Actor profile

Holly Hunter

20th March 1958 Conyers, Georgia, USA Acting

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.

66 Movies 33 TV Shows 1 In Production 100 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort poster

Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort 16th July 2025 as Elastigirl (voice)

Hurricanna poster

Hurricanna 11th June 2025

The Electric State poster

The Electric State 7th March 2025 as Madeline Vance

My Darling Vivian poster

My Darling Vivian 27th April 2020 as Self (archive footage)

Bergman: A Year in a Life poster

Bergman: A Year in a Life 12th July 2018 as Self

Incredibles 2 poster

Incredibles 2 14th June 2018 as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Spielberg poster

Spielberg 5th October 2017 as Self

The Big Sick poster

The Big Sick 30th March 2017 as Beth Gardner

Song to Song poster

Song to Song 17th March 2017 as Miranda

Breakable You poster

Breakable You 7th January 2017 as Eleanor Weller

Strange Weather poster

Strange Weather 12th September 2016 as Darcy Baylor

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice poster

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 23rd March 2016 as Senator Finch

Manglehorn poster

Manglehorn 3rd June 2015 as Dawn

Paradise poster

Paradise 18th October 2013 as Melanie Mannerheim

From the Bottom of the Lake 18th September 2013 as herself

Trespassing Bergman poster

Trespassing Bergman 28th August 2013 as Self

Won't Back Down poster

Won't Back Down 28th September 2012 as Evelyn Riske

Jackie poster

Jackie 10th May 2012 as Jackie

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 4th February 2012 as (archive footage)

Portraits in Dramatic Time poster

Portraits in Dramatic Time 5th July 2011

Sangre 1st January 2006 as Cafe waitress

The Big White poster

The Big White 27th October 2005 as Margaret Barnell

Nine Lives poster

Nine Lives 2nd September 2005 as Sonia

The Incredibles poster

The Incredibles 27th October 2004 as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Little Black Book poster

Little Black Book 6th August 2004 as Barb

Thirteen poster

Thirteen 20th August 2003 as Melanie

Levity poster

Levity 16th March 2003 as Adele Easley

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen poster

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen 11th March 2003 as Self / Mona Camp

Moonlight Mile poster

Moonlight Mile 9th September 2002 as Mona Camp

Searching for Debra Winger poster

Searching for Debra Winger 13th July 2002 as Self

Festival in Cannes poster

Festival in Cannes 3rd November 2001 as Self (uncredited)

Down from the Mountain poster

Down from the Mountain 5th June 2001 as Self

When Billie Beat Bobby poster

When Billie Beat Bobby 16th April 2001 as Billie Jean King

The Coen Brothers poster

The Coen Brothers 1st November 2000 as Self

O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster

O Brother, Where Art Thou? 30th August 2000 as Penny

Jesus' Son poster

Jesus' Son 16th June 2000 as Mira

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her poster

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her 27th May 2000 as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Harlan County War poster

Harlan County War 19th May 2000 as Ruby Kincaid

Timecode poster

Timecode 28th April 2000 as Renee Fishbine

Woman Wanted poster

Woman Wanted 14th August 1999 as Emma Riley

Living Out Loud poster

Living Out Loud 30th October 1998 as Judith Moore

A Life Less Ordinary poster

A Life Less Ordinary 24th October 1997 as O'Reilly

Crash poster

Crash 17th July 1996 as Helen Remington

Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays 2nd November 1995 as Claudia Larson

Copycat poster

Copycat 27th October 1995 as M.J. Monahan

The Firm poster

The Firm 30th June 1993 as Tammy Hemphill

The Piano poster

The Piano 18th May 1993 as Ada McGrath

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom poster

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 10th April 1993 as Wanda Holloway

Inside 'The Piano' poster

Inside 'The Piano' 1st January 1993 as Self

Crazy in Love poster

Crazy in Love 10th August 1992 as Georgie Symonds

Once Around poster

Once Around 18th January 1991 as Renata Bella

Always poster

Always 22nd December 1989 as Dorinda Durston

Animal Behavior poster

Animal Behavior 27th October 1989 as Coral Grable

Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs poster

Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs 1st September 1989 as Narrator (voice)

Roe vs. Wade poster

Roe vs. Wade 15th May 1989 as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Miss Firecracker poster

Miss Firecracker 28th April 1989 as Carnelle Scott

Broadcast News poster

Broadcast News 16th December 1987 as Jane Craig

End of the Line poster

End of the Line 28th August 1987 as Charlotte

A Gathering of Old Men poster

A Gathering of Old Men 10th May 1987 as Candy Marshall

Raising Arizona poster

Raising Arizona 13th March 1987 as Ed

Blood Simple poster

Blood Simple 18th January 1985 as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

With Intent to Kill poster

With Intent to Kill 24th October 1984 as Wynn Nolen

Swing Shift poster

Swing Shift 13th April 1984 as Jeannie Sherman

An Uncommon Love 30th November 1983 as Karen

Svengali poster

Svengali 9th March 1983 as Leslie

The Burning poster

The Burning 8th May 1981 as Sophie

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy poster

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 15th January 2026 as Nahla Ake

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons poster

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons 4th September 2024 as Helen Parr (voice)

Mulligan poster

Mulligan 12th May 2023 as (voice)

Pixar Popcorn poster

Pixar Popcorn 22nd January 2021 as Helen Parr (voice)

Mr. Mayor poster

Mr. Mayor 7th January 2021 as Arpi

The Comey Rule poster

The Comey Rule 27th September 2020 as Sally Yates

Bless the Harts poster

Bless the Harts 29th September 2019 as Marjune (voice)

Succession poster

Succession 3rd June 2018 as Rhea Jarrell

Here and Now poster

Here and Now 11th February 2018 as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright

Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth 29th September 2017

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 21st December 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones 6th February 2014 as Self

Bonnie & Clyde poster

Bonnie & Clyde 8th December 2013 as Emma Parker

The Frame poster

The Frame 9th April 2013 as Helen Remington

Top of the Lake poster

Top of the Lake 18th March 2013 as GJ

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2nd March 2009 as Self - Guest

Skavlan poster

Skavlan 16th January 2009 as Self - Guest

Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace 23rd July 2007 as Grace Hanadarko

Peep and the Big Wide World poster

Peep and the Big Wide World 12th April 2004 as Robin (voice)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self - Guest

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 10th June 1996 as Self - Guest

Eco-Challenge poster

Eco-Challenge 1st April 1995

Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio 14th August 1994 as Self

Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait 14th November 1993 as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992 as Self - Guest

American Experience poster

American Experience 4th October 1988 as Mary Lincoln (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988

Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight 15th September 1981 as Self

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

Incredibles 3 poster

Coming soon

Incredibles 3 15th June 2028 as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)