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| Name: | Holly Hunter |
| Height: | 5' 2" |
| Sex: | F |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | March 20, 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Conyers, Georgia, USA |
| Profession: | actress |
| Education: | Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (graduated in 1980) |
| Husband/Wife: | Janusz Kaminski (Polish; director of photography; born on June 27, 1959; married on May 20, 1995; divorced on December 21, 2001) |
| Relationship: | Gordon MacDonald (British actor), Arliss Howard (actor; born on October 18, 1954; dated in 1990) |
| Father: | Charles Edwin Hunter (sporting goods manufacturer's representative; died in 1982) |
| Mother: | Opal Marguerite Hunter |
| Claim to fame: | as Ada McGrath in Jane Campion' The Piano (1993) |
| Contact: | Click here |
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- Is pregnant with twins at 47. (August 4, 2005)
- Favorite designer: Vera Wang
- Hunter admits she rebelled as a teen. (September 5, 2003)
- Sean Penn, Holly Hunter, and Willem Dafoe have joined the opposition to a recent ban on sending special DVDs and videos to Academy Award voters. (October 15, 2003)
- The Coen brothers wrote Holly Hunter's character in RAISING ARIZONA (1987) specifically for her.
- The role of God in DOGMA (1999) was originally written for her who refused. Even so, they kept the reference to THE PIANO (1993) in the script.
- An accomplished pianist, she actually performed all of the piano music for her Oscar performance in THE PIANO (1993). Film makers selected pieces for her that matched her talent.
- Hired a sign language interpreter to help her create her own sign language for her role in THE PIANO.
- Hunter's uncle was the first commander of the Thunderbirds, the world-famous U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron of fighter pilots.
- In 10th grade she placed 8th nationally in a poultry-judging contest.
- Is one of the elite nine actors to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year.
- Joel and Ethan Coen saw her in Crimes of Heart' and wanted to cast her in the movie. Because she was committed in another play, 'The Wake of Jamey Foster', they cast her roommate Frances McDormand instead. Frances ended up marrying Joel.
- Lived in the same house as Joel and Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, and Sam Raimi in 1985 in Silver Lake, just outside of Los Angeles.
- Replaced Debra Winger for the role of Jane Craig in BROADCAST NEWS (1987).
- Second cousin of Anaheim Angels' outfielder Tim Salmon.
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