Holly Hunter
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
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
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
as Penny
Crash (1996)
as Helen Remington
The Firm (1993)
as Tammy Hemphill
The Piano (1993)
as Ada McGrath
Thirteen (2003)
as Melanie
Blood Simple (1985)
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Copycat (1995)
as M.J. Monahan
Raising Arizona (1987)
as Ed
The Big Sick (2017)
as Beth Gardner
Incredibles 3 (2028)
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
as O'Reilly
Always (1989)
as Dorinda Durston
Song to Song (2017)
as Miranda
The Burning (1981)
as Sophie
The Big White (2005)
as Margaret Barnell
Broadcast News (1987)
as Jane Craig
Nine Lives (2005)
as Sonia
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
as Self
Won't Back Down (2012)
as Evelyn Riske
Manglehorn (2015)
as Dawn
Little Black Book (2004)
as Barb
Moonlight Mile (2002)
as Mona Camp
Levity (2003)
as Adele Easley
Strange Weather (2016)
as Darcy Baylor
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Claudia Larson
Swing Shift (1984)
as Jeannie Sherman
Jesus' Son (2000)
as Mira
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
My Darling Vivian (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Living Out Loud (1998)
as Judith Moore
Once Around (1991)
as Renata Bella
Timecode (2000)
as Renee Fishbine
Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Carnelle Scott
Breakable You (2017)
as Eleanor Weller
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Woman Wanted (1999)
as Emma Riley
Harlan County War (2000)
as Ruby Kincaid
The Coen Brothers (2000)
as Self
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
as Billie Jean King
Paradise (2013)
as Melanie Mannerheim
End of the Line (1987)
as Charlotte
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
as Wanda Holloway
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Elastigirl (voice)
Crazy in Love (1992)
as Georgie Symonds
Animal Behavior (1989)
as Coral Grable
Hurricanna (2025)
Actor
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
as Candy Marshall
With Intent to Kill (1984)
as Wynn Nolen
Festival in Cannes (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011)
Actor
Down from the Mountain (2001)
as Self
Inside 'The Piano' (1993)
as Self
Svengali (1983)
as Leslie
Sangre (2006)
as Cafe waitress
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (2003)
as Self / Mona Camp
An Uncommon Love (1983)
as Karen
Jackie (2012)
as Jackie
From the Bottom of the Lake (2013)
as herself
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs (1989)
as Narrator (voice)