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.
2026 • TV
2009 • TV
2014 • TV
2018 • TV
2016 • Movie
2004 • Movie
as Senator Finch
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
as Helen Remington
as M.J. Monahan
as Tammy Hemphill
as Penny
as Candy Marshall
as Ada McGrath
as Melanie
as Ruby Kincaid
as Ed
as Judith Moore
as Jeannie Sherman
as Dorinda Durston
as Renata Bella
as Margaret Barnell
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
as Beth Gardner
as Mona Camp
Executive Producer
as Nahla Ake
10 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Rhea Jarrell
6 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
3 episodes
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
6 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Robin (voice)
2 episodes
as Grace Hanadarko
46 episodes
as Marjune (voice)
3 episodes
