Holly Hunter
Acting
Biography
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: March 20, 1958
Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Nahla Ake
as Madeline Vance
as Helen Parr (voice)
as (voice)
as Helen Parr (voice)
as Arpi
as Sally Yates
as Self (archive footage)
as Marjune (voice)
as Self
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
as Rhea Jarrell
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
as Self
as Beth Gardner
as Miranda
as Eleanor Weller
as Darcy Baylor
as Senator Finch
as Dawn
as Self
as Self
as Emma Parker
as Melanie Mannerheim
as Self
as Helen Remington
as GJ
as Evelyn Riske
as Jackie
as (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Grace Hanadarko
as Margaret Barnell
as Sonia
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
as Barb
as Self
as Melanie
as Adele Easley
as Self / Mona Camp
as Mona Camp
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Billie Jean King
as Penny
as Mira
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
as Ruby Kincaid
as Renee Fishbine
as Emma Riley
as Judith Moore
as O'Reilly
as Self
as Helen Remington
as Self - Guest
as Claudia Larson
as M.J. Monahan
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Tammy Hemphill
as Ada McGrath
as Self
as Georgie Symonds
as Renata Bella
as Dorinda Durston
as Coral Grable
as Narrator (voice)
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
as Carnelle Scott
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
as Jane Craig
as Charlotte
as Candy Marshall
as Ed
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
as Wynn Nolen
as Jeannie Sherman
as Leslie
as Self
as Sophie
as Self
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (Voice)