Holly Hunter

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: March 20, 1958

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000-08-30

Crash
Crash

1996-07-17

Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona

1987-03-13

The Piano
The Piano

1993-05-18

Copycat
Copycat

1995-10-27

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000-05-27

Thirteen
Thirteen

2003-08-20

Always
Always

1989-12-22

Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile

2002-09-09

The Burning
The Burning

1981-05-08

A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary

1997-10-24

Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son

2000-06-16

Hurricanna
Hurricanna

Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays

1995-11-02

Broadcast News
Broadcast News

1987-12-16

The Big White
The Big White

2005-10-27

Timecode
Timecode

2000-04-28

Little Black Book
Little Black Book

2004-08-06

The Firm
The Firm

1993-06-30

Nine Lives
Nine Lives

2005-09-02

Once Around
Once Around

1991-01-18

Swing Shift
Swing Shift

1984-04-13

Living Out Loud
Living Out Loud

1998-10-30

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

1993-04-10

End of the Line
End of the Line

1987-08-28

Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted

1999-08-14

When Billie Beat Bobby
When Billie Beat Bobby

2001-04-16

A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men

1987-05-10

Jackie
Jackie

2012-05-10

Crazy in Love
Crazy in Love

1992-08-10

Paradise
Paradise

2013-10-18

Harlan County War
Harlan County War

2000-05-19

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012-02-04

Manglehorn
Manglehorn

2015-06-03

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016-03-23

Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade

1989-05-15

Miss Firecracker
Miss Firecracker

1989-04-28

Levity
Levity

2003-03-16

Sangre
Sangre

2006-01-01

From the Bottom of the Lake
From the Bottom of the Lake

2013-09-18

Blood Simple
Blood Simple

1984-03-26

Won't Back Down
Won't Back Down

2012-09-28

Strange Weather
Strange Weather

2016-09-12

The Incredibles
The Incredibles

2004-10-27

Breakable You
Breakable You

2017-01-07

Portraits in Dramatic Time
Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011-07-05

Song to Song
Song to Song

2017-03-17

The Big Sick
The Big Sick

2017-03-30

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

1989-09-01

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

2003-03-11

Spielberg
Spielberg

2017-10-05

Trespassing Bergman
Trespassing Bergman

2013-08-28

The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers

2000-11-01

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018-07-12

Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2

2018-06-14

Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior

1989-10-27

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

Svengali
Svengali

1983-03-09

My Darling Vivian
My Darling Vivian

2020-04-27

Down from the Mountain
Down from the Mountain

2001-06-05

Searching for Debra Winger
Searching for Debra Winger

2002-07-13

An Uncommon Love
An Uncommon Love

1983-11-30

Festival in Cannes
Festival in Cannes

2001-11-03

With Intent to Kill
With Intent to Kill

1984-10-24

The Electric State
The Electric State

2025-03-13

Inside 'The Piano'
Inside 'The Piano'

1993-01-01