Holly Hunter
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
Succession
Rhea Jarrell
2018
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Series
Big Mouth
2017
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
Film
The Incredibles
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2004
Series
American Experience
Mary Lincoln (voice)
1988
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Senator Finch
2016
Film
Incredibles 2
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2018
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Nahla Ake
2026
Series
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
Film
The Electric State
Madeline Vance
2025
Series
Saving Grace
Grace Hanadarko
2007
Series
Peep and the Big Wide World
Robin (voice)
2004
Film
The Firm
Tammy Hemphill
1993
Film
Thirteen
Melanie
2003
Film
The Big Sick
Beth Gardner
2017
Film
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Penny
2000
Series
Mulligan
(voice)
2023
Film
Crash
Helen Remington
1996
Film
The Piano
Ada McGrath
1993
Series
Mr. Mayor
Arpi
2021
Series
Top of the Lake
GJ
2013
Series
Bless the Harts
Marjune (voice)
2019
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
Raising Arizona
Ed
1987
Film
Blood Simple
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Film
Copycat
M.J. Monahan
1995
Series
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Helen Parr (voice)
2024
Series
Pixar Popcorn
Helen Parr (voice)
2021
Series
The Frame
Helen Remington
2013
Film
Song to Song
Miranda
2017
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Always
Dorinda Durston
1989
Film
The Burning
Sophie
1981
Film
The Big White
Margaret Barnell
2005
Series
Here and Now
Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
2018
Series
Bonnie & Clyde
Emma Parker
2013
Series
The Comey Rule
Sally Yates
2020
Film
Incredibles 3
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
2028
Film
A Life Less Ordinary
O'Reilly
1997
Film
Nine Lives
Sonia
2005
Film
Jesus' Son
Mira
2000
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Broadcast News
Jane Craig
1987
Film
Little Black Book
Barb
2004
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
Film
Strange Weather
Darcy Baylor
2016
Film
Moonlight Mile
Mona Camp
2002
Film
Home for the Holidays
Claudia Larson
1995
Film
Won't Back Down
Evelyn Riske
2012
Film
Manglehorn
Dawn
2015
Film
Swing Shift
Jeannie Sherman
1984
Film
Timecode
Renee Fishbine
2000
Film
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Film
End of the Line
Charlotte
1987
Film
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
Film
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
2000
Film
Crazy in Love
Georgie Symonds
1992
Film
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
Film
Woman Wanted
Emma Riley
1999
Film
Once Around
Renata Bella
1991
Series
Eco-Challenge
1995
Film
Levity
Adele Easley
2003
Film
Breakable You
Eleanor Weller
2017
Film
The Coen Brothers
Self
2000
Film
Roe vs. Wade
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
1989
Film
Paradise
Melanie Mannerheim
2013
Film
Down from the Mountain
Self
2001
Film
Harlan County War
Ruby Kincaid
2000
Film
Living Out Loud
Judith Moore
1998
Film
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Mona Camp
2003
Film
Miss Firecracker
Carnelle Scott
1989
Film
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Film
When Billie Beat Bobby
Billie Jean King
2001
An Uncommon Love
Karen
1983
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Wanda Holloway
1993
Film
With Intent to Kill
Wynn Nolen
1984
Film
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
Elastigirl (voice)
2025
Film
A Gathering of Old Men
Candy Marshall
1987
Sangre
Cafe waitress
2006
Film
Festival in Cannes
Self (uncredited)
2001
From the Bottom of the Lake
herself
2013
Film
Inside 'The Piano'
Self
1993
Film
Hurricanna
2025
Film
Svengali
Leslie
1983
Film
Animal Behavior
Coral Grable
1989
Film
Jackie
Jackie
2012
Film
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Narrator (voice)
1989