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Holly Hunter

Acting
Known For

67 Years Old

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.

Born

Conyers, Georgia, USA on 20th March 1958

All Credits

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Image
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers Image
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Captain Nahla Ake (archive footage)
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Nahla Ake
Succession Image
Succession
Rhea Jarrell
The View Image
The View
Self - Guest
American Experience Image
American Experience
Mary Lincoln (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Image
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Big Mouth Image
Big Mouth
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Image
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Image
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Senator Finch
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Image
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
The Incredibles Image
The Incredibles
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Intimate Portrait Image
Intimate Portrait
Self
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Image
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Incredibles 2 Image
Incredibles 2
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Skavlan Image
Skavlan
Self - Guest
The Electric State Image
The Electric State
Madeline Vance
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Image
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Penny
Mr. Mayor Image
Mr. Mayor
Arpi
Saving Grace Image
Saving Grace
Grace Hanadarko
Trespassing Bergman Image
Trespassing Bergman
Self
The Piano Image
The Piano
Ada McGrath
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Mulligan
(voice)
Peep and the Big Wide World Image
Peep and the Big Wide World
Robin (voice)
Top of the Lake Image
Top of the Lake
GJ
Bless the Harts Image
Bless the Harts
Marjune (voice)
Moonlight Mile Image
Moonlight Mile
Mona Camp
Crash Image
Crash
Helen Remington
Jesus' Son Image
Jesus' Son
Mira
Once Around Image
Once Around
Renata Bella
The Firm Image
The Firm
Tammy Hemphill
Raising Arizona Image
Raising Arizona
Ed
Paradise Image
Paradise
Melanie Mannerheim
Woman Wanted Image
Woman Wanted
Emma Riley
Swing Shift Image
Swing Shift
Jeannie Sherman
The Frame Image
The Frame
Helen Remington
Down from the Mountain Image
Down from the Mountain
Self
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From the Bottom of the Lake
herself
Entertainment Tonight Image
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Thirteen Image
Thirteen
Melanie
Pixar Popcorn Image
Pixar Popcorn
Helen Parr (voice)
My Darling Vivian Image
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
The Comey Rule Image
The Comey Rule
Sally Yates
Crazy in Love Image
Crazy in Love
Georgie Symonds
Copycat Image
Copycat
M.J. Monahan
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
End of the Line Image
End of the Line
Charlotte
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The Coen Brothers
Self
Here and Now Image
Here and Now
Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
Roe vs. Wade Image
Roe vs. Wade
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
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Living Out Loud
Judith Moore
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Svengali
Leslie
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Levity
Adele Easley
Blood Simple Image
Blood Simple
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
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LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Helen Parr (voice)
The Big Sick Image
The Big Sick
Beth Gardner
The Big White Image
The Big White
Margaret Barnell
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An Uncommon Love
Karen
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Incredibles 3
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Jackie Image
Jackie
Jackie
Breakable You Image
Breakable You
Eleanor Weller
Song to Song Image
Song to Song
Miranda
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Bonnie & Clyde
Emma Parker
Always Image
Always
Dorinda Durston
Broadcast News Image
Broadcast News
Jane Craig
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Inside 'The Piano' Image
Inside 'The Piano'
Self
Little Black Book Image
Little Black Book
Barb
Home for the Holidays Image
Home for the Holidays
Claudia Larson
Nine Lives Image
Nine Lives
Sonia
The Burning Image
The Burning
Sophie
A Life Less Ordinary Image
A Life Less Ordinary
O'Reilly
Eco-Challenge Image
Eco-Challenge
Spielberg Image
Spielberg
Self
Timecode Image
Timecode
Renee Fishbine
Strange Weather Image
Strange Weather
Darcy Baylor
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Image
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Harlan County War Image
Harlan County War
Ruby Kincaid
Inside the Actors Studio Image
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life Image
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Manglehorn Image
Manglehorn
Dawn
Searching for Debra Winger Image
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Won't Back Down Image
Won't Back Down
Evelyn Riske
Hurricanna Image
Hurricanna
Miss Firecracker Image
Miss Firecracker
Carnelle Scott
No Image
Sangre
Cafe waitress
When Billie Beat Bobby Image
When Billie Beat Bobby
Billie Jean King
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Image
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Wanda Holloway
Festival in Cannes Image
Festival in Cannes
Self (uncredited)
Animal Behavior Image
Animal Behavior
Coral Grable
A Gathering of Old Men Image
A Gathering of Old Men
Candy Marshall
Portraits in Dramatic Time Image
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen Image
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Mona Camp
With Intent to Kill Image
With Intent to Kill
Wynn Nolen
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs Image
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Narrator (voice)