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Holly Hunter

Acting Born Mar 20, 1958 Conyers, Georgia, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

American Experience

as Mary Lincoln (voice)

Succession

as Rhea Jarrell
Film

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Senator Finch
Film

The Incredibles

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Full filmography

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • American Experience (1988) as Mary Lincoln (voice)
  • The View (1997) as Self - Guest
  • Succession (2018) as Rhea Jarrell
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Big Mouth (2017)
  • Peep and the Big Wide World (2004) as Robin (voice)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Senator Finch
  • The Incredibles (2004) as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self - Guest
  • Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Incredibles 2 (2018) as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
  • Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) as Self
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) as Self - Guest
  • Saving Grace (2007) as Grace Hanadarko
  • Skavlan (2009) as Self - Guest
  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026) as Nahla Ake
  • Crash (1996) as Helen Remington
  • Mulligan (2023) as (voice)