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Holly Hunter
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Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre.
She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomin…
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Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre. She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career. After appearing in the 1981 slasher film The Burning, she moved to Los Angeles a year later, taking on various supporting roles in theatrical and television films before starring in Raising Arizona (1987) and receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role in Broadcast News (1987). She later went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Later, she was nominated for two more Oscars for The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). Other major accolades she has won include an AACTA Award, a Silver Bear, a BAFTA Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Incredibles 3
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Hurricanna
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
as Elastigirl (voice)
The Electric State
as Madeline Vance
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
Incredibles 2
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Spielberg
as Self
The Big Sick
as Beth Gardner
Song to Song
as Miranda
Breakable You
as Eleanor Weller
Strange Weather
as Darcy Baylor
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Senator Finch
Manglehorn
as Dawn
Paradise
as Melanie Mannerheim
No Poster
From the Bottom of the Lake
as herself
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
Won't Back Down
as Evelyn Riske
Jackie
as Jackie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
No Poster
Sangre
as Cafe waitress
The Big White
as Margaret Barnell
Nine Lives
as Sonia
The Incredibles
as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Little Black Book
as Barb
Thirteen
as Melanie
Levity
as Adele Easley
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Mona Camp
Moonlight Mile
as Mona Camp
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Festival in Cannes
as Self (uncredited)
Down from the Mountain
as Self
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Billie Jean King
The Coen Brothers
as Self
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Penny
Jesus' Son
as Mira
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Harlan County War
as Ruby Kincaid
Timecode
as Renee Fishbine
Woman Wanted
as Emma Riley
Living Out Loud
as Judith Moore
A Life Less Ordinary
as O'Reilly
Crash
as Helen Remington
Home for the Holidays
as Claudia Larson
Copycat
as M.J. Monahan
The Firm
as Tammy Hemphill
The Piano
as Ada McGrath
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
as Wanda Holloway
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
Crazy in Love
as Georgie Symonds
Once Around
as Renata Bella
Always
as Dorinda Durston
Animal Behavior
as Coral Grable
Rabbit Ears - The Three Billy Goats Gruff/The Three Little Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
Roe vs. Wade
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Miss Firecracker
as Carnelle Scott
Broadcast News
as Jane Craig
End of the Line
as Charlotte
A Gathering of Old Men
as Candy Marshall
Raising Arizona
as Ed
Blood Simple
as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
With Intent to Kill
as Wynn Nolen
Swing Shift
as Jeannie Sherman
No Poster
An Uncommon Love
as Karen
Svengali
as Leslie
The Burning
as Sophie