Holly Hunter
Born
March 20, 1958 (67 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA
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

Spielberg
Self
2017

The Big Sick
Beth Gardner
2017

Song to Song
Miranda
2017

Breakable You
Eleanor Weller
2017

Strange Weather
Darcy Baylor
2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Senator Finch
2016

Manglehorn
Dawn
2015

Paradise
Melanie Mannerheim
2013
From the Bottom of the Lake
herself
2013

Won't Back Down
Evelyn Riske
2012

Jackie
Jackie
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012

Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Sangre
Cafe waitress
2006

The Big White
Margaret Barnell
2005

Nine Lives
Sonia
2005

The Incredibles
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2004

Little Black Book
Barb
2004

Thirteen
Melanie
2003

Levity
Adele Easley
2003

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Mona Camp
2003

Moonlight Mile
Mona Camp
2002

When Billie Beat Bobby
Billie Jean King
2001

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Penny
2000

Jesus' Son
Mira
2000

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
2000

Harlan County War
Ruby Kincaid
2000

Timecode
Renee Fishbine
2000

Woman Wanted
Emma Riley
1999

Living Out Loud
Judith Moore
1998

A Life Less Ordinary
O'Reilly
1997

Crash
Helen Remington
1996

Home for the Holidays
Claudia Larson
1995

Copycat
M.J. Monahan
1995

The Firm
Tammy Hemphill
1993

The Piano
Ada McGrath
1993

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Wanda Holloway
1993

Crazy in Love
Georgie Symonds
1992

Once Around
Renata Bella
1991

Always
Dorinda Durston
1989

Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Narrator (voice)
1989

Roe vs. Wade
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
1989

Miss Firecracker
Carnelle Scott
1989

Broadcast News
Jane Craig
1987

End of the Line
Charlotte
1987

A Gathering of Old Men
Candy Marshall
1987

Raising Arizona
Ed
1987

Swing Shift
Jeannie Sherman
1984

Blood Simple
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
1984

The Burning
Sophie
1981

Hurricanna

The Electric State
Madeline Vance
2025

Pizza Night
Helen Parr (voice)
2024

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Helen Parr (voice) · (1 episode)
2024

Lynch/Oz
Ada McGrath (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023

Mulligan
(voice) · (2 episodes)
2023

Chore Day - The Incredibles Way
Helen Parr (Voice)
2021

Pixar Popcorn
Helen Parr (voice) · (1 episode)
2021

Mr. Mayor
Arpi · (19 episodes)
2021

The Comey Rule
Sally Yates · (2 episodes)
2020

My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020

Bless the Harts
Marjune (voice) · (3 episodes)
2019

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018

Incredibles 2
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2018

Succession
Rhea Jarrell · (6 episodes)
2018

Here and Now
Audrey Bayer-Boatwright · (10 episodes)
2018

Big Mouth
(1 episode)
2017

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014

And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014

Bonnie & Clyde
Emma Parker · (2 episodes)
2013

Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013

The Frame
Helen Remington · (1 episode)
2013

Top of the Lake
GJ · (7 episodes)
2013

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2009

Skavlan
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

Saving Grace
Grace Hanadarko · (46 episodes)
2007

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2003

Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002

Festival in Cannes
Self (uncredited)
2001

Down from the Mountain
Self
2001
The Coen Brothers
Self
2000

The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996

Eco-Challenge
(17 episodes)
1995

Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994

Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993

Inside 'The Piano'
Self
1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992

Animal Behavior
Coral Grable
1989

American Experience
Mary Lincoln (voice) · (5 episodes)
1988

American Experience
Mary Todd (voice) · (1 episode)
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988

With Intent to Kill
Wynn Nolen
1984
An Uncommon Love
Karen
1983

Svengali
Leslie
1983

Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981

The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
1953

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
(1 episode)