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    Holly Hunter

    1958-03-20 (66 years old) in Conyers, Georgia, USA

    Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). For her roles in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010). Hunter's other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), the latter of which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

    Movies

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    Paradise
    50 %|Oct 18, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    Jackie
    66.34 %|May 10, 2012
    Drama
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    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
    75 %|Feb 4, 2012
    Drama, Romance
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    The Big White
    62 %|Oct 27, 2005
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Nine Lives
    60.32 %|Sep 2, 2005
    Drama, Romance
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    Little Black Book
    53.419999999999995 %|Aug 6, 2004
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Thirteen
    66 %|Aug 20, 2003
    Drama
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    Moonlight Mile
    63.120000000000005 %|Sep 9, 2002
    Romance, Drama
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    When Billie Beat Bobby
    55 %|Apr 16, 2001
    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    73.25 %|Aug 30, 2000
    Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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    Jesus' Son
    63.09 %|Jun 16, 2000
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
    58 %|May 27, 2000
    Drama, Romance
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    Harlan County War
    73.5 %|May 19, 2000
    Drama
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    Timecode
    56 %|Apr 28, 2000
    Drama
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    Woman Wanted
    62 %|Aug 14, 1999
    Drama, Romance
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    Living Out Loud
    58 %|Oct 30, 1998
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    A Life Less Ordinary
    61.239999999999995 %|Oct 24, 1997
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
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    Crash
    64 %|Jul 17, 1996
    Thriller, Drama
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    Home for the Holidays
    62.510000000000005 %|Nov 2, 1995
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Copycat
    65 %|Oct 27, 1995
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Horror
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    The Firm
    67 %|Jun 30, 1993
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Piano
    73.78 %|May 18, 1993
    Drama, Romance
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    Crazy in Love
    44 %|Aug 10, 1992
    Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Once Around
    60 %|Jan 18, 1991
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Always
    63 %|Dec 22, 1989
    Romance, Fantasy, Drama
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    Broadcast News
    67.24000000000001 %|Dec 16, 1987
    Comedy, Romance
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    End of the Line
    55 %|Aug 28, 1987
    Action, Drama
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    A Gathering of Old Men
    60 %|May 10, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Raising Arizona
    70.57000000000001 %|Mar 13, 1987
    Comedy, Crime
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    Swing Shift
    57 %|Apr 13, 1984
    Drama, Romance, War
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    The Burning
    62 %|May 8, 1981
    Horror
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    Hurricanna
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    The Electric State
    0 %|Mar 13, 2025
    Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama
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    My Darling Vivian
    75 %|Apr 27, 2020
    Documentary, Romance
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    Bergman: A Year in a Life
    74 %|Jul 12, 2018
    Documentary, History
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    Incredibles 2
    74.63 %|Jun 14, 2018
    Action, Adventure, Animation, Family
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    Spielberg
    75.77 %|Oct 5, 2017
    Documentary
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    The Big Sick
    73 %|Mar 30, 2017
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Song to Song
    55 %|Mar 17, 2017
    Romance, Drama
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    Breakable You
    52 %|Jan 7, 2017
    Comedy, Drama
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    Strange Weather
    58.87 %|Sep 12, 2016
    Drama
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
    59.720000000000006 %|Mar 23, 2016
    Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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    Manglehorn
    54.059999999999995 %|Jun 3, 2015
    Drama
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    And the Oscar Goes To...
    69.71000000000001 %|Feb 1, 2014
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    From the Bottom of the Lake
    0 %|Sep 18, 2013
    Documentary
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    Trespassing Bergman
    66 %|Aug 28, 2013
    Documentary, History
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    Won't Back Down
    61 %|Sep 28, 2012
    Drama
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    Sangre
    0 %|Jan 1, 2006
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    The Incredibles
    77.1 %|Oct 27, 2004
    Action, Adventure, Animation, Family
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    Levity
    62 %|Mar 16, 2003
    Crime, Drama
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    Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
    100 %|Mar 11, 2003
    Documentary
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    Searching for Debra Winger
    63 %|Jul 13, 2002
    Documentary
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    Festival in Cannes
    60 %|Nov 3, 2001
    Comedy
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    Down from the Mountain
    74 %|Jun 5, 2001
    Music, Documentary
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    The Coen Brothers
    75 %|Nov 1, 2000
    Documentary
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    Animal Behaviour
    0 %|Oct 27, 1989
    Comedy, Romance
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    Animal Behavior
    23 %|Oct 27, 1989
    Comedy, Romance
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    Roe vs. Wade
    68 %|May 15, 1989
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Miss Firecracker
    56 %|Apr 28, 1989
    Comedy
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    With Intent to Kill
    0 %|Oct 24, 1984
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Blood Simple
    72.45 %|Mar 26, 1984
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    An Uncommon Love
    15 %|Nov 30, 1983
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Svengali
    47 %|Mar 9, 1983
    Romance, Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    Mulligan
    57 %|May 12, 2023
    Animation, Comedy
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    Pixar Popcorn
    72 %|Jan 22, 2021
    Animation, Comedy, Family
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    Mr. Mayor
    64.80000000000001 %|Jan 7, 2021
    Comedy
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    The Comey Rule
    69 %|Sep 27, 2020
    War & Politics, Drama
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    Bless the Harts
    67 %|Sep 29, 2019
    Comedy, Animation
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    Succession
    82.59 %|Jun 3, 2018
    Drama, Comedy
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    Here and Now
    68 %|Feb 11, 2018
    Drama
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers
    55 %|Feb 25, 2014
    Talk, Comedy
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones
    40 %|Feb 6, 2014
    Talk
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    Bonnie & Clyde
    73.60000000000001 %|Dec 8, 2013
    Drama, Crime
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    The Frame
    100 %|Apr 9, 2013
    News, Documentary
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    Top of the Lake
    71.26 %|Mar 18, 2013
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
    50 %|Jul 16, 2009
    Talk, Comedy
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    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
    59.669999999999995 %|Mar 2, 2009
    Talk
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    Skavlan
    50 %|Jan 16, 2009
    Talk
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    Saving Grace
    77 %|Jul 23, 2007
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    58 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    58 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    The View
    44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show
    35 %|Jun 10, 1996
    Talk, Family, Comedy
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    Eco-Challenge
    0 %|Apr 1, 1995
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    Inside the Actors Studio
    74.42999999999999 %|Aug 14, 1994
    Talk
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    Intimate Portrait
    45 %|Nov 14, 1993
    Documentary
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien
    71.22 %|Sep 13, 1993
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    54 %|May 25, 1992
    Talk, Comedy
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark
    52 %|Sep 5, 1988
    Talk
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    Entertainment Tonight
    37 %|Sep 15, 1981
    News
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
    actor
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy