Holly Hunter
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1958-03-20 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Conyers, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- 홀리 헌터 · Holly Patricia Hunter · هالی هانتر
Biography
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre.
She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role in Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).
For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Later, she was nominated for two more Oscars for The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an AACTA Award, a Silver Bear, a BAFTA Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Golden Globe.
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Known For
TV Shows (33)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Experience
1988
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
Succession
2018
as Rhea Jarrell
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Guest
Big Mouth
2017
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Saving Grace
2007
as Grace Hanadarko
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Peep and the Big Wide World
2004
as Robin (voice)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Nahla Ake
Mr. Mayor
2021
as Arpi
Mulligan
2023
as (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Top of the Lake
2013
as GJ
The Frame
2013
as Helen Remington
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Bless the Harts
2019
as Marjune (voice)
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024
as Helen Parr (voice)
Pixar Popcorn
2021
as Helen Parr (voice)
Here and Now
2018
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
The Comey Rule
2020
as Sally Yates
Bonnie & Clyde
2013
as Emma Parker
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Eco-Challenge
1995
Movies (67)
The Incredibles
2004
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Senator Finch
Incredibles 2
2018
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Electric State
2025
as Madeline Vance
Crash
1996
as Helen Remington
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Penny
The Piano
1993
as Ada McGrath
The Big White
2005
as Margaret Barnell
Thirteen
2003
as Melanie
The Firm
1993
as Tammy Hemphill
The Big Sick
2017
as Beth Gardner
Incredibles 3
2028
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Copycat
1995
as M.J. Monahan
Raising Arizona
1987
as Ed
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Blood Simple
1985
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Strange Weather
2016
as Darcy Baylor
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Song to Song
2017
as Miranda
Jesus' Son
2000
as Mira
Always
1989
as Dorinda Durston
Broadcast News
1987
as Jane Craig
Little Black Book
2004
as Barb
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
Won't Back Down
2012
as Evelyn Riske
The Burning
1981
as Sophie
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
as O'Reilly
Moonlight Mile
2002
as Mona Camp
Nine Lives
2005
as Sonia
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Claudia Larson
Crazy in Love
1992
as Georgie Symonds
Manglehorn
2015
as Dawn
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
as Candy Marshall
Swing Shift
1984
as Jeannie Sherman
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Billie Jean King
Roe vs. Wade
1989
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
The Coen Brothers
2000
as Self
Living Out Loud
1998
as Judith Moore
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Karen
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Carnelle Scott
Sangre
2006
as Cafe waitress
Harlan County War
2000
as Ruby Kincaid
Timecode
2000
as Renee Fishbine
Woman Wanted
1999
as Emma Riley
End of the Line
1987
as Charlotte
Down from the Mountain
2001
as Self
Levity
2003
as Adele Easley
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
Breakable You
2017
as Eleanor Weller
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Self (uncredited)
Jackie
2012
as Jackie
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
Paradise
2013
as Melanie Mannerheim
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
as Wanda Holloway
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Once Around
1991
as Renata Bella
Svengali
1983
as Leslie
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Elastigirl (voice)
Animal Behavior
1989
as Coral Grable
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
as Self / Mona Camp
From the Bottom of the Lake
2013
as herself
With Intent to Kill
1984
as Wynn Nolen
Hurricanna
2025
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
1989
as Narrator (voice)
About Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre. She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later,… With 100 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Holly Hunter has appeared in 67 films and 33 TV shows.
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- The Incredibles (2004) — as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Senator Finch
- Incredibles 2 (2018) — as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
- The Electric State (2025) — as Madeline Vance
- Crash (1996) — as Helen Remington
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