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Holly Hunter

Actor

Holly Hunter

Born March 20, 1958 in Conyers, Georgia, USA54 films

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.

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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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Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2028Incredibles 3Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
  2. 2025Hurricanna
  3. 2025The Electric StateMadeline Vance
  4. 2018Incredibles 2Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
  5. 2017The Big SickBeth Gardner
  6. 2017Song to SongMiranda
  7. 2017Breakable YouEleanor Weller
  8. 2016Strange WeatherDarcy Baylor
  9. 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeSenator Finch
  10. 2015ManglehornDawn
  11. 2013ParadiseMelanie Mannerheim
  12. 2012Won't Back DownEvelyn Riske
  13. 2012JackieJackie
  14. 2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
  15. 2006SangreCafe waitress
  16. 2005The Big WhiteMargaret Barnell
  17. 2005Nine LivesSonia
  18. 2004The IncrediblesHelen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
  19. 2004Little Black BookBarb
  20. 2003ThirteenMelanie
  21. 2003LevityAdele Easley
  22. 2002Moonlight MileMona Camp
  23. 2001When Billie Beat BobbyBillie Jean King
  24. 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Penny
  25. 2000Jesus' SonMira
  26. 2000Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerRebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
  27. 2000Harlan County WarRuby Kincaid
  28. 2000TimecodeRenee Fishbine
  29. 1999Woman WantedEmma Riley
  30. 1998Living Out LoudJudith Moore
  31. 1997A Life Less OrdinaryO'Reilly
  32. 1996CrashHelen Remington
  33. 1995Home for the HolidaysClaudia Larson
  34. 1995CopycatM.J. Monahan
  35. 1993The FirmTammy Hemphill
  36. 1993The PianoAda McGrath
  37. 1993The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering MomWanda Holloway
  38. 1992Crazy in LoveGeorgie Symonds
  39. 1991Once AroundRenata Bella
  40. 1989AlwaysDorinda Durston
  41. 1989Animal BehaviorCoral Grable
  42. 1989Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little PigsNarrator (voice)
  43. 1989Roe vs. WadeEllen Russell / Jane Doe
  44. 1989Miss FirecrackerCarnelle Scott
  45. 1987Broadcast NewsJane Craig
  46. 1987End of the LineCharlotte
  47. 1987A Gathering of Old MenCandy Marshall
  48. 1987Raising ArizonaEd
  49. 1985Blood SimpleHelene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
  50. 1984With Intent to KillWynn Nolen
  51. 1984Swing ShiftJeannie Sherman
  52. 1983An Uncommon LoveKaren
  53. 1983SvengaliLeslie
  54. 1981The BurningSophie