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

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Incredibles

    The Incredibles

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Incredibles 2

    Incredibles 2

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Succession

    Succession

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Skavlan

    Skavlan

  • Blood Simple

    Blood Simple

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Mulligan

    Mulligan

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • Thirteen

    Thirteen

  • Raising Arizona

    Raising Arizona

  • Mr. Mayor

    Mr. Mayor

  • Broadcast News

    Broadcast News

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Copycat

    Copycat

  • A Life Less Ordinary

    A Life Less Ordinary

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Incredibles 3

    Incredibles 3

  • Bless the Harts

    Bless the Harts

  • The Firm

    The Firm

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Little Black Book

    Little Black Book

  • Swing Shift

    Swing Shift

  • The Big Sick

    The Big Sick

  • The Piano

    The Piano

  • A Gathering of Old Men

    A Gathering of Old Men

  • Top of the Lake

    Top of the Lake

  • Always

    Always

  • The Burning

    The Burning

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Moonlight Mile

    Moonlight Mile

  • Levity

    Levity

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • The Coen Brothers

    The Coen Brothers

  • Strange Weather

    Strange Weather

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • The Comey Rule

    The Comey Rule

  • Breakable You

    Breakable You

  • Living Out Loud

    Living Out Loud

  • Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

    Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

  • Pixar Popcorn

    Pixar Popcorn

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

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

  • Crazy in Love

    Crazy in Love

  • Bergman: A Year in a Life

    Bergman: A Year in a Life

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • When Billie Beat Bobby

    When Billie Beat Bobby

  • Animal Behavior

    Animal Behavior

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain

  • Trespassing Bergman

    Trespassing Bergman

  • LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

    LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

  • An Uncommon Love

    An Uncommon Love

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • Bonnie & Clyde

    Bonnie & Clyde

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

  • Jackie

    Jackie

  • Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

  • Svengali

    Svengali

  • Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

  • Eco-Challenge

    Eco-Challenge

  • Song to Song

    Song to Song

  • Won't Back Down

    Won't Back Down

  • My Darling Vivian

    My Darling Vivian

  • End of the Line

    End of the Line

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • With Intent to Kill

    With Intent to Kill

  • Portraits in Dramatic Time

    Portraits in Dramatic Time

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Manglehorn

    Manglehorn

  • From the Bottom of the Lake

    From the Bottom of the Lake

  • Timecode

    Timecode

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Miss Firecracker

    Miss Firecracker

  • Sangre

    Sangre

  • Inside 'The Piano'

    Inside 'The Piano'

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • Hurricanna

    Hurricanna

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

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