Holly Hunter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

99

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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The View

    The View

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • The Incredibles

    The Incredibles

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Incredibles 2

    Incredibles 2

  • The Piano

    The Piano

  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

  • Skavlan

    Skavlan

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Levity

    Levity

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • Breakable You

    Breakable You

  • Jackie

    Jackie

  • Peep and the Big Wide World

    Peep and the Big Wide World

  • Svengali

    Svengali

  • Mulligan

    Mulligan

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Mr. Mayor

    Mr. Mayor

  • Top of the Lake

    Top of the Lake

  • The Firm

    The Firm

  • Thirteen

    Thirteen

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Moonlight Mile

    Moonlight Mile

  • Crazy in Love

    Crazy in Love

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • End of the Line

    End of the Line

  • Pixar Popcorn

    Pixar Popcorn

  • My Darling Vivian

    My Darling Vivian

  • Incredibles 3

    Incredibles 3

  • LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

    LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

  • Bless the Harts

    Bless the Harts

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Raising Arizona

    Raising Arizona

  • Strange Weather

    Strange Weather

  • Copycat

    Copycat

  • The Coen Brothers

    The Coen Brothers

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • Trespassing Bergman

    Trespassing Bergman

  • Blood Simple

    Blood Simple

  • The Big Sick

    The Big Sick

  • Bonnie & Clyde

    Bonnie & Clyde

  • The Burning

    The Burning

  • The Comey Rule

    The Comey Rule

  • Always

    Always

  • An Uncommon Love

    An Uncommon Love

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Inside 'The Piano'

    Inside 'The Piano'

  • Broadcast News

    Broadcast News

  • Sangre

    Sangre

  • Little Black Book

    Little Black Book

  • Timecode

    Timecode

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

  • Swing Shift

    Swing Shift

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • Song to Song

    Song to Song

  • A Life Less Ordinary

    A Life Less Ordinary

  • From the Bottom of the Lake

    From the Bottom of the Lake

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

  • When Billie Beat Bobby

    When Billie Beat Bobby

  • Won't Back Down

    Won't Back Down

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Living Out Loud

    Living Out Loud

  • Manglehorn

    Manglehorn

  • Eco-Challenge

    Eco-Challenge

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Hurricanna

    Hurricanna

  • Bergman: A Year in a Life

    Bergman: A Year in a Life

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

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

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • Miss Firecracker

    Miss Firecracker

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • Animal Behavior

    Animal Behavior

  • A Gathering of Old Men

    A Gathering of Old Men

  • Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

  • Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

    Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

  • Portraits in Dramatic Time

    Portraits in Dramatic Time

  • With Intent to Kill

    With Intent to Kill

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

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

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain