• Holly Luyah is a fashion stylist-turned-influencer with over 140,000 followers on Instagram • She has worked with celebrities such as Ariel Winter, Karrueche Tran, Draya Michele, and Lucy Hale • She has her own clothing line called Luyah by Holly Luyah • She is known for her beauty and hourglass figure • She has collaborated with various brands such as Fashion Nova, Good American, Oh Polly, and Pretty Little Thing
Known for movies
The Incredibles (2004) as Helen Parr / Elastigirl
The Piano (1993) as Ada
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Senator Finch
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) as Penny
Short Info
Short Info
Net Worth
$14 million
Date Of Birth
March 20, 1958
Died
June 25, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Mark
Southern accent
Fact
Was the 107th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano (1993) at The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) on March 21, 1994.
Payments
Earned $150,000 /episode (2009-10) from Saving Grace (2007)
Holly Luyah is a fashion stylist-turned-influencer on Instagram, where she shares content on her account dubbed luyah.
Holly Luyah Age, Early Life, Family, and Education Background
Holly was born under the Scorpio Zodiac sign on 15 November 1991, in Portland, Oregon USA, which makes her 28 years old as of late-2019, American by nationality, and of white ethnicity. She grew up in Salem, but she also spent some time in Hawaii with her dad.
There is no information regarding what her parents’ occupations are. She once shared information regarding her family, stating that she has two siblings, a sister and a brother. Apparently, she is the child of the house. On social media, her sister is known as @nicole_scharer while her mother goes by @shelleymeans, but her brother chooses to stay away from social media. Nicole is said to be very close to her dad, who she spent a part of her early life with.
When it comes to her education, no information is found online about the level she attained, what or whether she studied in college. Holly has decided to keep all this information private. As a young girl, Holly dreamt of making it big in the music and acting industries.
Holly Luyah Profession Career and Rise to Stardom
Holly’s first job was working in her sister’s catering business, cleaning dishes and preparing meals. Holly relocated to Los Angeles, California at the age of 19 with hopes of starting a career in singing and acting. However, she fell in love with fashion, and thereafter started a fashion blog. She is now considered an influential person on social media, especially Instagram on which she has managed to gather over 140,000 followers. She also features on “Geordie Shore”, a British reality television show.
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While working in Los Angeles, Holly has had the honor of styling numerous top celebrities, including Ariel Winter, Karrueche Tran, Draya Michele, and Lucy Hale among others. In 2014, Holly got the chance to attend Jamie Foxx’s 4th July party; she also took a selfie with Jay Leno in 2016 at an event.
Holly also started her own clothing line in 2018, and named it Luyah by Holly Luyah. Holly has also worked with Fashion Nova as their model.
Later Holly relocated yet again, to Arizona where she now resides. She has also managed to gather a huge following on her Instagram page. As of July 2018, her following had increased to more than 480,000 followers. This has made Luyah a household name on Instagram as an influencer, stylist and model.
Among the many things that have made Holly make rounds on the internet include her beauty. Her followers admire her perfectly curved body, which has managed to attract thousands of followers and keep them hooked to her Instagram page. Holly’s name has found its way onto the list of Instagram Stars and Richest Celebrities. She is known to share her content for beauty and fashion brands on her Instagram page for all her fans worldwide.
Holly has collaborated with various brands including Fashion Nova as mentioned earlier, Good American, Oh Polly, and Pretty Little Thing among others. When asked who her influencers are, Holly mentioned that she loves @OliviaPierson, @Nataliehalcro, @JaniceJoostemaa from Canada, and @missiojoslin from London. These women inspire her and they have always stood out to her. She believes that they have their own uniqueness.
In an interview, Holly was asked what wisdom she would like to share and she had this to say:
Work hard and always be consistent
Be true to yourself. Although this sounds cliché, a lot of people judged her for her vision but she stuck to it.
Always smile and be nice to everyone
Holly Luyah Personal Life, Boyfriend, and Surgery
Holly is a very secretive person when it comes to her dating life. There is no information about who she is currently dating, and it’s believed that Holly is single. There are no details regarding her past relationships or affairs either.
