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Holly Hunter
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Also known as Holly Patricia Hunter

Holly Hunter is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, her first acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play, before appearing in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated with a drama degree at Carnegie Mellon University and performed in local theater.

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Holly Hunter is an American stage, film, and television actor and producer. Born in Conyers in 1958, she is educated at Carnegie Mellon University and resides in New York. Her work location is the United States, and she speaks English. She is married to Janusz Kamiński and has two children.

Hunter has received several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Her work is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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Conyers, Georgia, USA

Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre.  She then moved to New York…

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Instance of
human
Family name
Hunter
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Conyers
Spouse
Janusz Kamiński
Occupation
television producer
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image
Holly Hunter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Number of children
2
Work location
United States
Residence
New York
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Holly Hunter
date of birth
1958-03-20
nominated for
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
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name in native language
Holly Hunter
start of work period
1968-00-00
ancestral home
Kingdom of Great Britain
time period
21st century
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Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, her first acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play, before appearing in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated with a drama degree at Carnegie Mellon University and performed in local theater.

She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in a slasher film released in 1981, The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomination for her starring role in Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).

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