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Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she has managed to maintain a successful career in Hollywood, despite retaining her Southern accent. The youngest of seven children, her father was part salesman and part farmer.

Her parents encouraged her to become an actress and Hunter went to Pittsburgh to study drama at Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated in 1980. Thereafter she moved to New York City, where she happened to meet playwright Beth Henley in an elevator. She was cast in several Henley plays on Broadway, including Crimes of the Heart and The Miss Firecracker Festival .

Hunter's first starring role in movies was in 1987, when she appeared in Raising Arizona. That same year she starred in Broadcast News, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic., she won the Oscar, for The Piano. In this year she also earned again a nomination as Best Supporting Actress for The Firm, starring Tom CruiseTom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American film actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a Blockbuster movie was in Top Gun, as Maverick. Biogr and Gene HackmanGene Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American actor. He was born in San Bernardino, California. His parents divorced while he was a child and he therefore moved from one place to another until he settled finally in Illinois, where he lived with his.

Hunter has also appeared in several television films with remarkable performances, and has earned two Emmys.

She has been married to cinematographerCinematography is the art and process of recording visual images for motion pictures. A professional who engages in cinematography is known as a cinematographer. As a process, it is closely related to photography. Cinematography involves the framing of a Janusz KaminskiJanusz Kaminski (born 27 June 1959) is an Oscar winning cinematographer who has worked on most of Steven Spielberg's movies. Kaminski attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987 before transferring to The American Film Institute, where he gradu since 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, although the couple has been separated for several years.

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