Holly Hunter
ActingAlso Known As
홀리 헌터, Holly Patricia Hunter, هالی هانتر
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.
Movies
(66 total)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Senator Finch
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill
Thirteen
as Melanie
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance
Crash
as Helen Remington
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan
Song to Song
as Miranda
Always
as Dorinda Durston
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig
The Burning
as Sophie
Little Black Book
as Barb
The Big White
as Margaret Barnell
TV Shows
(33 total)
Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
Pixar Popcorn
as Helen Parr (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
Bonnie & Clyde
as Emma Parker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as Nahla Ake
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
Mr. Mayor
as Arpi
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Comey Rule
as Sally Yates
Saving Grace
as Grace Hanadarko
Here and Now
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
Bless the Harts
as Marjune (voice)