
Holly Hunter
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.
61
Films
33
TV Shows
Known For
94 Credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014

The View
as Self - Guest
1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Manglehorn
as Dawn
2015

Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
2018

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as Nahla Ake
2026

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1992

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
2003

American Experience
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
1988

Big Mouth
2017