Holly Hunter
Highest Rated: 98% Broadcast News (1987)
Lowest Rated: 14% Animal Behavior (1989)
Birthday: Mar 20, 1958
Birthplace: Conyers, Georgia, USA
Petite, fiery, and altogether confident, Holly Hunter was an Academy Award-winning actress and producer who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s with a string of roles in challenging and critically acclaimed films. After a series of supporting roles, Hunter had her first starring role in the Coen Brothers' comedy "Raising Arizona" (1987), and that same year, she also earned an Oscar nod for her performance in "Broadcast News" (1987). Following an Emmy-winning turn as a fictionalized Jane Roe in "Roe v. Wade" (NBC, 1989), Hunter earned the biggest accolades of her career - as well as a Best Actress Oscar - for her renowned performance as a mute pianist in "The Piano" (1993). From there, she delivered quality supporting and leading turns in "The Firm" (1993), "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997), "Crash" (1997) and "Jesus' Son" (1999). In the new millennium, Hunter was exemplary as a frustrated mother in "Thirteen" (2003) and enjoyed voicing Elastigirl in the Pixar hit "The Incredibles" (2004). She stepped away from the big screen to star in the short-lived, but critically acclaimed cable series "Saving Grace" (TNT, 2007-2010), proving that her extraordinary talents could make the successful transition to the small screen.
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Holly Hunter
Filmography
Movies
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93% |
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Incredibles 2 |
Helen Parr/ |
$608.6M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Breakable You | Eleanor Weller (Character) | - | 2017 |
98% |
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The Big Sick | Beth (Character) | $42.9M | 2017 |
43% |
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Song to Song | Miranda (Character) | $421.9K | 2017 |
56% |
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Strange Weather | Darcy Baylor (Character) | - | 2016 |
29% |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Senator Finch (Character) | $330.2M | 2016 |
50% |
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Manglehorn | Dawn (Character) | $132.1K | 2014 |
20% |
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Paradise | Melanie Mannerheim (Character) | $6.0K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonnie & Clyde | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Jackie | Jackie (Character) | - | 2012 |
35% |
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Won't Back Down | Evelyn Riske (Character) | $5.2M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rock That Uke | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
30% |
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The Big White | Margaret Barnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
76% |
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Nine Lives | Sonia (Character) | $478.3K | 2005 |
22% |
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Little Black Book | Barb (Character) | $20.4M | 2004 |
97% |
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The Incredibles |
Helen Parr/ |
$261.4M | 2004 |
34% |
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Levity | Adele Easley (Character) | $209.2K | 2003 |
81% |
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Thirteen | Melanie (Character) | $4.6M | 2003 |
64% |
|
Moonlight Mile | Asst. D.A. Mona Camp (Character) | $6.8M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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When Billie Beat Bobby | Billie Jean King (Character) | - | 2001 |
65% |
|
Festival in Cannes | Self | $299.0K | 2001 |
76% |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rebecca Waynon (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Harlan County War | Ruby Kincaid (Character) | - | 2000 |
78% |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Penny (Character) | $45.5M | 2000 |
68% |
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Timecode | Executive (Character) | $945.0K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Woman Wanted | Emma Riley (Character) | - | 1999 |
79% |
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Jesus' Son | Mira (Character) | $1.3M | 1999 |
60% |
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Living Out Loud | Judith Moore (Character) | $12.9M | 1998 |
41% |
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A Life Less Ordinary | O'Reilly (Character) | $4.3M | 1997 |
64% |
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Crash | Dr. Helen Remington (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
64% |
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Home for the Holidays | Claudia Larson (Character) | $17.0M | 1995 |
76% |
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Copycat | M.J. Monahan (Character) | $31.3M | 1995 |
91% |
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Wanda Holloway (Character) | - | 1993 |
91% |
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The Piano | Ada McGrath (Character) | $39.3M | 1993 |
76% |
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The Firm | Tammy Hemphill (Character) | $157.0M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Crazy in Love | Georgie Symonds (Character) | - | 1992 |
67% |
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Once Around | Renata Bella (Character) | $14.3M | 1991 |
68% |
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Always | Dorinda Durston (Character) | - | 1989 |
75% |
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Miss Firecracker | Carnelle Scott (Character) | $646.9K | 1989 |
14% |
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Animal Behavior | Coral Grable (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Roe vs. Wade |
Ellen Russell/ |
- | 1989 |
60% |
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End of the Line | Charlotte (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder on the Bayou | Candy Marshall (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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A Gathering of Old Men | Candy Marshall (Character) | - | 1987 |
98% |
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Broadcast News | Jane Craig (Character) | $49.2M | 1987 |
91% |
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Raising Arizona | Edwina "Ed" McDonnough (Character) | $21.1M | 1987 |
87% |
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Swing Shift | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Urge to Kill | Wynn Nolen (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Svengali | Leslie (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Uncommon Love | Karen (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 63% | Mr. Mayor | Arpi (Character) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018 2022 |
95% | 88% | Succession | Rhea (Guest Star) | 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Pixar Popcorn | Elastigirl (Voice) | 2021 |
82% | 60% | Bless the Harts | Marjune Gamble (Guest Voice) | 2019-2020 |
66% | 65% | The Comey Rule | Sally Yates (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018 |
24% | 84% | Here and Now | Audrey Bayer (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2016-2017 |
83% | 63% | Top of the Lake | GJ (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
76% | 67% | Saving Grace |
Grace Hanadarko (Character), Producer |
2007-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1996 |