s sequel, Incredibles 2 in 2018. In 2005, Hunter starred alongside Robin Williams in the black comedy-drama The Big White.
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