Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter (born 20 March 1958) is an American actress. She was born in Conyers, Georgia. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award.

Hunter was also nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. She has won two Emmy Awards. 

Hunter has acted in many other movies.Film reference. Holly Hunter Biography (1958–) They include Copycat, Living Out Loud, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Home for the Holidays, The Incredibles, Thirteen, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Hunter's most outstanding television series was for the drama series Saving Grace (TV series), for which she won the Grace Allen Award, and was nominated for seven other awards. Hunter currently stars as the 422 year old Chancellor Nahla Ake in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, a Paramount+ series that premiered in January 2026.

Filmography
 Year Title Role Director Notes 1981  The Burning  Sophie  Tony Maylam 1984  Swing Shift  Jeannie  Jonathan Demme  1984  Blood Simple  Helene Trend  Joel CoenEthan Coen  Voice / Uncredited 1987  Raising Arizona  Edwina "Ed" McDunnough  Joel CoenEthan Coen  1987  End of the Line  Charlotte Haney  Jay Russell 1987  Broadcast News  Jane Craig  James L. Brooks  1989  Miss Firecracker  Carnelle Scott  Thomas Schlamme  1989  Animal Behavior  Coral Grable  Jenny Bowen & Kjehl Rasmussen 1989  Always  Dorinda Durston  Steven Spielberg  1991  Once Around  Renata Bella  Lasse Hallström  1993    Ada McGrath  Jane Campion  Academy Award for Best Actress 1993    Tammy Hemphill  Sydney Pollack  1995  Copycat  M.J. Monahan  Jon Amiel  1995  Home for the Holidays  Claudia Larson  Jodie Foster  1996  Crash  Helen Remington  David Cronenberg  1997    O'Reilly  Danny Boyle  1998  Living Out Loud  Judith Moore  Richard LaGravenese  1999  Jesus' Son  Mira  Alison Maclean  1999  Woman Wanted  Emma Riley  Kiefer Sutherland  2000  Timecode  Renee Fishbine  Mike Figgis  2000  O Brother, Where Art Thou?  Penny Wharvey McGill  Joel CoenEthan Coen  2001  Festival in Cannes  Herself  Henry Jaglom  2002  Moonlight Mile  Mona Camp  Brad Silberling  2003  Levity  Adele Easley  Ed Solomon  2003  Thirteen  Melanie Freeland  Catherine Hardwicke  Also executive producer 2004  Little Black Book  Barb Campbell-Dunn  Nick Hurran  2004    Helen Parr / Elastigirl  Brad Bird  Voice 2005  Nine Lives  Sonia  Rodrigo García  2005    Margaret Barnell  Mark Mylod  2011  Portraits in Dramatic Time  Herself  David Michalek & Paul Warner  2012  Won't Back Down  Evelyn Riske  Daniel Barnz  2012  Jackie  Jackie  Antoinette Beumer  2013  Paradise  Mrs. Mannerhelm  Diablo Cody  2014  Manglehorn  Dawn  David Gordon Green  2016  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  Senator Finch  Zack Snyder  2016  Strange Weather  Darcy Baylor  Katherine Dieckmann  2017  Breakable You  Eleanor Weller  Andrew Wagner  2017  The Big Sick  Beth Gardner  Michael Showalter  2017  Song to Song  Miranda  Terrence Malick  2018  Incredibles 2  Helen Parr / Elastigirl  Brad Bird  Voice

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Category:American Academy Award winning actors
Category:Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:People from Conyers, Georgia
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American television producers
Category:American voice actors
Category:BAFTA Award winning actors
Category:American Emmy Award winning actors
Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
Category:1958 births
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