She received accolades for her second ever role, as one of the three sisters in the 1977 West German film Maiden's War [de].
Her performance earned the gold award for Best Young Actress from Germany's Deutscher Filmpreis,[1] and the award for Best Actress at Spain's San Sebastián International Film Festival.
[2] Hunter starred as the female lead in Roadie (1980), followed by roles in Willie & Phil (1980), Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Hunter also appeared in guest roles on television, including the 1979 episode "The Execution File" of the television series Hawaii Five-O, the 1982 episode "Weekend" on the anthology series American Playhouse, and the 1991 episode "Writer Wrong" of the series Tropical Heat, her last role before retiring from acting.
After she retired from acting, Hunter became a teacher of white water rafting in Utah.