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ARPI MESKIMEN Played By Holly Hunter

ARPI MESKIMEN

Played By Holly Hunter

Actor Bio

Holly Hunter stars as Deputy Mayor Arpi Meskimen on the NBC comedy "Mr. Mayor."Hunter has been nominated for four Academy Awards for the films "Broadcast News," "The Firm," "The Piano" and "Thirteen." In 1993, she won the Academy Award and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in "The Piano." In 2008, Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award.Most recently, Hunter was seen as rival CEO Rhea Jarrell in HBO's hit drama "Succession" and as Sally Yates in Showtime's highly anticipated miniseries "The Comey Rule." Hunter reprised her iconic voice role as Elastigirl in the highly anticipated sequel to the animated hit films "The Incredibles," alongside Craig T. Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson. Hunter co-starred in "The Big Sick," which won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. For her supporting role, Hunter was nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit awards and was honored with a Career Achievement Award at the 2018 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Hunter was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a mother dealing with her daughter's wild and rebellious behavior in the film "Thirteen," directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Hunter was also honored with nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, SAG, BAFTA and the Broadcast Film Critics Association for this role. Hunter received the Academy Award for her performance as a mute Scottish widow in Jane Campion's "The Piano." For this role, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award, British Academy Film Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, National Board of Review Award and a Golden Globe Award, all for best actress. That same year, Hunter garnered an Academy Award nomination for her performance as the investigative secretary in "The Firm," based on the John Grisham novel. Hunter was nominated for another Academy Award for her portrayal of a career-driven woman producer in "Broadcast News." For this role, she received a New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Award, National Board of Review Award and Berlin Film Festival Award, all for best actress. Hunter made her television series debut in TNT's drama "Saving Grace," which earned her nominations for two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series. "Saving Grace" ended after four seasons in 2010. Hunter starred in ABC's "When Billie Beat Bobby," where she portrayed tennis legend Billie Jean King in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between King and Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs. The role garnered her an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Television Miniseries or Movie. Hunter was nominated for an Emmy for her role in Showtime's "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her." The film tells stories about love and loss in the lives of five women. The film won an award in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and also screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Hunter also starred in Showtime's original movie "Harlan County War," for which she garnered both an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. Hunter was seen in the Sundance Channel series "Top of the Lake," co-starring Elisabeth Moss, written and directed by Oscar winner Jane Campion. Hunter's performance garnered her a Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. She also starred in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom," for which she won the Emmy for Best Actress. This role also garnered her a Golden Globe nomination. She starred as Jane Roe in NBC's "Roe vs. Wade" and was awarded the Emmy for her performance. In 1982, Hunter made her Broadway debut in Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," followed by "The Wake of Jamey Foster." She was most recently seen on stage in the revival of David Rabe's Tony Award-winning play "Sticks and Bones," opposite Richard Chamberlain, Nadia Gan, Morocco Omari, Bill Pullman, Ben Schnetzer and Raviv Ullman. Hunter starred in Marina Carr's "By the Bog of Cats," directed by Dominic Cooke at Wyndham's Theater in London.Hunter co-produced and starred in Beth Henley's "Control Freaks" and produced Ray Barry's "Mother' Son" at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles.Other New York stage appearances include "The Miss Firecracker Contest," "Battery," "The Person I Once Was," "A Weekend Near Madison" and "Impossible Marriage."