Holly Hunter
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1958-03-20 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Conyers, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- 홀리 헌터 · Holly Patricia Hunter · هالی هانتر
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).
Hunter's other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), the latter of which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
Known For
TV Shows (33)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Succession
2018
as Rhea Jarrell
American Experience
1988
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Big Mouth
2017
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Saving Grace
2007
as Grace Hanadarko
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Nahla Ake
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Peep and the Big Wide World
2004
as Robin (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Bless the Harts
2019
as Marjune (voice)
Mr. Mayor
2021
as Arpi
Mulligan
2023
as (voice)
Top of the Lake
2013
as GJ
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Frame
2013
as Helen Remington
Pixar Popcorn
2021
as Helen Parr (voice)
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024
as Helen Parr (voice)
Here and Now
2018
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
The Comey Rule
2020
as Sally Yates
Bonnie & Clyde
2013
as Emma Parker
Eco-Challenge
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (67)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Senator Finch
The Incredibles
2004
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Incredibles 2
2018
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Crash
1996
as Helen Remington
The Electric State
2025
as Madeline Vance
Copycat
1995
as M.J. Monahan
Thirteen
2003
as Melanie
The Firm
1993
as Tammy Hemphill
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Penny
Blood Simple
1985
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Raising Arizona
1987
as Ed
The Piano
1993
as Ada McGrath
The Big Sick
2017
as Beth Gardner
Always
1989
as Dorinda Durston
The Burning
1981
as Sophie
Broadcast News
1987
as Jane Craig
Incredibles 3
2028
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Song to Song
2017
as Miranda
Paradise
2013
as Melanie Mannerheim
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
as O'Reilly
Nine Lives
2005
as Sonia
Animal Behavior
1989
as Coral Grable
End of the Line
1987
as Charlotte
Little Black Book
2004
as Barb
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Claudia Larson
Svengali
1983
as Leslie
Won't Back Down
2012
as Evelyn Riske
The Big White
2005
as Margaret Barnell
Moonlight Mile
2002
as Mona Camp
Once Around
1991
as Renata Bella
Timecode
2000
as Renee Fishbine
Swing Shift
1984
as Jeannie Sherman
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
Strange Weather
2016
as Darcy Baylor
Breakable You
2017
as Eleanor Weller
Living Out Loud
1998
as Judith Moore
Woman Wanted
1999
as Emma Riley
Manglehorn
2015
as Dawn
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Levity
2003
as Adele Easley
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Billie Jean King
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Carnelle Scott
Jesus' Son
2000
as Mira
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
Jackie
2012
as Jackie
Roe vs. Wade
1989
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Hurricanna
2025
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
as Wanda Holloway
Harlan County War
2000
as Ruby Kincaid
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Self (uncredited)
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
as Candy Marshall
Crazy in Love
1992
as Georgie Symonds
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
as Self / Mona Camp
The Coen Brothers
2000
as Self
With Intent to Kill
1984
as Wynn Nolen
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Karen
Sangre
2006
as Cafe waitress
Down from the Mountain
2001
as Self
From the Bottom of the Lake
2013
as herself
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Elastigirl (voice)
About Holly Hunter
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 Tr… With 100 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Holly Hunter has appeared in 67 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Holly Hunter Movies
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Senator Finch
- The Incredibles (2004) — as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Incredibles 2 (2018) — as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Crash (1996) — as Helen Remington
- The Electric State (2025) — as Madeline Vance
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