She starts her day with a Nespresso coffee while still in bed, and while planning out how her day will go. She loves preparing delicious dinners for herself – Holly confesses that she cannot survive without Mexican food as she believes it is the best. When asked who she would love to have dinner with, she said she would give anything to have dinner with NSYNC.
Holly loves singing, and says that music inspires her every day. She also goes to yoga sessions.
Holly loves animals and owns a cat named Pootie which she considers her child. She says that if she was granted a wish to change anything in the world, it would be violence. Her ideal world is one where people love each other and never want to hurt others, especially children.
Holly’s perfect day consists of coffee, beach, banana pancakes, taking photos, Mai Tai’s, having a scrumptious dinner, watching a movie, and finally going to sleep. Her favorite destination is Maui and she believes in always following one’s dreams and eating whatever pleases you. She believes that her life is always evolving and shaping into what she has always wanted. She seems to be living her dream and believes that when you don’t stop believing in yourself, you can accomplish anything if you really want it. Her biggest dream is going around the world and shooting incredible content.
Her favorite quotes are ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time’ –Maya Angelou and ‘You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be’- Hilary Swank.
Although there have been rumors that Holly has done plastic surgery to enhance her curves and minimize her waist, she has never confirmed or denied the allegations.
Holly is approximately 5ft 8ins (1.72m) tall. However, just like many female stars, Luyah has not shared details of her weight; her vital statistics are not known either, however, she is famous for her hour-glass figure. Her eyes are black in color while she has brown hair. Holly wears a size 4 US dress and size 8 US shoe.
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General Info
Full Name
Holly Hunter
Net Worth
$14 million
Date Of Birth
March 20, 1958
Died
June 25, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Height
1.57 m
Profession
Television producer, Voice Actor, Mathematician, Computer scientist
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Cleveland State University, Xavier University of Louisiana
Nationality
American, American
Family
Children
Claude MacDonald, Press MacDonald
Parents
Charles Edwin Hunter, Opal Marguerite Catledge, Mary Melvina Hoover, Samuel Bird Easley
Partner
Gordon MacDonald, Gordon MacDonald
Accomplishments
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, Cannes Best Actress Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best A...
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Screen Ac...
Movies
The Piano, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Raising Arizona, Broadcast News, The Incredibles, Manglehorn, Thirteen, Home for the Holidays, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Firm, Living Out Loud, Little Black Book, The Big White, Miss Firecracker, Once Around, Copycat, A Life Less Ordinary, Crash, ...
I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story.
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Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends.
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I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.
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I've never directed, but it must be humbling.
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I get cold really quickly, but I don't care. I like weather. I never understand why people move someplace so that they can avoid weather.
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Well, I think that an Academy Award has a certain kind of business shelf life. People have different speculations but definitely for a couple of years, your price is raised and there are more plentiful offers. Which only makes sense - it is a business. And the Academy Awards is a business, it enhances everything when you win one. But I think the most significant thing for me was, one, it was presented to me by Al Pacino, which I just loved. And two, that it was given to me for a role and an experience that I felt was a profound influence in my life. I know this because I was nominated for The Firm (1993) that same year and I don't feel the same way about The Firm (1993) that I do about The Piano (1993). So if I'd won for The Firm (1993) it would have been a whole different deal for me. I never actually saw The Firm (1993), so for me it would have been like... maces]
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Actors are beggars and gypsies, that's just the way it is. And in many ways, I take what I can get. But I do search high and low for stuff that interests me.
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I'm just always looking for the best stuff. And also, there are things I want to do that I can't get - they want someone else. Often, in the movie business, they need somebody who will garner box office because they need to pay for the movie. So the people who are in movies that make a lot of money are the people who most often get cast in studio pictures. In my career, I've never been a box office name. Granted, a couple of my movies have made a lot of money but I'd do other movies which make very little money or they're not seen that much.
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[on how her career as an actress began] : ....Joel and Ethan (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen) had just finished the script of Raising Arizona (1987), and they asked me to read it and said that they'd written this part for me and would I be interested in doing it? So that was the beginning of my feature film career.
