1958-03-20 Conyers, Georgia, USA
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.
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The Electric State | Madeline Vance | 2025-03-07 |
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My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
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Incredibles 2 | Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) | 2018-06-14 |
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Bergman - ett år, ett liv | Self | 2018-07-12 |
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Breakable You | Eleanor Weller | 2017-01-07 |
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Song to Song | Miranda | 2017-03-17 |
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The Big Sick | Beth Gardner | 2017-03-30 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Strange Weather | Darcy Baylor | 2016-09-12 |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Senator Finch | 2016-03-23 |
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Manglehorn | Dawn | 2015-06-03 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Paradise | Melanie Mannerheim | 2013-10-18 |
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Trespassing Bergman | Self | 2013-08-28 |
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From the Bottom of the Lake | herself | 2013-09-18 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Jackie | Jackie | 2012-05-10 |
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Won't Back Down | Evelyn Riske | 2012-09-28 |
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Portraits in Dramatic Time | 2011-07-05 | |
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Sangre | Cafe waitress | 2006-01-01 |
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Nine Lives | Sonia | 2005-09-02 |
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The Big White | Margaret Barnell | 2005-10-27 |
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Little Black Book | Barb | 2004-08-06 |
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The Incredibles | Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) | 2004-10-27 |
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Levity | Adele Easley | 2003-03-16 |
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Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen | Self / Mona Camp | 2003-03-11 |
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Thirteen | Melanie | 2003-08-20 |
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Moonlight Mile | Mona Camp | 2002-09-09 |
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Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
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Festival in Cannes | Self (uncredited) | 2001-11-03 |
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Down from the Mountain | Self | 2001-06-05 |
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When Billie Beat Bobby | Billie Jean King | 2001-04-16 |
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Jesus' Son | Mira | 2000-06-16 |
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The Coen Brothers | Self | 2000-11-01 |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca") | 2000-05-27 |
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Timecode | Renee Fishbine | 2000-04-28 |
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Harlan County War | Ruby Kincaid | 2000-05-19 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Penny | 2000-08-30 |
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Woman Wanted | Emma Riley | 1999-08-14 |
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Living Out Loud | Judith Moore | 1998-10-30 |
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A Life Less Ordinary | O'Reilly | 1997-10-24 |
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Crash | Helen Remington | 1996-07-17 |
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Home for the Holidays | Claudia Larson | 1995-11-02 |
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Copycat | M.J. Monahan | 1995-10-27 |
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Inside 'The Piano' | Self | 1993-01-01 |
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Wanda Holloway | 1993-04-10 |
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The Piano | Ada McGrath | 1993-05-18 |
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The Firm | Tammy Hemphill | 1993-06-30 |
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Crazy in Love | Georgie Symonds | 1992-08-10 |
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Once Around | Renata Bella | 1991-01-18 |
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Roe vs. Wade | Ellen Russell / Jane Doe | 1989-05-15 |
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Animal Behavior | Coral Grable | 1989-10-27 |
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Miss Firecracker | Carnelle Scott | 1989-04-28 |
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Always | Dorinda Durston | 1989-12-22 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs | Narrator (voice) | 1989-09-01 |
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Raising Arizona | Ed | 1987-03-13 |
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Broadcast News | Jane Craig | 1987-12-16 |
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A Gathering of Old Men | Candy Marshall | 1987-05-10 |
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End of the Line | Charlotte | 1987-08-28 |
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With Intent to Kill | Wynn Nolen | 1984-10-24 |
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Blood Simple | Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) | 1984-03-26 |
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Swing Shift | Jeannie Sherman | 1984-04-13 |
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An Uncommon Love | Karen | 1983-11-30 |
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Svengali | Leslie | 1983-03-09 |
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The Burning | Sophie | 1981-05-08 |
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The Making of Thirteen | Self | |
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