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)