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I was trying to get as much experience as I could. But very early on, I was always extremely particular. From the beginning, I was never desperate. I did other things for money; you know, the normal, boring stuff - I temped, I did waitressing. But I actually quit a play early on in my career - it was one of the first things that I ever got cast in, but I quit because there was something about it that I didn't like. I didn't think the director was the right guy to be directing it. So I've never felt that every situation was great for me and therefore I would have to stay. To me, being creative is a very fragile thing, the environment in which one can create is a very particular one, and somehow I've always felt the need to be very protective of that.
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Actors do movies because you want to make a connection, you want an audience to recognise themselves in what it is that you're depicting. The portrait, you want it to be a reflection of some aspect of humanity that people understand, that they see in their own lives. And so, when a movie makes a connection like that, there's simply nothing better. And in some ways, an Academy Award does validate that actual hook-up.
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It just seems that abortion rights never ceases to be a hot topic. It's a shame. It feels to me an anachronism. I mean, why are we still talking about this? Why is this not just a woman's right, period? I find it boring and very frustrating that it remains such a high profile subject.
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I often get asked to direct and I've never taken anyone up on it. It would be very interesting and I would learn so much. But it's a very confrontational job - I mean, directors are forced to confront themselves, and I don't think there's really a way to prepare for the pressure of directing. And I have seen quite a few good people crash and burn at the job. Nervous breakdowns, crying, screaming fits - people buckle, so it's always scared me. But it's intriguing.
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I always feel that I am the advocate for my character. More than anyone else on the set, including the director. I'm there to protect my character, in a way.
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[on the importance of rehearsal for Thirteen (2003)] : I mean, some movies I walk in, "Hi, nice to meet you", we get in bed and we do a love scene. And that does happen. That happened with me with Billy Crudup on Jesus' Son (1999). Actors talk about that a lot, but it's not uncommon. And we could not have done Thirteen (2003) that way. It would not have worked.
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Acting, for me, is the last vestige of doing something that I would like to feel really naive about. - Interview, November 1995.
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She was awarded the 1988 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Lie of the Mind" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Was the 107th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano (1993) at The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) on March 21, 1994.
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Starring in the lead role in Irish play "In the Bog of Cats" in London's West End. [March 2005]
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Gave birth to twin sons (her 1st and 2nd children) at age 47, Press MacDonald and Claude McDonald on January 17, 2006. Children's father is her boyfriend, Gordon MacDonald.
Was in consideration for the part of Carolyn Burnham in American Beauty (1999) but Annette Bening, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
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Was in consideration for the part of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994) but Uma Thurman, who went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
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She won the role in Broadcast News (1987) just two days before shooting began, over several then-better-known actresses.
Her performance as Jane Craig in Broadcast News (1987) is ranked #66 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
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Spent a summer interning at Cortland Repertory Theatre (Cortland, New York) in 1976.
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Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama (1980).
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.
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In 1993, she won the Oscar for Best Actress for The Piano (1993), in which she utilised her real-life piano skills. Eleven years later, Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for Ray (2004), in which he also played the piano. Both of them had been nominated for a supporting performance in those respective years, and both were nominated for a role they played opposite Tom Cruise. Hunter appeared in The Firm (1993) and Jamie Foxx appeared in Collateral (2004).
While living in the North Bronx, she turned down the lead role in Blood Simple. (1984), but introduced the Coen Brothers to her roommate Frances McDormand, who got the role and ended up marrying one of the brothers. Hunter's voice can be heard on an answering machine message in the film.
Second cousin of Anaheim Angels' outfielder Tim Salmon.
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An accomplished pianist, she actually performed all of the piano music for her Oscar performance in The Piano (1993). Film makers selected pieces for her that matched her talent.
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Hunter's uncle was the first commander of the Thunderbirds, the world-famous U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron of fighter pilots.
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In 10th grade she placed 8th nationally in a poultry-judging contest. (Interview, 11/95)
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She had one line in her film debut, The Burning (1981), among a few ad libs. Regarding missing canoes she says to Todd -- "What happens if we don't find them?"
