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HOLLY HUNTER (Evelyn Riske) won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Piano," and has received Oscar nominations for her work in "Broadcast News," "The Firm" and "Thirteen." Hunter has also starred in such films as "Raising Arizona," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" "Nine Lives" and the blockbuster animated feature "The Incredibles."

Nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her starring role on the TNT television series "Saving Grace," Hunter received two Emmys and seven nominations and a Golden Globe and six nominations for her work in such television movies as "Roe vs. Wade" and "When Billie Beat Bobby."

Holly recently completed work on a BBC/Sundance Channel original miniseries from Jane Campion, who also directed her in "The Piano." Holly has the independent film "Jackie" premiering this fall in competition at the Toronto Film Festival, as well as another film marking the directorial debut of Diablo Cody (who wrote "Juno").

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