Holly Hunter
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 · 97
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Succession
2018 · Rhea Jarrell
American Experience
1988 · Mary Lincoln (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self - Guest
Peep and the Big Wide World
2004 · Robin (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Skavlan
2009 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self - Guest
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · Nahla Ake
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
The Incredibles
2004 · Helen Parr / Elastigir...
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Saving Grace
2007 · Grace Hanadarko
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Senator Finch
Incredibles 2
2018 · Helen Parr / Elastigir...
The Electric State
2025 · Madeline Vance
The Big Sick
2017 · Beth Gardner
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Thirteen
2003 · Melanie
Mulligan
2023 · (voice)
Crash
1996 · Helen Remington
The Piano
1993 · Ada McGrath
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Penny
The Firm
1993 · Tammy Hemphill
Top of the Lake
2013 · GJ
Mr. Mayor
2021 · Arpi
Bless the Harts
2019 · Marjune (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
The Frame
2013 · Helen Remington
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024 · Helen Parr (voice)
Pixar Popcorn
2021 · Helen Parr (voice)
The Burning
1981 · Sophie
Here and Now
2018 · Audrey Bayer-Boatwrigh...
Copycat
1995 · M.J. Monahan
Raising Arizona
1987 · Ed
The Comey Rule
2020 · Sally Yates
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Blood Simple
1985 · Helene Trend (voice) (...
Bonnie & Clyde
2013 · Emma Parker
Incredibles 3
2028 · Helen Parr / Elastigir...
The Big White
2005 · Margaret Barnell
Song to Song
2017 · Miranda
Always
1989 · Dorinda Durston
Little Black Book
2004 · Barb
Eco-Challenge
1995
Strange Weather
2016 · Darcy Baylor
Jesus' Son
2000 · Mira
Spielberg
2017 · Self
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Broadcast News
1987 · Jane Craig
A Life Less Ordinary
1997 · O'Reilly
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Claudia Larson
Nine Lives
2005 · Sonia
Moonlight Mile
2002 · Mona Camp
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
The Coen Brothers
2000 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Swing Shift
1984 · Jeannie Sherman
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Self
Living Out Loud
1998 · Judith Moore
Won't Back Down
2012 · Evelyn Riske
Roe vs. Wade
1989 · Ellen Russell / Jane D...
End of the Line
1987 · Charlotte
Timecode
2000 · Renee Fishbine
Levity
2003 · Adele Easley
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000 · Rebecca Waynon (segmen...
Crazy in Love
1992 · Georgie Symonds
Manglehorn
2015 · Dawn
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
Inside 'The Piano'
1993 · Self
Paradise
2013 · Melanie Mannerheim
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001 · Billie Jean King
Once Around
1991 · Renata Bella
Breakable You
2017 · Eleanor Weller
Woman Wanted
1999 · Emma Riley
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Carnelle Scott
Festival in Cannes
2001 · Self (uncredited)
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
2025 · Elastigirl (voice)
Harlan County War
2000 · Ruby Kincaid
Jackie
2012 · Jackie
A Gathering of Old Men
1987 · Candy Marshall
Hurricanna
2025
Down from the Mountain
2001 · Self
Svengali
1983 · Leslie
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003 · Self / Mona Camp
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993 · Wanda Holloway
Animal Behavior
1989 · Coral Grable
With Intent to Kill
1984 · Wynn Nolen
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
1989 · Narrator (voice)