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Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Personal Info

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-03-20 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA

Holly Hunter

Biography

Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). For her roles in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010).

Known For

Acting

Hurricanna
(2025)
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance
(2023)
Lynch/Oz
as Ada McGrath (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2020)
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2017)
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner
(2017)
Song to Song
as Miranda
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
Breakable You
as Eleanor Weller
(2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Senator Finch
(2016)
Strange Weather
as Darcy Baylor
(2015)
Manglehorn
as Dawn
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Paradise
as Melanie Mannerheim
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2013)
From the Bottom of the Lake
as herself
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Won't Back Down
as Evelyn Riske
(2012)
Jackie
as Jackie
(2011)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
(2006)
Sangre
as Cafe waitress
(2005)
The Big White
as Margaret Barnell
(2005)
Nine Lives
as Sonia
(2004)
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
(2004)
Little Black Book
as Barb
(2003)
Thirteen
as Melanie
(2003)
Levity
as Adele Easley
(2003)
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Mona Camp
(2002)
Moonlight Mile
as Mona Camp
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
(2001)
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Billie Jean King
(2001)
Down from the Mountain
as Self
(2001)
Festival in Cannes
as Self (uncredited)
(2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Penny
(2000)
Timecode
as Renee Fishbine
(2000)
Jesus' Son
as Mira
(2000)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
(2000)
Harlan County War
as Ruby Kincaid
(2000)
The Coen Brothers
as Self
(1999)
Woman Wanted
as Emma Riley
(1998)
Living Out Loud
as Judith Moore
(1997)
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly
(1996)
Crash
as Helen Remington
(1995)
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan
(1995)
Home for the Holidays
as Claudia Larson
(1993)
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill
(1993)
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
(1993)
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
as Wanda Holloway
(1993)
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
(1992)
Crazy in Love
as Georgie Symonds
(1991)
Once Around
as Renata Bella
(1989)
Always
as Dorinda Durston
(1989)
Miss Firecracker
as Carnelle Scott
(1989)
Animal Behavior
as Coral Grable
(1989)
Roe vs. Wade
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
(1989)
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
Raising Arizona
as Ed
(1987)
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig
(1987)
End of the Line
as Charlotte
(1987)
A Gathering of Old Men
as Candy Marshall
(1984)
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
(1984)
Swing Shift
as Jeannie Sherman
(1984)
With Intent to Kill
as Wynn Nolen
(1983)
Svengali
as Leslie
(1983)
An Uncommon Love
as Karen
(1981)
The Burning
as Sophie

Crew

(2003)
Thirteen
Executive Producer
(2001)
When Billie Beat Bobby
Co-Executive Producer
(2000)
Lost Souls
Thanks