Holly Hunter puts her Brooklyn home on the market for $4.5m ·

21 Sep 2024, 00:00

She catapulted to fame back in 1987, after starring alongside Nicolas Cage in the hit movie Raising Arizona, as well as her critically acclaimed — and Oscar-nominated — role in Broadcast News.

And Holly Hunter, 60, is displaying a snippet of the comfortable life that her decades in the entertainment industry have afforded her, as she's put her spacious New York City townhouse on the market for $4.5million.

The Oscar-winning star's abode is in the trendy and highly sought after Brooklyn neighbourhood of Fort Greene and boasts four bedrooms and two bathrooms, spread over a sprawling 3,040 square feet.

For sale: Holly Hunter has put her New York City home, in the trendy Brooklyn neighbourhood of Fort Greene for $4.5million

The brownstone, which is located in the coveted Fort Greene Historic District, was built in 1864 and has retained many of its original features, including five decorative fireplaces and stunning original mantels.

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Potential buyers will also get to enjoy the luxury of towering ceilings and original inlaid wood floors in the multi-storey property, which benefits from bright and sunny large windows.

A chef's kitchen serves as just one of the home's many alluring features, featuring stainless steel appliances, while a roomy den offers plenty of cosy nooks for guests to relax.

Spacious abode: The property boasts four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and is spread over a sprawling 3,040 square feet

Style: The home has retained many of its original features, including five decorative fireplaces and stunning original mantels

Full of character: Chef's kitchen serves as just one of the home's many alluring features, featuring stainless steel appliances

Holly's home, which she purchased back in 2014 for $3.3million, also enjoys the benefit of a spacious, south-facing garden, accessible via a large deck. It also includes a garden-level one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment, ideal for renting out, or to serve as an annex.

Georgia-born Holly has been in a relationship with British actor Gordon MacDonald since 2001, and they have 12-year-old sons Claude and Press together.

Historic: The brownstone, which is located in the coveted Fort Greene Historic District, was built in 1864

Brooklyn has attracted a host of stars over the years, including Anne Hathaway, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Rock and, more recently, Emily Blunt and her husband John Krasinski.

Among her long list of celebrity friends, Holly has a long history with fellow acclaimed actress Frances McDormand — and the pair were once roommates.

Telling Vulture of how they came to meet, she explained: 'My boyfriend and Fran’s boyfriend were best friends. I met mine doing a play at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, and then I came back to New York.

'He said, “Hey, my best friend is going to Yale, let’s visit.” And his girlfriend was Fran. The four of us hit it off, and we all moved to the North Bronx. We got two apartments, one for each couple. Then we broke up with our boyfriends and Fran moved in with me.'

Adding that Fran was 'fantastic' to live with, she continued: 'Fran’s as fabulous as she seems. We had a blast. We stayed up there for a couple years, and then she did Blood Simple. After that, [writer-director] Joel Coen sort of moved in with us and they eventually got married. It was a great chapter.'

In February, Here And Now star Holly opened up about the change she felt her career had taken after the cancellation of her three-season drama Saving Grace, which debuted in 2007 to critical acclaim.

After taking two years off following the end of the show, she learned that the quality of the roles she had come to enjoy were a tad more difficult to come by.

'After Saving Grace, I didn't want to work,' she told The Hollywood Reporter. The schedule of that show — and being an executive producer — was so relentless that I was like, "Wow, I need to take some time off."

'I didn't want to work for almost two years. And then when I did want to work, the stuff that was out there for me to do … were not some of the greatest projects of my career.'

She has since appeared in a number of high-profile projects, including a role in the romantic comedy The Big Sick and romantic drama Song To Song, alongside the likes of Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett.

Holly also lends her voice to the Helen Parr / Elastigirl in the 3D computer-animated superhero film Incredibles 2, which is set to debut internationally next month.

Holly Hunter puts her Brooklyn home on the market for $4.5m

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