Holly Hunter
Academy Award-winning American actress whose remarkable range has defined film and television for more than four decades.
Holly Hunter - Personal Information
- Name: Holly Hunter
- Date of Birth: March 20, 1958
- Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Thanks, Co-Executive Producer
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.
Selected Filmography
A showcase of Holly Hunter's most recent work across film and television.
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV - 2026) as Nahla Ake
- Hurricanna (2025)
- The Electric State (2025) as Madeline Vance
- LEGO Pixar: BrickToons (TV - 2024) as Helen Parr (voice)
- Mulligan (TV - 2023) as (voice)
- Pixar Popcorn (TV - 2021) as Helen Parr (voice)
- Mr. Mayor (TV - 2021) as Arpi
- The Comey Rule (TV - 2020) as Sally Yates
- My Darling Vivian (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Bless the Harts (TV - 2019) as Marjune (voice)
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