Holly Hunter
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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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Succession
Mulligan
The Electric State
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Firm
Song to Song
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
The Comey Rule
Top of the Lake
Thirteen
A Gathering of Old Men
The Big Sick
Incredibles 2
Little Black Book
Mr. Mayor
Here and Now
Crash
The Incredibles
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Harlan County War
Home for the Holidays
Saving Grace
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Woman Wanted
The Piano
Production Credits
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