Holly Hunter

Born: 1958-03-20

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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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Senator Finch
Released: 2016-03-23

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable,...

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as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Released: 2004-10-27

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his...

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Incredibles 2

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Released: 2018-06-14

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest...

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The Electric State

as uncredited
Released: 2025-03-13

In a retro-futuristic past, orphaned teenager Michelle traverses the American West with an...

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Crash

as Helen Remington
Released: 1996-07-17

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of...

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Thirteen

as Melanie Freeland
Released: 2003-08-20

When average 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, Tracy's world is...

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Penny
Released: 2000-08-30

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a...

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as Tammy Hemphill
Released: 1993-06-30

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is...

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The Big Sick

as Beth Gardner
Released: 2017-03-30

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle...

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The Piano

as Ada McGrath
Released: 1993-05-18

A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband...

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Blood Simple

as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1984-03-26

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an...

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Raising Arizona

as Ed
Released: 1987-03-13

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another...

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Copycat

as M.J. Monahan
Released: 1995-10-27

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial...

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Little Black Book

as Barb
Released: 2004-08-06

Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show...

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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)
Released: 2012-02-04

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look,...

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Home for the Holidays

as Claudia Larson
Released: 1995-11-02

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her...

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Song to Song

as Miranda
Released: 2017-03-17

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples —...

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as O'Reilly
Released: 1997-10-24

A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next...

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The Burning

as Sophie
Released: 1981-05-08

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years...

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Broadcast News

as Jane Craig
Released: 1987-12-16

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy...

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Won't Back Down

as Evelyn Riske
Released: 2012-09-28

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic...

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The Big White

as Margaret Barnell
Released: 2005-10-27

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just...

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Always

as Dorinda Durston
Released: 1989-12-22

Aerial firefighter Pete risks himself and his vintage World War II airplane in a constant and...

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Spielberg

as Self
Released: 2017-10-05

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time,...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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Levity

as Adele Easley
Released: 2003-03-16

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an...

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Timecode

as Renee Fishbine
Released: 2000-04-28

A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named...

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Miss Firecracker

as Carnelle Scott
Released: 1989-04-28

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a...

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Manglehorn

as Dawn
Released: 2015-06-03

AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a...

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Moonlight Mile

as Mona Camp
Released: 2002-09-09

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out...

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Nine Lives

as Sonia
Released: 2005-09-02

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the...

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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

as Wanda Holloway
Released: 1993-04-10

A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on...

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Once Around

as Renata Bella
Released: 1991-01-18

Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on...

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Living Out Loud

as Judith Moore
Released: 1998-10-30

Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful...

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Paradise

as Melanie Mannerheim
Released: 2013-10-18

After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.

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Searching for Debra Winger

as Self
Released: 2002-07-13

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in...

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Jesus' Son

as Mira
Released: 2000-06-16

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of...

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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Released: 2000-05-27

In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in...

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Trespassing Bergman

as Self
Released: 2013-08-28

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...

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Swing Shift

as Jeannie Sherman
Released: 1984-04-13

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor....

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Jackie

as Jackie
Released: 2012-05-10

Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother.

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Strange Weather

as Darcy Baylor
Released: 2016-09-12

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who...

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My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-04-27

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters....

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Woman Wanted

as Emma Riley
Released: 1999-08-14

After the death of his wife, Richard hires a recently divorced housekeeper, Emma. Soon finding...

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Bergman: A Year in a Life

as Self
Released: 2018-07-12

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two...

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Crazy in Love

as Georgie Symonds
Released: 1992-08-10

Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their...

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End of the Line

as Charlotte
Released: 1987-08-28

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to...

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When Billie Beat Bobby

as Billie Jean King
Released: 2001-04-16

The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist...

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Down from the Mountain

as Self
Released: 2001-06-05

On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of...

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Harlan County War

as Ruby Kincaid
Released: 2000-05-19

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is...

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Festival in Cannes

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 2001-11-03

Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe...

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A Gathering of Old Men

as Candy Marshall
Released: 1987-05-10

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is...

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Roe vs. Wade

as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Released: 1989-05-15

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no...

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Breakable You

as Eleanor Weller
Released: 2017-01-07

A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.

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Portraits in Dramatic Time

as uncredited
Released: 2011-07-05

A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater...

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Svengali

as Leslie
Released: 1983-03-09

An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she...

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Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1989-09-01

The Three Billy Goats Gruff: When a troll threatens to eat up the billy goats who want to eat...

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With Intent to Kill

as Wynn Nolen
Released: 1984-10-24

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder...

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Animal Behavior

as Coral Grable
Released: 1989-10-27

Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using...

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Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

as Self / Mona Camp
Released: 2003-03-11

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through...

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Succession

as Rhea Jarrell
First aired: 2018-06-03

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2009-03-02

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show airing weeknights at 12:35 am...

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Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-06

Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Saving Grace

as Grace Hanadarko
First aired: 2007-07-23

Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having...

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1996-06-10

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...

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Skavlan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-01-16

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Mr. Mayor

as Arpi
First aired: 2021-01-07

A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins,...

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Mulligan

as (voice)
First aired: 2023-05-12

In this satirical comedy, when most of Earth is destroyed by aliens, can a few survivors rebuild...

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Entertainment Tonight

as Self
First aired: 1981-09-15

Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access...

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Bless the Harts

as Marjune (voice)
First aired: 2019-09-29

The lives of a group of Southerners who are always broke as a joke and struggling for the...

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Top of the Lake

as GJ
First aired: 2013-03-18

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

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Pixar Popcorn

as Helen Parr (voice)
First aired: 2021-01-22

A collection of mini shorts starring some of your favorite Pixar characters in all-new, bite...

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The Frame

as Helen Remington
First aired: 2013-04-09

A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.

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Bonnie & Clyde

as Emma Parker
First aired: 2013-12-08

Miniseries based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who...

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The Comey Rule

as Sally Yates
First aired: 2020-09-27

An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the...

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Here and Now

as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
First aired: 2018-02-11

A provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day...

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Inside the Actors Studio

as Self
First aired: 1994-08-14

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...

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Eco-Challenge

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-04-01

Eco-Challenge: The Expedition Race is a multi-day expedition length adventure race in which...

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