Holly Hunter
Acting
Born: Mar 20, 1958
From: Conyers, Georgia, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricanna | 2025 | — | |
| Jackie | Jackie | 2012 | 6.6 |
| The Big White | Margaret Barnell | 2005 | 6.184 |
| Nine Lives | Sonia | 2005 | 6.112 |
| Little Black Book | Barb | 2004 | 5.337 |
| Thirteen | Melanie | 2003 | 6.675 |
| Moonlight Mile | Mona Camp | 2002 | 6.31 |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | Billie Jean King | 2001 | 5.412 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Penny | 2000 | 7.328 |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About … | 2000 | 5.792 |
| Jesus' Son | Mira | 2000 | 6.23 |
| Timecode | Renee Fishbine | 2000 | 5.572 |
| Woman Wanted | Emma Riley | 1999 | 5.727 |
| Living Out Loud | Judith Moore | 1998 | 5.923 |
| A Life Less Ordinary | O'Reilly | 1997 | 6.134 |
| Crash | Helen Remington | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Copycat | M.J. Monahan | 1995 | 6.477 |
| Home for the Holidays | Claudia Larson | 1995 | 6.246 |
| The Piano | Ada McGrath | 1993 | 7.4 |
| The Firm | Tammy Hemphill | 1993 | 6.737 |
| The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Wanda Holloway | 1993 | 6.409 |
| Crazy in Love | Georgie Symonds | 1992 | 4.636 |
| Once Around | Renata Bella | 1991 | 6.065 |
| Always | Dorinda Durston | 1989 | 6.236 |
| Raising Arizona | Ed | 1987 | 7.052 |
| Broadcast News | Jane Craig | 1987 | 6.8 |
| End of the Line | Charlotte | 1987 | 5.4 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Candy Marshall | 1987 | 6.15 |
| Swing Shift | Jeannie Sherman | 1984 | 5.576 |
| The Burning | Sophie | 1981 | 6.212 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | Conyers, Georgia, USA |