Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter (born 20 March 1958) is an American actress. She was born in Conyers, Georgia. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award.

Holly Hunter
Hunter in 2010
Born	Holly P. Hunter (1958-03-20) March 20, 1958 Conyers, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University (B.A., Drama)
Occupation	Actress, Producer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Janusz Kamiński (m. 1995; div. 2001)
Partner(s)	Gordon MacDonald (2001–present; 2 children)
Academy Awards Best Actress 1993 The Piano Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 1989 Roe vs. Wade 1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 1993 The Piano BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role 1993 The Piano

Holly Hinter (center )holding the trophy at the 41st Emmy Awards, 1989

Hunter was also nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. She has won two Emmy Awards.

Hunter has acted in many other movies. They include Copycat, Living Out Loud, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Home for the Holidays, The Incredibles, Thirteen, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Hunter's most outstanding television series was for the drama series Saving Grace (TV series), for which she won the Grace Allen Award, and was nominated for seven other awards.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1981	The Burning	Sophie	Tony Maylam
1984	Swing Shift	Jeannie	Jonathan Demme
1984	Blood Simple	Helene Trend	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	Voice / Uncredited
1987	Raising Arizona	Edwina "Ed" McDunnough	Joel Coen Ethan Coen
1987	End of the Line	Charlotte Haney	Jay Russell
1987	Broadcast News	Jane Craig	James L. Brooks
1989	Miss Firecracker	Carnelle Scott	Thomas Schlamme
1989	Animal Behavior	Coral Grable	Jenny Bowen & Kjehl Rasmussen
1989	Always	Dorinda Durston	Steven Spielberg
1991	Once Around	Renata Bella	Lasse Hallström
1993	Piano, TheThe Piano	Ada McGrath	Jane Campion	Academy Award for Best Actress
1993	Firm, TheThe Firm	Tammy Hemphill	Sydney Pollack
1995	Copycat	M.J. Monahan	Jon Amiel
1995	Home for the Holidays	Claudia Larson	Jodie Foster
1996	Crash	Helen Remington	David Cronenberg
1997	Life Less Ordinary, AA Life Less Ordinary	O'Reilly	Danny Boyle
1998	Living Out Loud	Judith Moore	Richard LaGravenese
1999	Jesus' Son	Mira	Alison Maclean
1999	Woman Wanted	Emma Riley	Kiefer Sutherland
2000	Timecode	Renee Fishbine	Mike Figgis
2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Penny Wharvey McGill	Joel Coen Ethan Coen
2001	Festival in Cannes	Herself	Henry Jaglom
2002	Moonlight Mile	Mona Camp	Brad Silberling
2003	Levity	Adele Easley	Ed Solomon
2003	Thirteen	Melanie Freeland	Catherine Hardwicke	Also executive producer
2004	Little Black Book	Barb Campbell-Dunn	Nick Hurran
2004	Incredibles, TheThe Incredibles	Helen Parr / Elastigirl	Brad Bird	Voice
2005	Nine Lives	Sonia	Rodrigo García
2005	Big White, TheThe Big White	Margaret Barnell	Mark Mylod
2011	Portraits in Dramatic Time	Herself	David Michalek & Paul Warner
2012	Won't Back Down	Evelyn Riske	Daniel Barnz
2012	Jackie	Jackie	Antoinette Beumer
2013	Paradise	Mrs. Mannerhelm	Diablo Cody
2014	Manglehorn	Dawn	David Gordon Green
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Senator Finch	Zack Snyder
2016	Strange Weather	Darcy Baylor	Katherine Dieckmann
2017	Breakable You	Eleanor Weller	Andrew Wagner
2017	The Big Sick	Beth Gardner	Michael Showalter
2017	Song to Song	Miranda	Terrence Malick
2018	Incredibles 2	Helen Parr / Elastigirl	Brad Bird	Voice

Holly Hunter Media

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  Hunter at the 1989 Emmy Awards

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  Hunter at the 2010 Metropolitan Opera opening night of Das Rheingold

Other websites

• Holly Hunter on IMDb