Holly Hunter
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-03-20
Place of Birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Holly Hunter
Biography
Holly Patricia Hunter 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.
Also Known For
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Aug 30, 2000
Crash
Jul 17, 1996
Raising Arizona
Mar 13, 1987
The Piano
May 18, 1993
Copycat
Oct 27, 1995
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
May 27, 2000
Thirteen
Aug 20, 2003
Always
Dec 22, 1989
Moonlight Mile
Sep 09, 2002
The Burning
May 08, 1981
A Life Less Ordinary
Oct 24, 1997
Jesus' Son
Jun 16, 2000
Hurricanna
Home for the Holidays
Nov 02, 1995
Broadcast News
Dec 16, 1987
The Big White
Oct 27, 2005
Timecode
Apr 28, 2000
Little Black Book
Aug 06, 2004
The Firm
Jun 30, 1993
Nine Lives
Sep 02, 2005
Once Around
Jan 18, 1991
Swing Shift
Apr 13, 1984
Living Out Loud
Oct 30, 1998
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Apr 10, 1993
End of the Line
Aug 28, 1987
Woman Wanted
Aug 14, 1999
When Billie Beat Bobby
Apr 16, 2001
A Gathering of Old Men
May 10, 1987
Jackie
May 10, 2012
Crazy in Love
Aug 10, 1992
Paradise
Oct 18, 2013
Harlan County War
May 19, 2000
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Feb 04, 2012
Manglehorn
Jun 03, 2015
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mar 23, 2016
Roe vs. Wade
May 15, 1989
Miss Firecracker
Apr 28, 1989
Levity
Mar 16, 2003
Sangre
Jan 01, 2006
From the Bottom of the Lake
Sep 18, 2013
Blood Simple
Mar 26, 1984
Won't Back Down
Sep 28, 2012
Strange Weather
Sep 12, 2016
The Incredibles
Oct 27, 2004
Breakable You
Jan 07, 2017
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Jul 05, 2011
Song to Song
Mar 17, 2017
The Big Sick
Mar 30, 2017
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
Sep 01, 1989
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Mar 11, 2003
Spielberg
Oct 05, 2017
Trespassing Bergman
Aug 28, 2013
The Coen Brothers
Nov 01, 2000
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Jul 12, 2018
Incredibles 2
Jun 14, 2018
Animal Behavior
Oct 27, 1989
And the Oscar Goes To...
Feb 01, 2014
Svengali
Mar 09, 1983
My Darling Vivian
Apr 27, 2020
Down from the Mountain
Jun 05, 2001
Searching for Debra Winger
Jul 13, 2002
An Uncommon Love
Nov 30, 1983
Festival in Cannes
Nov 03, 2001
With Intent to Kill
Oct 24, 1984
The Electric State
Mar 07, 2025
Inside 'The Piano'
Jan 01, 1993
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Eco-Challenge
Apr 01, 1995
Saving Grace
Jul 23, 2007
Bless the Harts
Sep 29, 2019
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Top of the Lake
Mar 18, 2013
Bonnie & Clyde
Dec 08, 2013
Skavlan
Jan 16, 2009
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Here and Now
Feb 11, 2018
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Jun 10, 1996
The Frame
Apr 09, 2013
Entertainment Tonight
Sep 15, 1981
Succession
Jun 03, 2018
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Mulligan
May 12, 2023
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
The Comey Rule
Sep 27, 2020
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Mar 02, 2009
Mr. Mayor
Jan 07, 2021
Pixar Popcorn
Jan 22, 2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Sep 04, 2024
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
