Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Date of Birth:

Mar 20, 1958

Place of Birth:

Conyers, Georgia, USA

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.

filmography:

Manglehorn Manglehorn

2015

Sangre Sangre

2006

Levity Levity

2003

Svengali Svengali

1983

Spielberg Spielberg

2017

Jesus' Son Jesus' Son

2000

Hurricanna Hurricanna

1970

Always Always

1989

Crash Crash

1996

The Piano The Piano

1993

Copycat Copycat

1995

Thirteen Thirteen

2003

Timecode Timecode

2000

Jackie Jackie

2012

Paradise Paradise

2013

Nine Lives Nine Lives

2005

The Firm The Firm

1993

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