• 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)
  
• Relationship: 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 The Piano (1993)
  

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• “I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.”
• “I'm not a pure, unpolluted soul. I enjoy money. I enjoy power. But it's more complex than that for me. I like artistry.”
• We all get older and we learn things. You learn what is valuable and that life is not black and white.
• “I wish it were no big deal for someone to be gay in a family. Politically, it's kind of like the abortion rights: Why can't we just move on to something more important?”
• “I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient. But it's possible to confuse tolerance and patience with shameful compromise, where you're letting something happen that's a violation of yourself, where you're deceiving yourself.”
• Most American movies steer clear from having any intellectual pretenses.

• Costume Designers Guild Awards: Distinguished Actor Award (2004)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Supporting Actress, THIRTEEN (2004)
• Locarno International Film Festival: Bronze Leopard - Best Actress, THIRTEEN (2003)
• Sundance Film Festival: Tribute to Independent Vision Award (2003)
• Boston Film Festival: Film Excellence Award (1998)
• Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Special Mention, COPYCAT (1996)
• Academy Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress Leading, THE PIANO (1994)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Drama, THE PIANO (1994)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
• CableACE Awards: Actress in a Movie or Miniseries, THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM (1994)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actress of the Year, THE PIANO (1994)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1993)
• Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1993)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special, THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER MURDERING MOM (1993)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1993)
• National Board of Review: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1993)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, THE PIANO (1993)
• Australian Film Institute: Best Actress in a Lead Role, THE PIANO (1993)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special, ROE VS. WADE (1989)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Best Actress, BROADCAST NEWS (1988)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, BROADCAST NEWS (1988)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
• National Board of Review: Best Actress, BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, BROADCAST NEWS (1987)

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