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Holly Hunter on "Saving Grace"
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Holly Hunter stars as Grace Hanadarko on TNT's drama "Saving Grace." Holly Hunter was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance.

With an Academy Award to her credit, along with four Oscar nominations, two Emmys, a Best Actress award from the Cannes Film Festival and countless other accolades, Holly Hunter is one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation.

Having been nominated for her work as a driven producer in "Broadcast News" – a role that also earned her the New York Film Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, the National Board of Review Award and the Berlin Film Festival Award – Holly Hunter took home the Oscar for her stunning portrayal of a mute Scottish widow in Jane Campion's "The Piano." For that film, Holly Hunter also earned the Cannes Film Festival Award, The British Academy Film Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, the National Board of Review Award and a Golden Globe, all for Best Actress. That same year, Holly Hunter garnered another Oscar nomination for her performance as the investigative secretary in "The Firm."Holly Hunter  earned her fourth nomination for the 2003 film "Thirteen," in which she played a mother dealing with her daughter's wild and rebellious behavior.

Holly Hunter's long list of film credits includes the Coen Brothers' "Raising Arizona" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"; Steven Spielberg's "Always"; David Cronenberg's "Crash"; Danny Boyle's "A Life Less Ordinary"; Jodie Foster's "Home for the Holidays"; Lasse Hallström's "Once Around"; and Mike Figgis' "Time Code." Hunter's other film work includes "Copycat," "Living Out Loud," "Little Black Book," "Jesus' Son" and "The Big White."

More recently, Holly Hunter starred in the independent drama "Nine Lives," provided voice work for "The Incredibles" and earned Emmy nominations for her work in the television projects "When Billie Beat Bobby," "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" and "Harlan County War."

Holly Hunter has won two Emmys in her career, for her 1989 role as Jane Roe in "Roe vs. Wade" and for her 1993 work in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom."

An accomplished stage actress, Holly Hunter starred in the 2004 London production of Marina Carr's "By the Bog of Cats." In 2001, Holly Hunter starred in the American premiere of the play at the San Jose Repertory Theatre in California. Holly Hunter made her Broadway debut in 1982 in Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," which was followed by "The Wake of Jamey Foster." Holly Hunter's other New York stage appearances include "The Miss Firecracker Contest," "Battery," "The Person I Once Was," "A Weekend Near Madison" and "Impossible Marriage." In Los Angeles, Holly Hunter co-produced and starred in Beth Henley's "Control Freaks" and produced "Ray Barry's Mother's Son" at the Met Theatre.






HOLLY HUNTER: FACTS

How tall is Holly Hunter? How old is Holly Hunter? Where was Holly Hunter born? Find out here.

Age: 51 years old
Birthday: March 20, 1958
Height: 5' 2"
Full Name / Real Name: Holly P. Hunter
Birthplace: Conyers, GA
Husband: Janusz Kaminski (5/20/1995 - 12/21/2001, divorced)




HOLLY HUNTER: NEWS


Holly Hunter on "Saving Grace" 16th Annual SAG Awards Nominations"Inglourious Basterds," "Precious" and "Up in the Air" lead the way for movies, while "30 Rock," "The Closer" and "Dexter" came out on top for TV. Read more...
"Mad Men" Cast 2009 Emmy Award Nominations Announced"30 Rock" and "Mad Men" come out on top again this year for comedy and drama series with 22 and 16 nominations respectively, while "Grey Gardens" cultivates 17, "Into the West" rides into the sunset with 14, "Saturday Night Live" yucks it up for 13, and "Dancing with the Stars" waltzes away with 10. Read more...

SAVING GRACE: NEWS


"The Closer" Cast TNT Sizzles This SummerNew seasons of "The Closer", "Raising the Bar," "Saving Grace" and "Leverage" to be joined by three new series: "Dark Blue," "Hawthorne" and "Wedding Day." Read more...

 
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HOLLY HUNTER: TWEETS

March 13, 2010
@Kare4567 we downloaded seasons of that movie with Holly Hunter! Heaven something! Can't tnk of the name of it! Cold medison! Hehe
6 hours ago
Richmond with my insane parents...having a Holly Hunter morning
7 hours ago
Holly Hunter is one of my favorite actresses.
8 hours ago
@joelmchale yay i love gabby sidibe. her performance reminded me a lot of holly hunter in the piano.
10 hours ago
Watching The Incredibles for a bit before I head out. Pixar at its best IMO. And as a sidenote, Holly Hunter's voice is immensely sexy.
16 hours ago
I'm dying to see Holly Hunter nude
18 hours ago
#NowPlaying on Encore: RAISING ARIZONA! Starring: NICOLAS CAGE and HOLLY HUNTER. Directed by the COEN BROTHERS.
1 day ago
Lisa Kudrow is back on LLS w/ @CraigyFerg because Holly Hunter left the country to flee her creditors! Haha. I love this show!
1 day ago
Uh-oh, Holly Hunter must have pissed Daddy off!
1 day ago
Holly Hunter is on @CraigyFerg tonight - the closer it gets to the #SavingGrace premiere (Mar 29), the sadder I am that it's ending so soon.
1 day ago
@MikeandBobShow.speaking of raising AZ how bout a phone top. Not really hot celebs you wanna bang ala holly hunter,juliette lewis etc.
1 day ago
@SookieBonTemps The older you get, the more you bear an uncanny resemblance to Holly Hunter. I think...
1 day ago
RT @StarryMag: Read our interview with #SonsofTucson star Frank Dolce at www.starrymag.com! Also, B on the lookout for our Holly Hunter interview tomorrow!
1 day ago
Holly Hunter in a grocery store parking lot talking to her divorce lawyer, Morgan Freeman. My dreams are star-studdedly mundane. #fb
1 day ago
Read our interview with #SonsofTucson star Frank Dolce at www.starrymag.com! Also, B on the lookout for our Holly Hunter interview tomorrow!
2 days ago
Does Karajikistan's childless crying jag remind anyone else of Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona? #Idol
2 days ago