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Holly Hunter
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 20, 1958 (68 years)
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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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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| 2028 | Incredibles 3 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2026 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV Series) · as Nahla Ake |
| 2025 | Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort · as Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | The Electric State · as Madeline Vance |
| 2024 | LEGO Pixar: BrickToons (TV Series) · as Helen Parr (voice) |
| 2023 | Mulligan (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2021 | Pixar Popcorn (TV Series) · as Helen Parr (voice) |
| 2021 | Mr. Mayor (TV Series) · as Arpi |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule (TV Series) · as Sally Yates |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as Marjune (voice) |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) · as Rhea Jarrell |
| 2018 | Here and Now (2018) (TV Series) · as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright |
| 2017 | Big Mouth (TV Series) |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Beth Gardner |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Miranda |
| 2017 | Breakable You · as Eleanor Weller |
| 2016 | Strange Weather · as Darcy Baylor |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Senator Finch |
| 2014 | Manglehorn · as Dawn |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde (TV Series) · as Emma Parker |
| 2013 | Paradise · as Melanie Mannerheim |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Helen Remington |
| 2013 | Top of the Lake (TV Series) · as Gj |
| 2012 | Won't Back Down · as Evelyn Riske |
| 2012 | Jackie · as Jackie |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2008 | Reinventando Hollywood · as Grace Hanadarko |
| 2007 | Saving Grace (2007) (TV Series) · as Grace Hanadarko |
| 2005 | The Big White · as Margaret Barnell |
| 2005 | Nine Lives · as Sonia |
| 2004 | The Incredibles · as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) |
| 2004 | Little Black Book · as Barb |
| 2004 | Peep and the Big Wide World (TV Series) · as Robin (voice) |
| 2003 | Thirteen · as Melanie |
| 2003 | Levity · as Adele Easley |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Mona Camp |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby · as Billie Jean King |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her · as Rebecca Waynon (segment "fantasies About Rebecca") |
| 2000 | 20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Jane Craig |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? · as Penny |
| 2000 | Harlan County War · as Ruby Kincaid |
| 2000 | Timecode · as Renee Fishbine |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son · as Mira |
| 1999 | Woman Wanted · as Emma Riley |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud · as Judith Moore |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary · as O'reilly |
| 1996 | Crash · as Helen Remington |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays · as Claudia Larson |
| 1995 | Copycat · as M.j. Monahan |
| 1995 | The Way West · as Narrator |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Tammy Hemphill |
| 1993 | The Piano · as Ada Mcgrath |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom · as Wanda Holloway |
| 1992 | Crazy in Love · as Georgie Symonds |
| 1991 | Once Around · as Renata Bella |
| 1989 | Always · as Dorinda Durston |
| 1989 | Animal Behavior · as Coral Grable |
| 1989 | Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade · as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe |
| 1989 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff and the Three Little Pigs · as Narrator |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker · as Carnelle Scott |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Mary Lincoln (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Broadcast News · as Jane Craig |
| 1987 | End of the Line · as Charlotte |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men · as Candy Marshall |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona · as Ed |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill · as Wynn Nolen |
| 1984 | Blood Simple · as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Swing Shift · as Jeannie Sherman |
| 1983 | Svengali · as Leslie |
| 1981 | The Burning · as Sophie |
| 1981 | Nurse (TV Series) · as Cast |