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Holly Hunter is a well-known American actress as well as producer and director. Her name has been acknowledged for films such as Broadcast News The Firm The Piano The Incredibles and The Incredibles. The film Piano earned her numerous awards including an Oscar. At a young age, the accomplished actress began performing on stage in several Broadway or Off-Broadway productions. The actress has had a passion for acting from the time she was in high school. The first time she appeared in a play in fifth grade was as Helen Keller. The mumps that she contracted left her blind and deaf in one ear, but she did not allow this to stop her from becoming an actor. As a young woman she studied drama in college and moved into New York City from Pittsburgh so that she could follow her dreams. Hunter was trapped in the lift of the playwright Beth Henley when she met her. They worked together to write Broadway Crimes of the Heart that marked the debut of Hunter on Broadway. As she settled in Los Angeles, she began to look for film roles. The role she was offered came as an actress supporting the lead character of Swing Shift. Over the past three decades she's appeared in numerous TV shows and films. Holly Hunter has a Hollywood Walk of Fame actor and was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award.