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Holly Hunter
1 FOLLOWER • 28 CREDITS • MAR 20, 1958 • 66
Biography
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.
Known For
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The Oscars
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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Succession
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Mulligan
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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The Firm
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Top of the Lake
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The Comey Rule
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A Gathering of Old Men
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The Big Sick
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Thirteen
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Here and Now
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Crash
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Little Black Book
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The Incredibles
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Incredibles 2
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Mr. Mayor
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Woman Wanted
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The Piano
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
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Saving Grace
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Harlan County War
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Home for the Holidays
Production Credits
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