Guide Note

Holly Hunter is an Academy-award winning Film and Television whose acclaimed career has seen her play a number of strong and challenging female roles. After getting her start in the Coen Brothers film Raising Arizona, Hunter scored an Academy-award nomination for the 1987 film Broadcast News. In 1993, she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano. With over 20 films under her belt, she has currently taken the leap to the small screen, starring in the TNT crime series, Saving Grace.

Fast Facts

Name: Holly P. Hunter
Born: March 20, 1958
Born in Conyers, Georgia and is the youngest of seven children
First acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play
Was married to Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Replaced Debra Winger for the role of Jane Craig in Broadcast News
Performed all of the piano music for her performance in The Piano
Lived in the same house as Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, and Sam Raimi in 1985 in Silver Lake, just outside of Los Angeles
Boyfriend is Gordon MacDonald and they have twin boys
Cousin of former Baseball player Tim Salmon

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Holly Hunter

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Official Site: Saving Grace
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Holly Hunter Photos

Holly Hunter Videos

YouTube & Google Video: Holly Hunter Search
YouTube: Holly Hunter Interview with Merry Miller (Time 4:04)
YouTube: TNT Preview for Saving Grace (Time 2:37)
YouTube: Holly Hunter on Leno: Rudy Visits Co-Ed Bath Houses (Time 0:27)
YouTube: Live Earth Commercial with Holly Hunter (Time 0:28)
YouTube: Raising Arizona Diaper Robbery Clip (Time 6:48)
YouTube: Thirteen Clip - Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood (Time 1:12)
YouTube: The Piano Clip - Holly Hunter Struggles Underwater (Time 3:00)
ifilm: Broadcast News Original Trailer (Time 2:12)

Holly Hunter Gossip and Blogs

Google Blog Search: Holly Hunter
IMDb: Holly Hunter Message Board
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Defamer Blogs: Holly Hunter
AfterEllen Blog Post: "How Not To Interview Holly Hunter"
Smoking Sides: Female Celebrity Smoking List - Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter News and Articles

IMDb: Holly Hunter News
AskMen: Holly Hunter Actress of the Week
MSNBC: "Holly Hunter Brings Feistiness to Grace"
TV Guide: "Holly Hunter: Saving Grace is Very Risky Business"
San Francisco Chronicle: "TNT Pops with Holly Hunter's Very Bad Girl Cop in Saving Grace"
New York Post: "Heaven Help Holly Hunter's New Series"
Washington Post: "Holly Hunter Finds Grace on TNT Show"
LA Weekly: "Leading Women: Damages and Saving Grace"
Time: "Holly Hunter Takes Hollywood" (1987)

Holly Hunter Biographies and Profiles

Holly Hunter Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
March 20, 1958: Born
1987: Raising Arizona
1987: Broadcast News
1989: Miss Firecracker
1989: Roe vs. Wade
1989: Always
1991: Once Around
1993: The Piano
1993: The Firm
1995: Copycat
1995: Home for the Holidays
1996: Crash
1997: A Life Less Ordinary
1998: Living Out Loud
2000: Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her
2000: Timecode
2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2002: Moonlight Mile
2003: Thirteen
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Nine Lives
2007: Saving Grace

Holly Hunter DVDs and Merchandise

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