Holly Hunter
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.
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
Movie
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
1993
TV
Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
2018
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
