Holly Hunter
Birthday: 1958-03-20 | Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USAHolly 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
Acting
Role
as Arpi
as Helen Parr (voice)
as Sally Yates
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
as Beth Gardner
as Eleanor Weller
as Miranda
as Senator Finch
as Dawn
as Emma Parker
as Melanie Mannerheim
as Jackie
as Grace Hanadarko
as Margaret Barnell
as Sonia
as Barb
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
as Adele Easley
as Melanie Freeland
as Billie Jean King
as Self
as Mira
as Penny
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
as Ruby Kincaid
as Self
