Holly Hunter
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The View
American Experience
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Succession
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
All Movies (67)
- Incredibles 32028 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort2025 · as Elastigirl (voice)
- Hurricanna2025
- The Electric State2025 · as Madeline Vance
- My Darling Vivian2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · as Self
- Incredibles 22018 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Spielberg2017 · as Self
- The Big Sick2017 · as Beth Gardner
- Song to Song2017 · as Miranda
- Breakable You2017 · as Eleanor Weller
- Strange Weather2016 · as Darcy Baylor
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016 · as Senator Finch
- Manglehorn2015 · as Dawn
- Paradise2013 · as Melanie Mannerheim
- From the Bottom of the Lake2013 · as herself
- Trespassing Bergman2013 · as Self
- Won't Back Down2012 · as Evelyn Riske
- Jackie2012 · as Jackie
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
- Portraits in Dramatic Time2011
- Sangre2006 · as Cafe waitress
- The Big White2005 · as Margaret Barnell
- Nine Lives2005 · as Sonia
- The Incredibles2004 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Little Black Book2004 · as Barb
- Thirteen2003 · as Melanie
- Levity2003 · as Adele Easley
- Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen2003 · as Self / Mona Camp
- Moonlight Mile2002 · as Mona Camp
- Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
- Festival in Cannes2001 · as Self (uncredited)
- Down from the Mountain2001 · as Self
- When Billie Beat Bobby2001 · as Billie Jean King
- The Coen Brothers2000 · as Self
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Penny
- Jesus' Son2000 · as Mira
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her2000 · as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
- Harlan County War2000 · as Ruby Kincaid
- Timecode2000 · as Renee Fishbine
- Woman Wanted1999 · as Emma Riley
- Living Out Loud1998 · as Judith Moore
- A Life Less Ordinary1997 · as O'Reilly
- Crash1996 · as Helen Remington
- Home for the Holidays1995 · as Claudia Larson
- Copycat1995 · as M.J. Monahan
- The Firm1993 · as Tammy Hemphill
- The Piano1993 · as Ada McGrath
- The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom1993 · as Wanda Holloway
- Inside 'The Piano'1993 · as Self
- Crazy in Love1992 · as Georgie Symonds
- Once Around1991 · as Renata Bella
- Always1989 · as Dorinda Durston
- Animal Behavior1989 · as Coral Grable
- Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs1989 · as Narrator (voice)
- Roe vs. Wade1989 · as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
- Miss Firecracker1989 · as Carnelle Scott
- Broadcast News1987 · as Jane Craig
- End of the Line1987 · as Charlotte
- A Gathering of Old Men1987 · as Candy Marshall
- Raising Arizona1987 · as Ed
- Blood Simple1985 · as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
- With Intent to Kill1984 · as Wynn Nolen
- Swing Shift1984 · as Jeannie Sherman
- An Uncommon Love1983 · as Karen
- Svengali1983 · as Leslie
- The Burning1981 · as Sophie
All TV Shows (33)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy2026 · as Nahla Ake
- LEGO Pixar: BrickToons2024 · as Helen Parr (voice)
- Mulligan2023 · as (voice)
- Pixar Popcorn2021 · as Helen Parr (voice)
- Mr. Mayor2021 · as Arpi
- The Comey Rule2020 · as Sally Yates
- Bless the Harts2019 · as Marjune (voice)
- Succession2018 · as Rhea Jarrell
- Here and Now2018 · as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
- Big Mouth2017
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
- Bonnie & Clyde2013 · as Emma Parker
- The Frame2013 · as Helen Remington
- Top of the Lake2013 · as GJ
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self - Guest
- Skavlan2009 · as Self - Guest
- Saving Grace2007 · as Grace Hanadarko
- Peep and the Big Wide World2004 · as Robin (voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
- The View1997 · as Self - Guest
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
- Eco-Challenge1995
- Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
- Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self - Guest
- American Experience1988 · as Mary Lincoln (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
- Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self