Holly Hunter
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) 2004
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) 2018
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Penny 2000
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner 2017
Raising Arizona
as Ed 1987
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill 1993
Thirteen
as Melanie 2003
The Piano
as Ada McGrath 1993
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) 1985
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance 2025
Crash
as Helen Remington 1996
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan 1995
Song to Song
as Miranda 2017
Always
as Dorinda Durston 1989
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly 1997
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig 1987