Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath

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Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath is the mute, emotionally intense Scottish pianist at the heart of the 1993 film "The Piano," whose powerful performance earned Hunter an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmPerformance
appearsIn The Piano
awardReceivedForPerformance Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
centralTo plotOfThePiano
characterArc negotiatesAutonomyThroughMusicAndDesire
characterName Ada McGrath
characterNationality Scottish
characterProfession pianist
characterRelationship motherOfFloraMcGrath
characterTrait emotionally intense
mute
cinematographyBy Stuart Dryburgh
communicatesThrough pianoPlaying
signLanguage
coStarsWith Anna Paquin
Harvey Keitel
Sam Neill
costumeDesignBy Janet Patterson
criticalReception widelyAcclaimedPerformance
director Jane Campion
distributorOfFilm Miramax Films
filmReleaseYear 1993
genreOfFilm periodDrama
romanticDrama
influencedDiscussionOf femaleAgencyInCinema
representationOfDisabilityOnScreen
languageAbility doesNotSpeak
musicComposedBy Michael Nyman
notableFor expressiveUseOfBodyLanguage
nonverbalLeadPerformance
pianoPerformanceWork
notableScene beachLandingOfPiano
fingerInjurySequence
portrayedBy Holly Hunter
productionCompanyOfFilm Jan Chapman Productions
productionCountryOfFilm Australia
France
New Zealand
settingPrimaryLocation New Zealand
symbolism pianoAsExtensionOfVoice
timePeriod mid-19th century

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The Piano portraysCharacter Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath
Harvey Keitel as George Baines coStarsWith Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath