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  Holly Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958 in Conyers, Georgia) is an American film actress.
Hunter's first starring role in films came in 1987's Raising Arizona.
Hunter was married to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski from May 20, 1995 'til their divorce on December 21, 2001.
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 Guardian Unlimited Film | Interviews | What people don't know about Holly
Holly Hunter was brought up on a farm in the South, the youngest of seven, and in her films she tends to play reckless characters who go their own way.
The Piano is the film for which Hunter was awarded the Oscar for Best Actress, but I don't think this is on her mind when she says that Ada remains, for her, not necessarily her favourite but her fullest character.
Cronenberg's Crash is taken from JG Ballard's novel of the same name and in it Hunter plays Dr Helen Remington, a survivor of a car crash in which her husband is killed.
film.guardian.co.uk /interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1090643,00.html   (2992 words)

  
 Holly Hunter News
LOS ANGELES - Holly Hunter, who was the voice of the mom in "The Incredibles," will wish she had those elastic superpowers in order to keep up with the demands of motherhood.
Rating: PG Starring: Holly Hunter as Billie Jean King Ron Silver as Bobby Riggs Matt Letscher as Larry King Bob Gunton as Jerry Perenchio Jacqueline McKenzie as Margaret Court Elizabeth Berridge as Rosie Casals...
Holly Hunter, the 47-year-old actress who gave voice to "The Incredibles" Elastigirl last year, is stretching to accomodate the new role of mother.
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 Holly Hunter pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958 in Conyers, Georgia) is an American actress.
Hunter's first starring role in movies was in 1987, when she appeared in Raising Arizona.
Hunter's uncle was the first commander of the Thunderbirds, the world-famous U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron of fighter pilots.
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 AskMen.com - Holly Hunter
Although Hunter's single greatest claim to fame is her Oscar-winning embodiment of mute immigrant mother Ada McGrath in Jane Campion's The Piano (1993), her trump card as an actress is versatility.
Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia on March 20th, 1958, the daughter of Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods manufacturer's representative and part-time farmer with 250 acres, and Opal Marguerite Catledge, a homemaker.
The youngest of seven children, Holly was encouraged by her parents to pursue her acting talent at an early age, and she landed her first gig as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play.
www.askmen.com /women/actress_200/207_holly_hunter.html   (385 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Film | Interviews | Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter spoke at the London film festival about her controversial new film Thirteen, and an actor's responsibility to her character.
You can see from the clips we've just shown [from Raising Arizona, The Piano and Thirteen]; that Holly Hunter's career is not only extensive but also very versatile, and I don't think we could possibly touch on all the films let alone the theatre and television work that she's done.
Holly Hunter: Well, I think that initially, I was most passionate about music, and particularly about playing the piano.
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 AskMen.com - Holly Hunter pics
Meanwhile, Hunter had made her onscreen debut in the 1981 slasher flick The Burning, a film notable for two things: its sheer unwatchability, and its casting of a young, not so stocky or bald Jason Alexander.
Hunter worked in a couple of TV movies and had her role reduced in the Goldie Hawn vehicle Swing Shift (1984) before attracting attention as the lovesick, maternal police officer Ed in the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona (1987), a part the quirky fraternal pair wrote specifically for her.
Hunter has also mined the TV movie genre successfully, appearing in Crazy in Love (1992), and winning Emmys for her memorable performances in Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).
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 Interview: Holly Hunter - Interview
The movie is the story of a single mom, played by Hunter, who strives to communicate with the different members of her eccentric family during a Thanksgiving weekend.
I like to refer to Holly Hunter as "The Suction Cup." We all know her trademark ferocious intensity, which can focus on someone during a movie scene and make them feel as if they've been zapped by a powerful alien, left entranced and immobile like a bunny in the headlights.
HOLLY HUNTER: I've never had a dog on my own as an adult, but I grew up with an infinite number of dogs.
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 Holly Hunter
Born in Conyers, Georgia, Holly Hunter was raised on a farm and attended Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University for theatrical training.
Meanwhile, Hunter had made her onscreen debut in the 1981 horror flick The Burning, a film remarkable both for its high schlock quotient and its casting of a similarly obscure young actor named Jason Alexander.
Hunter's performance in The Firm won her a nomination for the former; her portrayal of a mute Scottish woman in Jane Campion's The Piano won her the latter.
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 Holly Hunter Is Expecting Twins - Softpedia
Actress Holly Hunter is pregnant for the first time at age 47 and expected twins.
Hunter is in a relationship with British actor Gordon MacDonald, who co-starred in a West End production of By the Bog of Cats with her.
Hunter was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for Catherine Hardwicke's Thirteen (movie).
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 Holly Hunter @ Filmbug
Holly Hunter is an Academy Award-winning actress who continues to demonstrate her range and versatility.
Hunter was recently seen in director Catherine Hardwicke's Thirteen, for which she received an Academy Award nomination as well as Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Broadcast Film Critics nominations.
Hunter was also in Levity with Billy Bob Thornton and Morgan Freeman.
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 CNN.com - The intense, independent Holly Hunter - Jan. 23, 2003
Oscar-winning actress Holly Hunter was recognized for her lifetime of work in films at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hunter has two films here -- "Levity," co-starring Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman and Kirsten Dunst, which debuted here earlier in the week; and "thirteen," which is in competition for best dramatic film, and which was bought by Fox Searchlight films after its first screening at the festival.
HUNTER: You have to understand that by the time I came along my parents were basically, "You guys raise yourselves," they had so many.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/sundance.hunter   (1204 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Holly Hunter reportedly delivers twins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Holly Hunter, who voiced the role of superhero mom Helen Parr in The Incredibles, will have maternal experience to draw on if there's a sequel.
People reported that the children are the first for Hunter and her partner, British actor Gordon MacDonald.
The 47-year-old Hunter won a lead actress Oscar in 1993 for her role in The Piano.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-01-19-holly-hunter-twins_x.htm   (151 words)

