Holly Hunter
Acting
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.
Media of
Holly Hunter
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Filmography of
Holly Hunter
Madeline Vance
... 2025
Self (archive footage)
... 2020
... 2018
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
... 2018
Self
... 2017
Beth Gardner
... 2017
Miranda
... 2017
Eleanor Weller
... 2017
Darcy Baylor
... 2016
Senator Finch
... 2016
Dawn
... 2015
Melanie Mannerheim
... 2013
herself
... 2013
Self
... 2013
Evelyn Riske
... 2012
Jackie
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
... 2011
Cafe waitress
... 2006
Margaret Barnell
... 2005
Sonia
... 2005
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
... 2004
Barb
... 2004
Melanie
... 2003
Adele Easley
... 2003
Self / Mona Camp
... 2003
Mona Camp
... 2002
... 2002
Self (uncredited)
... 2001
... 2001
Billie Jean King
... 2001
Self
... 2000
... 2000
Mira
... 2000
Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
... 2000
Ruby Kincaid
... 2000
Renee Fishbine
... 2000
Emma Riley
... 1999
Judith Moore
... 1998
O'Reilly
... 1997
Helen Remington
... 1996
Claudia Larson
... 1995
M.J. Monahan
... 1995
Tammy Hemphill
... 1993
Ada McGrath
... 1993
... 1993
Self
... 1993
Georgie Symonds
... 1992
Renata Bella
... 1991
Dorinda Durston
... 1989
Coral Grable
... 1989
Narrator (voice)
... 1989
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
... 1989
Carnelle Scott
... 1989
Jane Craig
... 1987
Charlotte
... 1987
Candy Marshall
... 1987
... 1987
Wynn Nolen
... 1984
Jeannie Sherman
... 1984
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
... 1984
Karen
... 1983
Leslie
... 1983
Sophie
... 1981
