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Holly Hunter
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 20, 1958 (67 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | The Electric State · as Madeline Vance |
| 2024 | LEGO Pixar: BrickToons (TV Series) · as Helen Parr (voice) |
| 2023 | Mulligan (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2022 | Lynch/Oz · as Ada Mcgrath (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Pixar Popcorn (TV Series) · as Helen Parr (voice) |
| 2021 | Mr. Mayor (TV Series) · as Arpi |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule (TV Series) · as Sally Yates |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as Marjune (voice) |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) · as Rhea Jarrell |
| 2018 | Here and Now (2018) (TV Series) · as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Beth Gardner |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Miranda |
| 2017 | Breakable You · as Eleanor Weller |
| 2016 | Strange Weather · as Darcy Baylor |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Senator Finch |
| 2014 | Manglehorn · as Dawn |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde (TV Series) · as Emma Parker |
| 2013 | Paradise · as Melanie Mannerheim |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Helen Remington |
| 2013 | Top of the Lake (TV Series) · as Gj |
| 2012 | Won't Back Down · as Evelyn Riske |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2008 | Reinventando Hollywood · as Grace Hanadarko |
| 2007 | Saving Grace (2007) (TV Series) · as Grace Hanadarko |
| 2005 | The Big White · as Margaret Barnell |
| 2005 | Nine Lives · as Sonia |
| 2004 | The Incredibles · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2004 | Little Black Book · as Barb |
| 2004 | Peep and the Big Wide World (TV Series) · as Robin |
| 2003 | Thirteen · as Melanie Freeland |
| 2003 | Levity · as Adele Easley |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Mona Camp |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby · as Billie Jean King |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her · as Rebecca Waynon (segment "fantasies About Rebecca") |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Jane Craig |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? · as Penny |
| 2000 | Harlan County War · as Ruby Kincaid |
| 2000 | Timecode · as Renee Fishbine |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son · as Mira |
| 1999 | Woman Wanted · as Emma Riley |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud · as Judith Moore |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary · as O'reilly |
| 1996 | Crash · as Helen Remington |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays · as Claudia Larson |
| 1995 | Copycat · as M.j. Monahan |
| 1995 | The Way West · as Narrator |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Tammy Hemphill |
| 1993 | The Piano · as Ada Mcgrath |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom · as Wanda Holloway |
| 1992 | Crazy in Love · as Georgie Symonds |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Once Around · as Renata Bella |
| 1989 | Always · as Dorinda Durston |
| 1989 | Animal Behavior · as Coral Grable |
| 1989 | Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade · as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker · as Carnelle Scott |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Mary Lincoln (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Broadcast News · as Jane Craig |
| 1987 | End of the Line · as Charlotte |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men · as Candy Marshall |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona · as Ed |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill · as Wynn Nolen |
| 1984 | Swing Shift · as Jeannie Sherman |
| 1984 | Blood Simple · as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Svengali · as Leslie |
| 1981 | The Burning · as Sophie |