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Holly Hunter

Highest Rated:: 98% Broadcast News (1987)
Lowest Rated:: 14% Animal Behavior (1989)

Birthday:: Mar 20, 1958
Birthplace:: Conyers, Georgia, USA
Bio:: One of the most versatile and charismatic actresses that Hollywood has to offer, Holly Hunter has made a name for herself with smart, strong portrayals of dependably eccentric women. Born March 20, 1958, in Conyers, GA, Hunter was raised on a farm as the youngest of seven children. With the…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 14% - 98%

Number of Movies: 49

Box Office Since 2001: $343.7M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013		Romeo and Juliet	Actor	--
2013		Lamb of God	Actor	--
2012		Jackie	Actor	--
2012	32%	Won't Back Down	Evelyn Riske	$5.3M
2012	92%	Top of the Lake	Actor	--
2008		Saving Grace	Actor	--
2007		Rock That Uke	Actor	--
2005	75%	Nine Lives	Sonia	$0.1M
2005	30%	The Big White	Margaret Barnell	--
2004	21%	Little Black Book	Barb	$20.4M
2004	97%	The Incredibles	Helen Parr / Elastigirl	$261.4M
2003		Rock That Uke	Introductory Voice Narrator	--
2003	35%	Levity	Adele Easely	--
2002		Searching for Debra Winger	Actor	--
2002	82%	Thirteen	Melanie	$4.5M
2002	65%	Festival In Cannes	Actor	$41.0k
2002	63%	Moonlight Mile	Mona Camp	$6.7M
2001		When Billie Beat Bobby	Billie Jean King	--
2000	77%	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Penny	$45.2M
2000	74%	Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her	Rebecca	--
2000	68%	Timecode (Time Code)	Executive	--
2000		Harlan County War	Ruby Kincaid	--
1999	81%	Jesus' Son	Mira	--
1999		Woman Wanted	Actor	--
1998	58%	Living Out Loud	Judith	--
1997	39%	A Life Less Ordinary	O'Reilly	--
1996	58%	Crash	Dr. Helen Remington	--
1995	75%	Copycat	M.J. Monahan	--
1995	63%	Home for the Holidays	Claudia Larson	--
1993	90%	The Piano	Ada McGrath	--
1993	75%	The Firm	Tammy Hemphill	--
1993	88%	The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom	Wanda Holloway	--
1992		Crazy In Love	Georgie Symonds	--
1991		Gathering of Old Men	Actor	--
1991	68%	Once Around	Renata Bella	--
1989	64%	Always	Dorinda Durston	--
1989	67%	Miss Firecracker	Carnelle Scott	--
1989		Roe Vs. Wade	Ellen Russell/Jane Doe	--
1989	14%	Animal Behavior	Coral Grable	--
1988	60%	End of the Line	Charlotte Haney	--
1987		A Gathering of Old Men (Murder on the Bayou)	Candy Marshall	--
1987	98%	Broadcast News	Jane Craig	--
1987	90%	Raising Arizona	Ed	--
1984	92%	Swing Shift	Jeannie	--
1984	94%	Blood Simple	Answering machine	--
1984		Urge to Kill	Wynn Nolen	--
1983		Svengali	Leslie	--
1981		The Burning	Sophie	--
		In the Wild - Cheetahs With Holly Hunter	Actor	--

Holly Hunter Trivia

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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen saw her in "Crimes of the Heart" and wanted to cast her in the movie, Blood Simple. Because she was committed in another play, "The Wake of Jamey Foster", they cast her roommate Frances McDormand instead. Frances McDormand ended up marrying Joel Coen.

- submitted by Lea L (24 months ago)

She is one of the elite eleven actors to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year. The other nine are: Fay Bainter; Barry Fitzgerald; Teresa Wright; Jessica Lange; Sigourney Weaver; Al Pacino; Emma Thompson; Julianne Moore; Cate Blanchett and Jamie Foxx. Emma Thompson received her double-nomination in the same year that Hunter did.

- submitted by Lea L (24 months ago)

Quotes from Holly Hunter's Characters

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1. Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible: Did you get away with it?
2. Helen Parr / Elastigirl: Don't incourage him!
3. Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible: I'm not incoraging him, I'm just wondering if he got away with it.
From The Incredibles. Submitted by Connor N (5 months ago)

1. Penny: [watching Everett and Vermon fight as she talks about Vermon or Everlett] He's not my husband?
From O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Submitted by Alyssa B (18 months ago)