Holly Hunter
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Incredibles (2004)
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
as Senator Finch
Incredibles 2 (2018)
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Electric State (2025)
as Madeline Vance
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
as Penny
The Firm (1993)
as Tammy Hemphill
The Piano (1993)
as Ada McGrath
Crash (1996)
as Helen Remington
Raising Arizona (1987)
as Ed
Blood Simple (1985)
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Thirteen (2003)
as Melanie
The Big Sick (2017)
as Beth Gardner
Little Black Book (2004)
as Barb
Copycat (1995)
as M.J. Monahan
Broadcast News (1987)
as Jane Craig
Song to Song (2017)
as Miranda
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
as O'Reilly
Always (1989)
as Dorinda Durston
Incredibles 3 (2028)
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Won't Back Down (2012)
as Evelyn Riske
The Burning (1981)
as Sophie
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Claudia Larson
Moonlight Mile (2002)
as Mona Camp
The Big White (2005)
as Margaret Barnell
Nine Lives (2005)
as Sonia
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
as Self
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Living Out Loud (1998)
as Judith Moore
Strange Weather (2016)
as Darcy Baylor
End of the Line (1987)
as Charlotte
Manglehorn (2015)
as Dawn
Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
as Wanda Holloway
Jesus' Son (2000)
as Mira
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
as Billie Jean King
Breakable You (2017)
as Eleanor Weller
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Carnelle Scott
Levity (2003)
as Adele Easley
Timecode (2000)
as Renee Fishbine
Once Around (1991)
as Renata Bella
Swing Shift (1984)
as Jeannie Sherman
My Darling Vivian (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011)
Actor
The Coen Brothers (2000)
as Self
Harlan County War (2000)
as Ruby Kincaid
Paradise (2013)
as Melanie Mannerheim
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Woman Wanted (1999)
as Emma Riley
With Intent to Kill (1984)
as Wynn Nolen
Down from the Mountain (2001)
as Self
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
as Candy Marshall
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (2003)
as Self / Mona Camp
Sangre (2006)
as Cafe waitress
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Crazy in Love (1992)
as Georgie Symonds
Hurricanna (2025)
Actor
From the Bottom of the Lake (2013)
as herself
Inside 'The Piano' (1993)
as Self
Jackie (2012)
as Jackie
Animal Behavior (1989)
as Coral Grable
Festival in Cannes (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Elastigirl (voice)
Svengali (1983)
as Leslie
An Uncommon Love (1983)
as Karen
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs (1989)
as Narrator (voice)