  
 Holly Hunter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hunter had established herself as a tiny fireball of energy, Southern abrasiveness, and talk, talk, talk.
But Hunter created the severe, less-than-dainty look of a nineteenth century woman repressed in nearly everything except silent pride.
Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, as the youngest of seven children in 1958.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Film star Hunter expecting twins
Hunter was previously married to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.
Hunter rose to global stardom with her Oscar-winning performance as a mute woman in The Piano in 1993, a year which saw her nominated a second time, for her supporting role in The Firm.
Last year, Hunter won her fourth Oscar nomination in 2004 for Thirteen, playing the mother of a wayward teenager.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4127306.stm   (162 words)

  
 Holly Hunter in By The Bog of Cats at the Wyndham's Theatre in London - ticket buying and theater guide
Hunter was also seen in 2003's Levity, with Billy Bob Thornton and Morgan Freeman, which opened the Sundance Film Festival.
Hunter has two films due for release this year: the dark romantic comedy Little Black Book with Brittany Murphy, and Buena Vistas animated The Incredibles (with Samuel L Jackson).
Hunter plays a contemporary version of Euripides' proud heroine, fortyish Hester Swane, a mother driven by several varieties of despair to murder her own flesh and blood.
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 WHO.com: News - Holly Hunter, 47, Pregnant With Twins - Thursday, Aug. 04, 2005
Oscar winner Holly Hunter is to be a first-time mother — to twins — at age 47, her rep confirms to People magazine.
Hunter, who voiced the role of the mother Helen Parr (also known as Elastigirl) in last year's hit animated movie The Incredibles, won an Oscar for her role as the deaf mute musician in 1993's The Piano.
Hunter and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan) were married in 1995 and divorced six years later.
www.who.com /who/scoop/article/0,19971,1089844,00.html   (448 words)

  
 HOLLY HUNTER at THESPIAN NET
Holly Hunter is the youngest of seven children.
In 1982 Hunter moved to Los Angeles, and landed her first starring role in features in the Coen brothers' "Raising Arizona", a part that is said to have been written with her in mind.
But she gained the most attention from audiences and critics alike in 1987 when she took on the role of a driven TV news producer in James L. Brooks' "Broadcast News", a part which garnished her with numerous awards for Best Actress.
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 Holly Hunter Preggers! - Aug 03, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
"Holly is taking time off from acting to just focus on the pregnancy," the mag's source claims.
Hunter is estimated to be nearly four months along.
In addition to her upcoming diaper duty, Hunter has a full slate ahead on the professional front, with two films in the works.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,17076,00.html   (316 words)

  
 Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter is a tart but likable American actress, best known for making wacky women sympathetic on the screen.
In her most famous roles, she played a cop in love with ex-con Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona, a neurotic news executive in Broadcast News, a pianist waiting to be played in Jane Campion's The Piano, and an auto wreck-philiac sex freak in David Cronenberg's Crash.
She studied drama at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, and shared an apartment with Frances McDormand while both were struggling actresses in New York.
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 Holly Hunter Biography,Holly Hunter Pictures,Photos,Pics, Filmography, Photo Gallery, Awards
Holly Hunter is one of today's most versatile actresses.
That same year, Hunter was also nominated for an Academy Award® for her performance as the investigative secretary in "The Firm," based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham.
In 1987, Hunter was nominated for an Academy Award® for her portrayal of a driven network producer in "Broadcast News." This role also brought her Best Actress Awards from The New York Film Critics Circle, The National Board of Review, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association and The Berlin Film festival.
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 Holly Hunter
Film motormouth Holly Hunter goes mute for acclaimed role in 'The Piano'.
Holly Hunter strives for `ultra-reality' in every role she takes on.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Holly Hunter strives for `ultra-reality' in every role she takes on.
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 USATODAY.com - Hunter is doubly expectant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Oscar-winning actress Holly Hunter, in a bright and loose camisole top over jeans, leaned against her boyfriend, actor Gordon MacDonald, and showed off her five-months-pregnant bump to co-star Sissy Spacek.
In the film, which kicked off IFP's Independent Film Week and opens in New York and Los Angeles on Oct. 14, Hunter and Spacek are two of the actresses appearing in a series of vignettes about women tackling various life issues.
Hunter's character, meanwhile, is stuck in a bad relationship with an unpleasant boyfriend.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-09-20-hunter_x.htm   (281 words)

  
 * Holly Hunter - (Stars): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito in Living Out L...
Since she was a little girl, Claire's idol had been Jodie Foster and Claire was thrilled to get to work with her on this picture...
Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jack Nicholson, Cameron Crowe, Holly Hunter, Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, all of them have good reason to believe Tom Cruise is some kind of Oscar talisman...
www.mimihu.com /stars/holly_hunter.html   (303 words)

  
 Lifetimetv.com: Intimate Portrait
Hunter had some talented college classmates, including Steven Bochco, Frances McDormand and Jason Alexander.
She was named one of the 25 Greatest Actresses of the 90s by Entertainment Weekly.
Hunter was actually the one tickling the ivories in "The Piano."
www.lifetimetv.com /shows/ip/portraits/0001/0001_index.html   (128 words)

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