Holly Hunter
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.
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Acting
Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Senator Finch
2016
Movie
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2004
Movie
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2018
Movie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Penny
2000
Movie
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner
2017
Movie
Raising Arizona
as Ed
1987
Movie
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill
1993
Movie
Thirteen
as Melanie
2003
Movie
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance
2025
TV
Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
2018
Movie
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
1993
Movie
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Movie
Crash
as Helen Remington
1996
Movie
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan
1995
TV
Big Mouth
2017
Movie
Song to Song
as Miranda
2017
Movie
Always
as Dorinda Durston
1989
Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly
1997
Movie
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig
1987
Movie
The Burning
as Sophie
1981
TV
Top of the Lake
as GJ
2013
Movie
Little Black Book
as Barb
2004
Movie
The Big White
as Margaret Barnell
2005
Movie
Spielberg
as Self
2017
