Holly Hunter is an Oscar-winning actress who has known the happiness of motherhood

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Holly Hunter is an American actress who has won many prestigious awards for her roles. Among them are "Oscar", "BAFTA", "Golden Globe", "Emmy", the prize of the Cannes Film Festival. Since 2008, she has had her own Star on the Walk of Fame. What is known about the work and personal life of the actress?

Farm Girl

Holly Hunter was born March 20, 1958 in Conyer, Georgia. Mother was a housewife and father was a sporting goods seller and farmer.

According to Holly, she dreamed of being an actress all her life. She went to it gradually. Parents supported the desire of their daughter. From the age of eighteen she became an extra, and after that an actress in a theater called Cortland. However, this did not turn her head. The girl understood that she first needed to get an education. She entered Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), from which she graduated in 1981. Hunter has become a connoisseur of dramatic art.

Acting career that started in an elevator

Chance introduced Holly Hunter to Beth Henley. The aspiring actress was heading to Ul Grosbard to take part in the auditions. Producerwas supposed to put the creation of Henley. The women met in an elevator that was stuck for fifteen minutes. They both had a petite build and brown hair. When the doors opened, two friends came out.

Holly has landed the lead role in Henley's play. She has acted in almost all the works that Beth has created.

Holly Hunter's first film was Burning. It was filmed in 1981 by Tommy Milam. The actress played Sophie. Then there were minor roles that allowed me to work with such famous directors as David Cronenberg and Steven Spielberg.

In 1987, the comedy film "Television News" was released. Hunter was nominated for an Oscar for his role in this project. However, she did not win. For her role in this film, she received the Silver Bear (Berlin) in 1988.

Filmography

On account of the actress more than thirty works. Most of them belong to the big cinema. However, there are a few works that stand out in Hunter's career, which will be discussed.

The best films of Holly Hunter:

• Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen brothers comedy film with elements of the absurd. The actress played Ed, a police girl who fell in love with the recidivist thief Hai. Due to infertility, they decide to kidnap a baby from a we althy Arizona shop owner. This is where all their troubles begin.
• The Piano is a 1993 melodramatic film directed by Jane Campion about music, love, obsession, trust and more. Holly played the role of the mute Ada, who loves to play the piano the most. For moreimmersed in the image she learned sign language. The actress personally played the piano in all scenes. The work brought her an Oscar, worldwide recognition and many other awards.



• Thirteen is a 2003 drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The script for the film was written by a thirteen-year-old girl. Holly played the mother of a maturing rebel. For her, it was an interesting experience of immersing herself in teenage issues. The actress admitted that working on the picture rejuvenated her.

The actress herself notices that after a successful film you don't get "manna from heaven". Work is always difficult. For her, characteristic roles are important, it does not matter whether they are main or episodic. More important than the role for her is the plot of the picture. Among the latest works of the actress, one can distinguish "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Song after Song" and "Love is a disease".

Private life

Holly Hunter was married to Janusz Kaminsky. They lived from 1995 to 2001. Kaminsky is known for his work with Steven Spielberg. He is his permanent operator. Together they created "Schindler's List", "War of the Worlds" and other paintings. Hunter and Kaminsky had no children.

Since 2004, Holly began dating British actor Gordon McDonald. They played together on stage a couple of lovers. Their feelings carried over into real life. At that time, he was married to Januz Kaminsky.

Gordon told his wife about the affair in 2005 when Holly Hunter was pregnant. Kaminsky did notcreate drama and let her husband go.

Late motherhood

Actress Holly Hunter admits that she has always dreamed of a family and children. But there were too many "frivolous men" in her life. They were not ready for fatherhood. For a woman, according to the actress, the absence of children is equated to a disaster. She was glad when she found out that she could become a mother, even at such a mature age.

She gave birth to twin boys at forty-seven. At first, Hunter planned to leave the cinema, devoting herself to children. But over time, she returned to work. Today, she continues to act in films, participating in new projects.

Nothing is known about the children of the actress, the public does not even know their names. She hides information about them in every possible way. Sometimes the paparazzi take a few pictures in which the mother walks with the boys. They play on the playground, chat, eat ice cream. Holly lives with her children in Los Angeles.

Perhaps later they will also choose the acting path of their parents. Then more will be known about them. In the meantime, the twins are enjoying their childhood, which their mother protects.