28 Facts About Holly Hunter

Holly Patricia Hunter was born on March 20,1958 and is an American actress.

Holly Hunter earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen.

Holly Hunter won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the television films Roe vs Wade and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom.

Holly Hunter starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace.

Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Marguerite "Dee Dee", a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Holly Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm.

Holly Hunter's parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play.

Holly Hunter is unable to hear with her left ear due to a childhood case of the mumps.

Holly Hunter began acting at Rockdale County High School in the early 1970s, performing in local productions of Oklahoma, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof.

Holly Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and for a while performed in local theater, playing ingenue roles at City Theater, then named the City Players.

Holly Hunter moved to New York City and roomed with fellow actress Frances McDormand, living in the Bronx "at the end of the D [subway] train, just off 205th Street, on Bainbridge Avenue and Hull Avenue".

Holly Hunter made her film debut in the 1981 slasher movie The Burning.

Holly Hunter went on to star in the comedy-drama Home for the Holidays and the thriller Copycat, both in 1995.

Holly Hunter appeared in David Cronenberg's Crash and as a sardonic angel in A Life Less Ordinary.

Holly 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.

Holly 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 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.

In 2003, Holly 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.

In 2004, Holly Hunter starred alongside Brittany Murphy in the romantic satire Little Black Book, and provided the voice for Helen Parr in the acclaimed computer-animated superhero film, The Incredibles.

Holly Hunter reprised the role in the Disney Infinity video game series, and in the film's long awaited sequel Incredibles 2 in 2018.

In 2005, Holly Hunter starred alongside Robin Williams in the black comedy-drama The Big White.

Holly Hunter became an executive producer, and helped develop a starring vehicle for herself with the TNT cable-network drama Saving Grace, which premiered in July 2007.

On May 30,2008, Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2016, Holly Hunter played Senator Finch in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Holly Hunter's likeness was used to portray Senator Finch in the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tie-in prequel comics, released by Dr Pepper on February 3,2016.

Holly Hunter was married to Janusz Kaminski, cinematographer of Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, from 1995 until 2001.

Holly Hunter has been in a relationship with British actor Gordon MacDonald since 2001.

In January 2006, Holly Hunter gave birth to the couple's twin sons, Claude and Press.

In 1999, Holly Hunter received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

In 2016, Holly Hunter was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree by her alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University.