Claim: Holly Hunter is a thespian.

Holly Hunter -LRB- born March 20 , 1958 -RRB- is an American actress and producer . For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 film The Piano , she won the Academy Award for Best Actress , BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role , AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role , Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture Drama , and the Cannes Best Actress Award . She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm -LRB- 1993 -RRB- and Thirteen -LRB- 2003 -RRB- .   A seven-time Emmy Award nominee , Hunter won Emmys for Roe vs. Wade -LRB- 1989 -RRB- and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom -LRB- 1993 -RRB- . She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace -LRB- 2007 -- 10 -RRB- . Her other film roles include Raising Arizona -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Always -LRB- 1989 -RRB- , Copycat -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , Crash -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , O Brother , Where Art Thou ? -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , The Incredibles -LRB- 2004 -RRB- and Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice -LRB- 2016 -RRB- .