Holly Patricia Hunter 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 Ac ... ademy 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.
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
as Wanda Holloway
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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | The Golden Age of the Piano | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tender Mercies | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Hours | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actress | The Piano | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | The Piano | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | The Golden Age of the Piano | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Won |
Saving Grace
as Grace Hanadarko
Episodes: 46
First Aired: Jul 23, 2007
Mr. Mayor
as Arpi
Episodes: 19
First Aired: Jan 07, 2021
Here and Now
as Audrey Bayer-Boatwright
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Feb 11, 2018
Top of the Lake
as GJ
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Mar 18, 2013
Succession
as Rhea Jarrell
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 03, 2018
Bless the Harts
as Marjune (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 29, 2019
Bonnie & Clyde
as Emma Parker
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 08, 2013
Mulligan
as (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 12, 2023
The Comey Rule
as Sally Yates
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 27, 2020
The Frame
as Helen Remington
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2013
Pixar Popcorn
as Helen Parr (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2021
Eco-Challenge
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Apr 01, 1995
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 25, 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 2009
Intimate Portrait
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 1993
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1996
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1981
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2014
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 02, 2009
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
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