Holly Hunter
Born March 20, 1958 (Age: 68)
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Conyers, Georgia, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Incredibles 3
2028
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as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
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Age: 70
Incredibles 2
2018
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as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
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Age: 60
The Big Sick
2017
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as Beth Gardner
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Age: 59
Song to Song
2017
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as Miranda
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Age: 58
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
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as Senator Finch
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Age: 58
Manglehorn
2015
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as Dawn
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Age: 57
Won't Back Down
2012
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as Evelyn Riske
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Age: 54
Jackie
2012
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as Jackie
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Age: 54
No Image
Sangre
2006
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as Cafe waitress
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Age: 47
The Big White
2005
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as Margaret Barnell
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Age: 47
The Incredibles
2004
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as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
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Age: 46
Little Black Book
2004
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as Barb
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Age: 46
Thirteen
2003
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as Melanie
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Age: 45
Levity
2003
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as Adele Easley
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Age: 44
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
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as Self / Mona Camp
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Age: 44
Moonlight Mile
2002
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as Mona Camp
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Age: 44
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
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as Self
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Age: 44
Festival in Cannes
2001
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 43
No Image
The Coen Brothers
2000
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as Self
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Age: 42
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
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as Penny
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Age: 42
Jesus' Son
2000
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as Mira
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Age: 42
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
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as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
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Age: 42
Harlan County War
2000
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as Ruby Kincaid
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Age: 42
Timecode
2000
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as Renee Fishbine
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Age: 42
Living Out Loud
1998
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as Judith Moore
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Age: 40
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
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as O'Reilly
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Age: 39
Crash
1996
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as Helen Remington
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Age: 38
Home for the Holidays
1995
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as Claudia Larson
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Age: 37
Copycat
1995
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as M.J. Monahan
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Age: 37
The Firm
1993
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as Tammy Hemphill
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Age: 35
The Piano
1993
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as Ada McGrath
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Age: 35
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
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as Wanda Holloway
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Age: 35
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
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as Self
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Age: 34
Crazy in Love
1992
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as Georgie Symonds
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Age: 34
Once Around
1991
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as Renata Bella
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Age: 32
Always
1989
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as Dorinda Durston
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Age: 31
Animal Behavior
1989
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as Coral Grable
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Age: 31
Roe vs. Wade
1989
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as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
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Age: 31
Miss Firecracker
1989
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as Carnelle Scott
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Age: 31
Broadcast News
1987
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as Jane Craig
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Age: 29
End of the Line
1987
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as Charlotte
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Age: 29
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
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as Candy Marshall
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Age: 29
Raising Arizona
1987
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as Ed
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Age: 28
Blood Simple
1985
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as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 26
Svengali
1983
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as Leslie
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Age: 24
The Burning
1981
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as Sophie
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Age: 23