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Holly Hunter is an American actress and producer. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, she won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News (1987), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993) and again for Thirteen (2003).
Birth Name
Holly P. Hunter
Born
Thursday, 20 March 1958
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| Jane Campion: The Cinema Woman | Self | 2023 |
| Phoenix Rising | Self | 2022 |
| Pixar Popcorn | Helen Parr | 2021 |
| Mr. Mayor | Arpi Meskimen | 2021 |
| The Comey Rule | Sally Yates | 2020 |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
| My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Bless the Harts | Marjune Gamble | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| Jane Campion: The Cinema Woman | Self | 2023 |
| Phoenix Rising | Self | 2022 |
| Pixar Popcorn | Helen Parr | 2021 |
| Mr. Mayor | Arpi Meskimen | 2021 |
| The Comey Rule | Sally Yates | 2020 |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
| My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Bless the Harts | Marjune Gamble | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self - Actor / Self - Actor, Broadcast News / Self - Actor, Piano / Self - Actor, The Incredibles | 2019 |
| Untouchable | Self | 2019 |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018 |
| Bergman: A Year in a Life | Self | 2018 |
| Incredibles 2 | Elastigirl (voice) / Helen Parr / Elastigirl | 2018 |
| Succession | Rhea Jarrell | 2018 |
| Breakable You | Eleanor Weller | 2018 |
| Here and Now | Audrey Bayer / Audrey Bayer-Boatwright | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Actor / Self | 2017 |
| The Big Sick | Beth Gardner / Beth | 2017 |
| Song to Song | Miranda | 2017 |
| Strange Weather | Darcy Baylor | 2017 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Senator Finch / Senator June Finch | 2016 |
| Manglehorn | Dawn | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Bonnie & Clyde | Emma Parker | 2013 |
| Trespassing Bergman | Self - Interviewee / Herself | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Paradise | Melanie Mannerheim | 2013 |
| Top of the Lake | GJ | 2013 |
| Won't Back Down | Evelyn Riske | 2012 |
| Jackie | Jackie | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Portraits in Dramatic Time | Self | 2011 |
| Conan | Herself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
| Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2008 |
| Saving Grace | Grace Hanadarko | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| The Big White | Margaret Barnell | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Nine Lives | Sonia | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest / Self - Excerpt Reader | 2005 |
| The Incredibles | Elastigirl (voice) / Helen Parr / Elastigirl | 2004 |
| Little Black Book | Barb | 2004 |
| Peep and the Big Wide World | Robin | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Thirteen | Melanie Freeland | 2003 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Recalling Her Award | 2003 |
| Levity | Adele Easley | 2003 |
| Rock That Uke | Narrator | 2003 |
| Moonlight Mile | Mona Camp | 2002 |
| Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002 |
| Festival in Cannes | Self | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| Down from the Mountain | Self | 2001 |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | Billie Jean King | 2001 |
| The Coen Brothers | Herself / Self | 2000 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Jane Craig / Ed McDunnough | 2000 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Penny | 2000 |
| Jesus' Son | Mira | 2000 |
| Harlan County War | Ruby Kincaid | 2000 |
| Timecode | Renee Fishbine | 2000 |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca") | 2000 |
| Woman Wanted | Emma Riley | 1999 |
| The Directors | Self | 1999 |
| Living Out Loud | Judith Moore | 1998 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 1998 |
| A Life Less Ordinary | O'Reilly | 1997 |
| The View | Herself | 1997 |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| Crash | Helen Remington | 1996 |
| Home for the Holidays | Claudia Larson | 1995 |
| Copycat | M.J. Monahan / MJ Monahan | 1995 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1995 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Audience Member / Self - Guest | 1994 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| The Firm | Tammy Hemphill | 1993 |
| The Piano | Ada McGrath | 1993 |
| The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Wanda Holloway | 1993 |
| Crazy in Love | Georgie Symonds | 1992 |
| Once Around | Renata Bella | 1991 |
| Always | Dorinda Durston | 1989 |
| Animal Behavior | Coral Grable | 1989 |
| Roe vs. Wade | Ellen Russell / Jane Doe / Jane Roe | 1989 |
| Miss Firecracker | Carnelle Scott | 1989 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Herself - Guest | 1989 |
| American Experience | Mary Lincoln / Mary Todd | 1988 |
| The 60th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1988 |
| Broadcast News | Jane Craig | 1987 |
| End of the Line | Charlotte | 1987 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Candy Marshall | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Raising Arizona | Ed | 1987 |
| Siskel & Ebert | Self | 1986 |
| With Intent to Kill | Wynn Nolen | 1984 |
| Blood Simple | Helene Trend | 1984 |
| Swing Shift | Jeannie Sherman | 1984 |
| Svengali | Leslie | 1983 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| The Burning | Sophie | 1981 |
| CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley | Herself | 1979 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Saving Grace | 2007 |
| Thirteen | 2003 |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | 2001 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
| 2008 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2004 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2001 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1994 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1994 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |
| 1994 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1994 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Won |
| 1990 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Won |
| 1988 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1988 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
