Holly Hunter

Acting

Holly Hunter

Born March 20, 1958Conyers, Georgia, USA100 credits

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

Filmography

Incredibles 3
2028Incredibles 3
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)Movie
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
2025Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
as Elastigirl (voice)Movie
The Electric State
2025The Electric State
as Madeline VanceMovie
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
as Helen Parr (voice)TV
Mulligan
2023Mulligan
as (voice)TV
Pixar Popcorn
2021Pixar Popcorn
as Helen Parr (voice)TV
Mr. Mayor
2021Mr. Mayor
as ArpiTV
The Comey Rule
2020The Comey Rule
as Sally YatesTV
My Darling Vivian
2020My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Bless the Harts
2019Bless the Harts
as Marjune (voice)TV
Incredibles 2
2018Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)Movie
Succession
2018Succession
as Rhea JarrellTV
Here and Now
2018Here and Now
as Audrey Bayer-BoatwrightTV
Spielberg
2017Spielberg
as SelfMovie
The Big Sick
2017The Big Sick
as Beth GardnerMovie
Song to Song
2017Song to Song
as MirandaMovie
Breakable You
2017Breakable You
as Eleanor WellerMovie
Strange Weather
2016Strange Weather
as Darcy BaylorMovie
Manglehorn
2015Manglehorn
as DawnMovie
Bonnie & Clyde
2013Bonnie & Clyde
as Emma ParkerTV
Paradise
2013Paradise
as Melanie MannerheimMovie
The Frame
2013The Frame
as Helen RemingtonTV
Won't Back Down
2012Won't Back Down
as Evelyn RiskeMovie
Jackie
2012Jackie
as JackieMovie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)Movie
Skavlan
2009Skavlan
as Self - GuestTV
Saving Grace
2007Saving Grace
as Grace HanadarkoTV
S
2006Sangre
as Cafe waitressMovie
The Big White
2005The Big White
as Margaret BarnellMovie
Nine Lives
2005Nine Lives
as SoniaMovie
The Incredibles
2004The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)Movie
Thirteen
2003Thirteen
as MelanieMovie
Levity
2003Levity
as Adele EasleyMovie
Moonlight Mile
2002Moonlight Mile
as Mona CampMovie
Festival in Cannes
2001Festival in Cannes
as Self (uncredited)Movie
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001When Billie Beat Bobby
as Billie Jean KingMovie
Jesus' Son
2000Jesus' Son
as MiraMovie
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")Movie
Harlan County War
2000Harlan County War
as Ruby KincaidMovie
Timecode
2000Timecode
as Renee FishbineMovie
Woman Wanted
1999Woman Wanted
as Emma RileyMovie
Living Out Loud
1998Living Out Loud
as Judith MooreMovie
A Life Less Ordinary
1997A Life Less Ordinary
as O'ReillyMovie
The View
1997The View
as Self - GuestTV
Crash
1996Crash
as Helen RemingtonMovie
Home for the Holidays
1995Home for the Holidays
as Claudia LarsonMovie
Copycat
1995Copycat
as M.J. MonahanMovie
The Firm
1993The Firm
as Tammy HemphillMovie
The Piano
1993The Piano
as Ada McGrathMovie
Crazy in Love
1992Crazy in Love
as Georgie SymondsMovie
Once Around
1991Once Around
as Renata BellaMovie
Always
1989Always
as Dorinda DurstonMovie
Animal Behavior
1989Animal Behavior
as Coral GrableMovie
Roe vs. Wade
1989Roe vs. Wade
as Ellen Russell / Jane DoeMovie
Miss Firecracker
1989Miss Firecracker
as Carnelle ScottMovie
American Experience
1988American Experience
as Mary Lincoln (voice)TV
Broadcast News
1987Broadcast News
as Jane CraigMovie
End of the Line
1987End of the Line
as CharlotteMovie
A Gathering of Old Men
1987A Gathering of Old Men
as Candy MarshallMovie
Blood Simple
1985Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)Movie
With Intent to Kill
1984With Intent to Kill
as Wynn NolenMovie
Swing Shift
1984Swing Shift
as Jeannie ShermanMovie
Svengali
1983Svengali
as LeslieMovie
The Burning
1981The Burning
as SophieMovie