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After appearing in the 1981\u00a0slasher film\u00a0\u00a0The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in\u00a0Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role in\u00a0Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards\u00a0for her performances in the television films\u00a0Roe vs. Wade\u00a0(1989) and\u00a0The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom\u00a0(1993).<\/p>\n<p>For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in\u00a0The Piano\u00a0(1993), she won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress. Later, she was nominated for two more Oscars for\u00a0The Firm\u00a0(1993) and\u00a0Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an\u00a0AACTA Award, a\u00a0Silver Bear, a\u00a0BAFTA Award, a\u00a0Cannes Film Festival Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe.<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holly Hunter\u00a0(born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in\u00a0Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as\u00a0Helen Keller\u00a0in a fifth-grade play before starring in\u00a0Rockdale County High School\u00a0stagings of\u00a0Oklahoma!,\u00a0Man of La Mancha, and\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof. 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