Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter (lahir 20 Maret 1958) adalah seorang aktris Amerika. Lahir di Conyers, Georgia, ia pertama kali muncul sebagai Helen Keller dalam drama kelas lima sebelum membintangi pementasan Oklahoma! di Sekolah Menengah Rockdale County, Man of La Mancha, dan Fiddler on the Roof. Di Pittsburgh, ia lulus dari Universitas Carnegie Mellon dengan gelar di bidang drama dan tampil di teater lokal.  Dia kemudian pindah ke New York City bersama Frances McDormand, memulai karir Broadway. Setelah tampil dalam film pedang tahun 1981 The Burning, ia pindah ke Los Angeles setahun kemudian, mengambil berbagai peran pendukung dalam film teater dan televisi sebelum membintangi Raising Arizona (1987) dan menerima nominasi Academy Award untuk perannya dalam Broadcast News (1987). Dia kemudian memenangkan dua penghargaan Primetime Emmy Awards atas penampilannya dalam film televisi Roe vs. Wade (1989) dan The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). Atas penampilannya sebagai wanita Skotlandia yang bisu dalam The Piano (1993), ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik. Kemudian, dia dinominasikan untuk dua Oscar lagi untuk The Firm (1993) dan Thirteen (2003). Penghargaan besar lainnya yang pernah ia menangkan meliputi AACTA Award, Silver Bear, BAFTA Award, Cannes Film Festival Award, dan Golden Globe. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Holly Hunter, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

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 City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film  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 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). For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Later, she was nominated for two more Oscars for The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an AACTA Award, a Silver Bear, a BAFTA Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.