Known for taking smart risks with roles and character-driven films outside the mainstream, actress Holly Hunter continues to give performances that move audiences and win critical acclaim from the Oscars to the Golden Globes to film festivals around the world.Hunter was born March 20, 1958, in Conyers, Ga., and began acting at an early age. After theatrical training at Carnegie Mellon University, performances on Broadway and a few years in bit parts, Hunter starred in the quirky Coen Brothers comedy Raising Arizona (1987). Oscar-nominated turns in Broadcast News and The Firm followed.
Hunter finally struck Oscar gold with her performance as a mute Scottish woman in Jane Campion's The Piano. She's stayed in the spotlight with O Brother, Where Art Thou? and smaller festival films, notably the 2003 Sundance hit Thirteen, for which she received yet another Oscar nod. Her television series debut in "Saving Grace" earned her back-to-back Emmy nods.
ThirteenThirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a good girl. She's smart, gets along with her mom (Holly Hunter) and is never in trouble. But then she befriends Evie (Nikki Reed), a gorgeous and popular classmate who introduces her to the beguiling world of sex, alcohol, drugs and self-mutilation.... Read More
Raising ArizonaEx-cop Edwina "Ed" McDonnough (Holly Hunter) and her ex-con husband, H.I. (Nicolas Cage), are devastated when they learn they can't have children. Not to worry: They reckon they'll just "borrow" one of furniture magnate Nathan Arizona's (Trey Wilson) new quintuplets. Featuring oodles of... Read More
Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering MomIn this dark comedy, Wanda (Holly Hunter) and Verna (Elizabeth Ruscio) both want their daughters to join the high school cheerleading squad. Since Verna's child seems most likely to win, Wanda decides to hire a hit man to kill either Verna or her daughter -- or both. When the story gets out, Wanda's... Read More
CopycatThe hunt for a San Francisco psycho makes unlikely comrades of two women: criminal psychologist Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), who's survived an attack by another serial killer, and Detective M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter), who needs Hudson's insight to break the case. The culprit has been nicknamed... Read More
AlwaysDirected by Steven Spielberg, this affecting remake of A Guy Named Joe stars Richard Dreyfuss as brash Pete Sandich, a firefighting pilot who dies in the line of duty but returns as a guardian angel to fledgling aviator Ted Baker (Brad Johnson). Pete's task takes an unexpected twist, however, when... Read More
Learning to Fly (2012) | NR | |
Saving Grace (2007) | TV-MA | |
Nine Lives (2005) | R | |
The Big White (2005) | R | |
Little Black Book (2004) | PG-13 | |
PG | ||
R | ||
Levity (2003) | R | |
Rock that Uke (2003) | NR | |
Searching for Debra Winger (2002) | R | |
Moonlight Mile (2002) | PG-13 | |
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) | PG | |
NR | ||
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Directors: David Cronenberg (2000) | NR | |
Harlan County War (2000) | NR | |
Jesus' Son (1999) | R | |
Living Out Loud (1998) | R | |
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | R | |
Crash (1996) | NC-17 | |
Copycat (1995) | R | |
Home for the Holidays (1995) | PG-13 | |
The Way West (1995) | NR | |
The Piano (1993) | R | |
The Firm (1993) | R | |
R | ||
Once Around (1991) | R | |
Always (1989) | PG | |
Miss Firecracker (1989) | PG | |
End of the Line (1987) | PG | |
Raising Arizona (1987) | PG-13 | |
Broadcast News (1987) | R | |
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) | PG | |
Blood Simple (1984) | R | |
Swing Shift (1984) | PG | |
Svengali (1983) | UR | |
The Burning (1981) | R | |
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