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Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Birthday: 1958-03-20 | Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

as    Nahla Ake

2025
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort

as    Elastigirl (voice)

2024
Pizza Night

as    Helen Parr (voice)

2021
Mr. Mayor

as    Arpi

2021
Chore Day - The Incredibles Way

as    Helen Parr (Voice)

2020
The Comey Rule

as    Sally Yates

2020
My Darling Vivian

as    Self (archive footage)

2018
Here and Now

as    Audrey Bayer-Boatwright

2018
Incredibles 2

as    Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

2017
The Big Sick

as    Beth Gardner

2017
Breakable You

as    Eleanor Weller

2017
Song to Song

as    Miranda

2016
Strange Weather

as    Darcy Baylor

2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as    Senator Finch

2015
Manglehorn

as    Dawn

2013
Bonnie & Clyde

as    Emma Parker

2013
Paradise

as    Melanie Mannerheim

2013
From the Bottom of the Lake

as    herself

2012
Jackie

as    Jackie

2007
Saving Grace

as    Grace Hanadarko

2005
The Big White

as    Margaret Barnell

2005
Nine Lives

as    Sonia

2004
Little Black Book

as    Barb

2004
The Incredibles

as    Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

2003
Thirteen

as    Melanie