Holly Hunter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-03-20 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Conyers, Georgia, USA

Holly Hunter

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.

Known For

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Succession

    Succession

  • The View

    The View

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Incredibles

    The Incredibles

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Incredibles 2

    Incredibles 2

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Skavlan

    Skavlan

  • The Burning

    The Burning

  • Trespassing Bergman

    Trespassing Bergman

  • The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

    The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Broadcast News

    Broadcast News

  • The Piano

    The Piano

  • The Firm

    The Firm

  • Mulligan

    Mulligan

  • Copycat

    Copycat

  • Pixar Popcorn

    Pixar Popcorn

  • Levity

    Levity

  • Always

    Always

  • Mr. Mayor

    Mr. Mayor

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Thirteen

    Thirteen

  • Breakable You

    Breakable You

  • Top of the Lake

    Top of the Lake

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

  • Animal Behavior

    Animal Behavior

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Strange Weather

    Strange Weather

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • Bless the Harts

    Bless the Harts

  • Incredibles 3

    Incredibles 3

  • Swing Shift

    Swing Shift

  • Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

  • Moonlight Mile

    Moonlight Mile

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • The Comey Rule

    The Comey Rule

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Jackie

    Jackie

  • Raising Arizona

    Raising Arizona

  • The Big Sick

    The Big Sick

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • Blood Simple

    Blood Simple

  • Little Black Book

    Little Black Book

  • A Life Less Ordinary

    A Life Less Ordinary

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

    Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

  • Svengali

    Svengali

  • Bergman: A Year in a Life

    Bergman: A Year in a Life

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • Song to Song

    Song to Song

  • When Billie Beat Bobby

    When Billie Beat Bobby

  • LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

    LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

  • Won't Back Down

    Won't Back Down

  • Bonnie & Clyde

    Bonnie & Clyde

  • A Gathering of Old Men

    A Gathering of Old Men

  • With Intent to Kill

    With Intent to Kill

  • Crazy in Love

    Crazy in Love

  • Living Out Loud

    Living Out Loud

  • My Darling Vivian

    My Darling Vivian

  • Timecode

    Timecode

  • Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

  • An Uncommon Love

    An Uncommon Love

  • From the Bottom of the Lake

    From the Bottom of the Lake

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain

  • End of the Line

    End of the Line

  • Portraits in Dramatic Time

    Portraits in Dramatic Time

  • Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs

    Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Inside 'The Piano'

    Inside 'The Piano'

  • The Coen Brothers

    The Coen Brothers

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • Miss Firecracker

    Miss Firecracker

  • Eco-Challenge

    Eco-Challenge

  • Manglehorn

    Manglehorn

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Hurricanna

    Hurricanna

  • Sangre

    Sangre