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Holly Hunter

Mar 20, 1958 (67 years old) in 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.

Known For

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American Experience
Mary Lincoln (voice)
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Intimate Portrait
Self
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Big Mouth
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Succession
Rhea Jarrell
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The Electric State
Madeline Vance
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Saving Grace
Grace Hanadarko
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The Incredibles
Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Senator Finch
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Bless the Harts
Marjune (voice)
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The Oscars
Self

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