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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105660
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Filmography (Movies)
The Electric State
Character:Madeline Vance
Release Date:07/03/2025
My Darling Vivian
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/04/2020
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2018
Incredibles 2
Character:Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Release Date:14/06/2018
Spielberg
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2017
The Big Sick
Character:Beth Gardner
Release Date:30/03/2017
Song to Song
Character:Miranda
Release Date:17/03/2017
Breakable You
Character:Eleanor Weller
Release Date:07/01/2017
Strange Weather
Character:Darcy Baylor
Release Date:12/09/2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Character:Senator Finch
Release Date:23/03/2016
Manglehorn
Character:Dawn
Release Date:03/06/2015
Paradise
Character:Melanie Mannerheim
Release Date:18/10/2013
From the Bottom of the Lake
Character:herself
Release Date:18/09/2013
Trespassing Bergman
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2013
Won't Back Down
Character:Evelyn Riske
Release Date:28/09/2012
Jackie
Character:Jackie
Release Date:10/05/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Character:
Release Date:05/07/2011
Sangre
Character:Cafe waitress
Release Date:01/01/2006
The Big White
Character:Margaret Barnell
Release Date:27/10/2005
Nine Lives
Character:Sonia
Release Date:02/09/2005
The Incredibles
Character:Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Release Date:05/11/2004
Little Black Book
Character:Barb
Release Date:06/08/2004
Thirteen
Character:Melanie
Release Date:20/08/2003
Levity
Character:Adele Easley
Release Date:16/03/2003
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Character:Self / Mona Camp
Release Date:11/03/2003
Moonlight Mile
Character:Mona Camp
Release Date:09/09/2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2002
Festival in Cannes
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:03/11/2001
Down from the Mountain
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
Character:Billie Jean King
Release Date:16/04/2001
The Coen Brothers
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Character:Penny
Release Date:30/08/2000
Jesus' Son
Character:Mira
Release Date:16/06/2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Character:Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Release Date:27/05/2000
Harlan County War
Character:Ruby Kincaid
Release Date:19/05/2000
Timecode
Character:Renee Fishbine
Release Date:28/04/2000
Woman Wanted
Character:Emma Riley
Release Date:14/08/1999
Living Out Loud
Character:Judith Moore
Release Date:30/10/1998
A Life Less Ordinary
Character:O'Reilly
Release Date:24/10/1997
Crash
Character:Helen Remington
Release Date:17/07/1996
Home for the Holidays
Character:Claudia Larson
Release Date:02/11/1995
Copycat
Character:M.J. Monahan
Release Date:27/10/1995
The Firm
Character:Tammy Hemphill
Release Date:30/06/1993
The Piano
Character:Ada McGrath
Release Date:18/05/1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Character:Wanda Holloway
Release Date:10/04/1993
Inside 'The Piano'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1993
Crazy in Love
Character:Georgie Symonds
Release Date:10/08/1992
Once Around
Character:Renata Bella
Release Date:18/01/1991
Always
Character:Dorinda Durston
Release Date:22/12/1989
Animal Behavior
Character:Coral Grable
Release Date:27/10/1989
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1989
Roe vs. Wade
Character:Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Release Date:15/05/1989
Miss Firecracker
Character:Carnelle Scott
Release Date:28/04/1989
Broadcast News
Character:Jane Craig
Release Date:16/12/1987
End of the Line
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:28/08/1987
A Gathering of Old Men
Character:Candy Marshall
Release Date:10/05/1987
Raising Arizona
Character:Ed
Release Date:13/03/1987
Blood Simple
Character:Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/01/1985
With Intent to Kill
Character:Wynn Nolen
Release Date:24/10/1984
Swing Shift
Character:Jeannie Sherman
Release Date:13/04/1984
An Uncommon Love
Character:Karen
Release Date:30/11/1983
Svengali
Character:Leslie
Release Date:09/03/1983
The Burning
Character:Sophie
Release Date:08/05/1981
Television Appearances
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Character:Nahla Ake
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Character:Helen Parr (voice)
Mulligan
Character:(voice)
Pixar Popcorn
Character:Helen Parr (voice)
Mr. Mayor
Character:Arpi
The Comey Rule
Character:Sally Yates
Bless the Harts
Character:Marjune (voice)
Succession
Character:Rhea Jarrell
Here and Now
Character:Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
Big Mouth
Character:
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Bonnie & Clyde
Character:Emma Parker
The Frame
Character:Helen Remington
Top of the Lake
Character:GJ
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Skavlan
Character:Self - Guest
Saving Grace
Character:Grace Hanadarko
Peep and the Big Wide World
Character:Robin (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self - Guest
Eco-Challenge
Character:
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
American Experience
Character:Mary Lincoln (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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