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)
Blood Simple (1985)
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Crash (1996)
as Helen Remington
The Electric State (2025)
as Madeline Vance
Copycat (1995)
as M.J. Monahan
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
as Penny
The Firm (1993)
as Tammy Hemphill
The Piano (1993)
as Ada McGrath
Thirteen (2003)
as Melanie
The Big Sick (2017)
as Beth Gardner
Incredibles 3 (2028)
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Raising Arizona (1987)
as Ed
Jesus' Son (2000)
as Mira
Little Black Book (2004)
as Barb
The Burning (1981)
as Sophie
Song to Song (2017)
as Miranda
Always (1989)
as Dorinda Durston
Timecode (2000)
as Renee Fishbine
The Big White (2005)
as Margaret Barnell
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
as O'Reilly
My Darling Vivian (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Weather (2016)
as Darcy Baylor
Broadcast News (1987)
as Jane Craig
End of the Line (1987)
as Charlotte
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
as Self
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Manglehorn (2015)
as Dawn
Nine Lives (2005)
as Sonia
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Won't Back Down (2012)
as Evelyn Riske
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Claudia Larson
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
The Coen Brothers (2000)
as Self
Levity (2003)
as Adele Easley
Crazy in Love (1992)
as Georgie Symonds
Sangre (2006)
as Cafe waitress
Moonlight Mile (2002)
as Mona Camp
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Elastigirl (voice)
Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
as Billie Jean King
An Uncommon Love (1983)
as Karen
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
as Wanda Holloway
Inside 'The Piano' (1993)
as Self
Hurricanna (2027)
Actor
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Carnelle Scott
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Woman Wanted (1999)
as Emma Riley
Swing Shift (1984)
as Jeannie Sherman
Living Out Loud (1998)
as Judith Moore
Once Around (1991)
as Renata Bella
Paradise (2013)
as Melanie Mannerheim
From the Bottom of the Lake (2013)
as herself
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
as Candy Marshall
Festival in Cannes (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Breakable You (2017)
as Eleanor Weller
Down from the Mountain (2001)
as Self
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (2003)
as Self / Mona Camp
With Intent to Kill (1984)
as Wynn Nolen
Harlan County War (2000)
as Ruby Kincaid
Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011)
Actor
Animal Behavior (1989)
as Coral Grable
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Svengali (1983)
as Leslie
Jackie (2012)
as Jackie