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Holly Hunter

Acting

2.7 Popularity Mar 20, 1958 (67 years old) Conyers, Georgia, USA

Holly Patricia Hunter 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 Ac...

Biography

Holly Patricia Hunter 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.

Filmography 102

2025
The Electric State Movie

as Madeline Vance

2024
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons TV

as Helen Parr (voice)

2023
Mulligan TV

as (voice)

2021
Pixar Popcorn TV

as Helen Parr (voice)

2021
Mr. Mayor TV

as Arpi

2020
The Comey Rule TV

as Sally Yates

2020
My Darling Vivian Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Bless the Harts TV

as Marjune (voice)

2018
2018
Incredibles 2 Movie

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

2018
Succession TV

as Rhea Jarrell

2018
Here and Now TV

as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright

2017
Spielberg Movie

as Self

2017
2017
The Big Sick Movie

as Beth Gardner

2017
Song to Song Movie

as Miranda

2017
Breakable You Movie

as Eleanor Weller

2016
Strange Weather Movie

as Darcy Baylor

2016
2015
Manglehorn Movie

as Dawn

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday March 20, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth Conyers, Georgia, USA
Also Known As 홀리 헌터, Holly Patricia Hunter, هالی هانتر
Years Active 1953 - 2025
Popularity 2.7
Career Stats
102 Total Credits
67 Movie Roles
32 TV Roles
10 Photos