Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

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.

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Filmography

2025

The Electric State
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance
Movie - Released: 3/7/2025

2024

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
as Helen Parr (voice)
TV - Released: 9/4/2024

2023

Lynch/Oz
Lynch/Oz
as Ada McGrath (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 5/15/2023
Mulligan
Mulligan
as (voice)
TV - Released: 5/12/2023

2021

Mr. Mayor
Mr. Mayor
as Arpi
TV - Released: 1/7/2021
Pixar Popcorn
Pixar Popcorn
as Helen Parr (voice)
TV - Released: 1/22/2021

2020

My Darling Vivian
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/27/2020
The Comey Rule
The Comey Rule
as Sally Yates
TV - Released: 9/27/2020

2019

Bless the Harts
Bless the Harts
as Marjune (voice)
TV - Released: 9/29/2019

2018

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/12/2018
Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/14/2018
Here and Now
Here and Now
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
TV - Released: 2/11/2018
Succession
Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
TV - Released: 6/3/2018

2017

Breakable You
Breakable You
as Eleanor Weller
Movie - Released: 1/7/2017
Song to Song
Song to Song
as Miranda
Movie - Released: 3/17/2017
The Big Sick
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner
Movie - Released: 3/30/2017
Spielberg
Spielberg
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/5/2017

2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Senator Finch
Movie - Released: 3/23/2016
Strange Weather
Strange Weather
as Darcy Baylor
Movie - Released: 9/12/2016

2015

Manglehorn
Manglehorn
as Dawn
Movie - Released: 6/3/2015

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
TV - Released: 2/6/2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014

2013

Paradise
Paradise
as Melanie Mannerheim
Movie - Released: 10/18/2013
Movie
From the Bottom of the Lake
as herself
Movie - Released: 9/18/2013
Trespassing Bergman
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/28/2013
Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake
as GJ
TV - Released: 3/18/2013
Bonnie & Clyde
Bonnie & Clyde
as Emma Parker
TV - Released: 12/8/2013
The Frame
The Frame
as Helen Remington
TV - Released: 4/9/2013

2012

Jackie
Jackie
as Jackie
Movie - Released: 5/10/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/4/2012
Won't Back Down
Won't Back Down
as Evelyn Riske
Movie - Released: 9/28/2012

2011

Portraits in Dramatic Time
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie - Released: 7/5/2011

2009

Skavlan
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 1/16/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 3/2/2009

2007

Saving Grace
Saving Grace
as Grace Hanadarko
TV - Released: 7/23/2007

2006

Movie
Sangre
as Cafe waitress
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

2005

The Big White
The Big White
as Margaret Barnell
Movie - Released: 10/27/2005
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
as Sonia
Movie - Released: 9/2/2005

2004

Little Black Book
Little Black Book
as Barb
Movie - Released: 8/6/2004
The Incredibles
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/27/2004

2003

Thirteen
Thirteen
as Melanie Freeland
Movie - Released: 8/20/2003
Levity
Levity
as Adele Easley
Movie - Released: 3/16/2003
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Mona Camp
Movie - Released: 3/11/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003

2002

Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile
as Mona Camp
Movie - Released: 9/9/2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/13/2002

2001

When Billie Beat Bobby
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Billie Jean King
Movie - Released: 4/16/2001
Down from the Mountain
Down from the Mountain
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/5/2001
Festival in Cannes
Festival in Cannes
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/3/2001

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Penny
Movie - Released: 8/30/2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Movie - Released: 5/27/2000
Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son
as Mira
Movie - Released: 6/16/2000
Timecode
Timecode
as Renee Fishbine
Movie - Released: 4/28/2000
Harlan County War
Harlan County War
as Ruby Kincaid
Movie - Released: 5/19/2000
Movie
The Coen Brothers
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/1/2000

1999

Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted
as Emma Riley
Movie - Released: 8/14/1999

1998

Living Out Loud
Living Out Loud
as Judith Moore
Movie - Released: 10/30/1998

1997

A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly
Movie - Released: 10/24/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Crash
Crash
as Helen Remington
Movie - Released: 7/17/1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/10/1996

1995

Copycat
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan
Movie - Released: 10/27/1995
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays
as Claudia Larson
Movie - Released: 11/2/1995
Eco-Challenge
Eco-Challenge
TV - Released: 4/1/1995

1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994

1993

The Piano
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
Movie - Released: 5/18/1993
The Firm
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill
Movie - Released: 6/30/1993
Inside 'The Piano'
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait
as Self
TV - Released: 11/14/1993

1992

Crazy in Love
Crazy in Love
as Georgie Symonds
Movie - Released: 8/10/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1991

Once Around
Once Around
as Renata Bella
Movie - Released: 1/18/1991

1989

Always
Always
as Dorinda Durston
Movie - Released: 12/22/1989
Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Movie - Released: 5/15/1989
Miss Firecracker
Miss Firecracker
as Carnelle Scott
Movie - Released: 4/28/1989
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/1/1989
Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
as Coral Grable
Movie - Released: 10/27/1989

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV - Released: 9/5/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Mary Todd (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
as Ed
Movie - Released: 3/13/1987
Broadcast News
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig
Movie - Released: 12/16/1987
End of the Line
End of the Line
as Charlotte
Movie - Released: 8/28/1987
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men
as Candy Marshall
Movie - Released: 5/10/1987

1984

Swing Shift
Swing Shift
as Jeannie Sherman
Movie - Released: 4/13/1984
Blood Simple
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/26/1984
With Intent to Kill
With Intent to Kill
as Wynn Nolen
Movie - Released: 10/24/1984

1983

Svengali
Svengali
as Leslie
Movie - Released: 3/9/1983
Movie
An Uncommon Love
as Karen
Movie - Released: 11/30/1983

1981

The Burning
The Burning
as Sophie
Movie - Released: 5/8/1981
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1981

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953