Holly Hunter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 20, 1958
- Birthplace
- Conyers, Georgia, USA
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.
Filmography
Incredibles 3 2028
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Hurricanna 2027
Actor
- Crunch
Crunch 2026
Director
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort 2025
as Elastigirl (voice)
The Electric State 2025
as Madeline Vance
My Darling Vivian 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life 2018
as Self
Incredibles 2 2018
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Spielberg 2017
as Self
The Big Sick 2017
as Beth Gardner
Song to Song 2017
as Miranda
Breakable You 2017
as Eleanor Weller
Strange Weather 2016
as Darcy Baylor
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
as Senator Finch
Manglehorn 2015
as Dawn
Paradise 2013
as Melanie Mannerheim
- From the Bottom of the Lake
From the Bottom of the Lake 2013
as herself
Trespassing Bergman 2013
as Self
Won't Back Down 2012
as Evelyn Riske
Jackie 2012
as Jackie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
Portraits in Dramatic Time 2011
Actor
- Sangre
Sangre 2006
as Cafe waitress
The Big White 2005
as Margaret Barnell
Nine Lives 2005
as Sonia
The Incredibles 2004
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Little Black Book 2004
as Barb
Thirteen 2003
as Melanie, Executive Producer
Levity 2003
as Adele Easley
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen 2003
as Self / Mona Camp
Moonlight Mile 2002
as Mona Camp
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
as Self
Festival in Cannes 2001
as Self (uncredited)
Down from the Mountain 2001
as Self
When Billie Beat Bobby 2001
as Billie Jean King, Co-Executive Producer
The Coen Brothers 2000
as Self
Lost Souls 2000
Thanks
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
as Penny
Jesus' Son 2000
as Mira
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her 2000
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Harlan County War 2000
as Ruby Kincaid
Timecode 2000
as Renee Fishbine
Woman Wanted 1999
as Emma Riley
Living Out Loud 1998
as Judith Moore
A Life Less Ordinary 1997
as O'Reilly
Crash 1996
as Helen Remington
Home for the Holidays 1995
as Claudia Larson
Copycat 1995
as M.J. Monahan
The Firm 1993
as Tammy Hemphill
The Piano 1993
as Ada McGrath
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 1993
as Wanda Holloway
Inside 'The Piano' 1993
as Self
Crazy in Love 1992
as Georgie Symonds
Once Around 1991
as Renata Bella
Always 1989
as Dorinda Durston
Animal Behavior 1989
as Coral Grable
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs 1989
as Narrator (voice)
Roe vs. Wade 1989
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Miss Firecracker 1989
as Carnelle Scott
Broadcast News 1987
as Jane Craig
End of the Line 1987
as Charlotte
A Gathering of Old Men 1987
as Candy Marshall
Raising Arizona 1987
as Ed
Blood Simple 1985
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
With Intent to Kill 1984
as Wynn Nolen
Swing Shift 1984
as Jeannie Sherman
- An Uncommon Love
An Uncommon Love 1983
as Karen
Svengali 1983
as Leslie
The Burning 1981
as Sophie
Credits from TMDB.