Holly Hunter
Acting
Born: March 20, 1958 (age 68) · Conyers, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre. She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role in Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Later, she was nominated for two more Oscars for The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an AACTA Award, a Silver Bear, a BAFTA Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
The Incredibles
2004
Incredibles 2
2018
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
The Big Sick
2017
Raising Arizona
1987
The Firm
1993
Thirteen
2003
The Electric State
2025
Succession
2018
The Piano
1993
Blood Simple
1985
Photos (10)
Movies (53)
The Incredibles
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Senator Finch
Incredibles 2
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Firm
Tammy Hemphill
The Electric State
Madeline Vance
Crash
Helen Remington
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Penny
The Piano
Ada McGrath
Thirteen
Melanie
Blood Simple
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Copycat
M.J. Monahan
The Big Sick
Beth Gardner
Raising Arizona
Ed
Song to Song
Miranda
The Burning
Sophie
Always
Dorinda Durston
A Life Less Ordinary
O'Reilly
Broadcast News
Jane Craig
The Big White
Margaret Barnell
Nine Lives
Sonia
Levity
Adele Easley
Little Black Book
Barb
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Moonlight Mile
Mona Camp
Manglehorn
Dawn
Strange Weather
Darcy Baylor
Home for the Holidays
Claudia Larson
Swing Shift
Jeannie Sherman
Jesus' Son
Mira
Once Around
Renata Bella
Living Out Loud
Judith Moore
Won't Back Down
Evelyn Riske
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Wanda Holloway
Miss Firecracker
Carnelle Scott
Timecode
Renee Fishbine
End of the Line
Charlotte
Breakable You
Eleanor Weller
Woman Wanted
Emma Riley
With Intent to Kill
Wynn Nolen
Roe vs. Wade
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Crazy in Love
Georgie Symonds
Harlan County War
Ruby Kincaid
When Billie Beat Bobby
Billie Jean King
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
Elastigirl (voice)
Paradise
Melanie Mannerheim
A Gathering of Old Men
Candy Marshall
Hurricanna
2025
Animal Behavior
Coral Grable
Svengali
Leslie
Jackie
Jackie
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (18)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
Succession
Rhea Jarrell · 6 eps
American Experience
Mary Lincoln (voice) · 3 eps
Big Mouth
1 eps
Saving Grace
Grace Hanadarko · 46 eps
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Nahla Ake · 10 eps
Peep and the Big Wide World
Robin (voice) · 2 eps
Mulligan
(voice) · 2 eps
Bless the Harts
Marjune (voice) · 3 eps
Top of the Lake
GJ · 7 eps
Mr. Mayor
Arpi · 19 eps
Pixar Popcorn
Helen Parr (voice) · 1 eps
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Helen Parr (voice) · 1 eps
The Frame
Helen Remington · 1 eps
Bonnie & Clyde
Emma Parker · 2 eps
The Comey Rule
Sally Yates · 2 eps
Here and Now
Audrey Bayer-Boatwright · 10 eps
Eco-Challenge
17 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Skavlan
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Spielberg
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Trespassing Bergman
Self
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
The Coen Brothers
Self
Festival in Cannes
Self (uncredited)
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Mona Camp
Inside 'The Piano'
Self
Down from the Mountain
Self
