Holly Hunter

Age: 68

born March 20, 1958

female1,117 suggestions0 votes

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

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The Incredibles

Incredibles 2

Related Talent

Michelle Pfeiffer

147 roles in common

Top Casting Suggestions

Holly Hunter has been suggested to play 1,117 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.

Holly Hunter

Best Original Superhero

Best & Worst Comic Book Castings

Best Original Superhero

Holly Hunter

Edith Downes

Red Dead Redemption 2 (1996)

Edith Downes

Holly Hunter

Marion the Railway Steam Shovel

Thomas the Tank-Engine and Friends: Celebrity Voices

Marion the Railway Steam Shovel

Holly Hunter

Helen Parr

Incredibles 3

Helen Parr

Holly Hunter

Janet van Dyne

Ant-Man Trilogy (2015-2023)

Janet van Dyne

Holly Hunter

Best

Best & Worst Disney Voice-Over Performances

Best

Holly Hunter

2018

Best voice performance in an animated feature

2018

Holly Hunter

FBI Agent Clarice Starling

Hannibal Lecter Trilogy (1991-2002 Alternate Casting)

FBI Agent Clarice Starling

Holly Hunter

Ellen Brody

Jaws (1995)

Ellen Brody

Holly Hunter

Returning Actresses

“Written for the Screen and Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen”

Returning Actresses

Holly Hunter

Spider-Man and The Incredibles

myFiction

Spider-Man and The Incredibles

Holly Hunter

Martha Kent

Superman

Martha Kent

Holly Hunter

Scarlet witch

Marvel in the 90s

Scarlet witch

Holly Hunter

Linda Drysdale

Knives Out (2019)

Linda Drysdale

Holly Hunter

Ellen Brody

Jaws (1995)

Ellen Brody

Holly Hunter

2004

Best voice performance in an animated feature

2004

Holly Hunter

Linda Drysdale

Knives Out (2019)

Linda Drysdale

Holly Hunter

Nova Prime Irani Rael

Guardians of the Galaxy (2024)

Nova Prime Irani Rael

Holly Hunter

Linda Drysdale

Knives Out (2019)

Linda Drysdale

Holly Hunter

The Female Lead

The Perfect 2000's Animated Movie

The Female Lead

Showing 20 of 1,117 suggestions