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