Holly Hunter

ActorProducerProductionCrew Mar 20 (age 68) Conyers, Georgia, USA 1981–2028 (47 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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 televisio…

Known For

Film

The Incredibles

Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Film

Incredibles 2

Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Film

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Penny

Film

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Senator Finch

Film

The Big Sick

Beth Gardner

Film

The Piano

Ada McGrath

Film

Raising Arizona

Film

Blood Simple

Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (67)

Incredibles 3

2028 Upcoming

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Jun 15

The Electric State

2025

as Madeline Vance

6.5

Hurricanna

2025

Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort

2025

as Elastigirl (voice)

5.7

My Darling Vivian

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

Incredibles 2

2018

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

7.5

Bergman: A Year in a Life

as Self

The Big Sick

as Beth Gardner

Song to Song

as Miranda

Spielberg

as Self

Breakable You

as Eleanor Weller

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Senator Finch

Strange Weather

as Darcy Baylor

Manglehorn

as Dawn

Trespassing Bergman

as Self

Paradise

as Melanie Mannerheim

4.9

From the Bottom of the Lake

2013

as herself

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

Jackie

as Jackie

Won't Back Down

as Evelyn Riske

Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011

8.0

Sangre

2006

as Cafe waitress

The Big White

as Margaret Barnell

Nine Lives

as Sonia

The Incredibles

as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)

Little Black Book

as Barb

Thirteen

as Melanie

Levity

as Adele Easley

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

as Self / Mona Camp

Moonlight Mile

as Mona Camp

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self

6.3

Down from the Mountain

2001

as Self

7.6

When Billie Beat Bobby

as Billie Jean King

Festival in Cannes

as Self (uncredited)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Penny

Timecode

as Renee Fishbine

Jesus' Son

as Mira

Harlan County War

as Ruby Kincaid

The Coen Brothers

as Self

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000

as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Woman Wanted

as Emma Riley

Living Out Loud

as Judith Moore

A Life Less Ordinary

as O'Reilly

Crash

as Helen Remington

Copycat

as M.J. Monahan

Home for the Holidays

as Claudia Larson

The Firm

as Tammy Hemphill

The Piano

as Ada McGrath

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

1993

as Wanda Holloway

6.2

Inside 'The Piano'

1993

as Self

Crazy in Love

as Georgie Symonds

Once Around

as Renata Bella

Always

as Dorinda Durston

Roe vs. Wade

as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Animal Behavior

as Coral Grable

Miss Firecracker

as Carnelle Scott

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

1989

as Narrator (voice)

Raising Arizona

as Ed

End of the Line

as Charlotte

Broadcast News

as Jane Craig

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

as Candy Marshall

6.0

Blood Simple

1985

as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

Swing Shift

as Jeannie Sherman

With Intent to Kill

as Wynn Nolen

Svengali

as Leslie

An Uncommon Love

as Karen

The Burning

as Sophie

Television (33)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

2026

as Nahla Ake

5.3

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

2024

as Helen Parr (voice)

Mulligan

as (voice)

Pixar Popcorn

as Helen Parr (voice)

Mr. Mayor

as Arpi

The Comey Rule

as Sally Yates

Bless the Harts

as Marjune (voice)

Succession

as Rhea Jarrell

Here and Now

as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright

6.6

Big Mouth

2017

7.6

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

as Self

4.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Top of the Lake

as GJ

The Frame

as Helen Remington

Bonnie & Clyde

as Emma Parker

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Skavlan

as Self - Guest

Saving Grace

as Grace Hanadarko

Peep and the Big Wide World

2004

as Robin (voice)

8.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self - Guest

The View

as Self - Guest

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Eco-Challenge

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self - Guest

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.4

American Experience

1988

as Mary Lincoln (voice)

6.6

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Thirteen

2003

Executive Producer

6.7

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001

Co-Executive Producer

5.2

Lost Souls

2000

Thanks

5.0