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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Electric State (2025) | Madeline Vance | 6.6 | |
| 2 | My Darling Vivian (2020) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 3 | Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018) | Self | - | - |
| 4 | Incredibles 2 (2018) Top 100 by FilmGator | Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) | 7.9 | |
| 5 | Spielberg (2017) | Self | 6.9 | |
| 6 | The Big Sick (2017) | Beth Gardner | 7.9 | |
| 7 | Song to Song (2017) | Miranda | 5.2 | |
| 8 | Strange Weather (2016) | Darcy Baylor | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Senator Finch | 6.5 | |
| 10 | Manglehorn (2015) | Dawn | 6.2 | |
| 11 | Paradise (2013) | Melanie Mannerheim | 7 | |
| 12 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 13 | Jackie (2012) | Jackie | - | - |
| 14 | Won't Back Down (2012) | Evelyn Riske | 6 | |
| 15 | Nine Lives (2005) | Sonia | 5 | |
| 16 | The Big White (2005) | Margaret Barnell | 6.5 | |
| 17 | The Incredibles (2004) Top 100 by FilmGator | Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice) | 8 | |
| 18 | Little Black Book (2004) | Barb | 5.2 | |
| 19 | Thirteen (2003) Oscars 2004 | Melanie | 6.4 | |
| 20 | Levity (2003) | Adele Easley | 7.7 | |
| 21 | Moonlight Mile (2002) | Mona Camp | 7.3 | |
| 22 | When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) | Billie Jean King | - | - |
| 23 | Timecode (2000) | Renee Fishbine | 4 | |
| 24 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) | Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca") | 7 | |
| 25 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Oscars 2001 | Penny | 7.5 | |
| 26 | Living Out Loud (1998) | Judith Moore | 5 | |
| 27 | A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | O'Reilly | 6 | |
| 28 | Crash (1996) | Helen Remington | 7.1 | |
| 29 | Home for the Holidays (1995) | Claudia Larson | 10 | |
| 30 | Copycat (1995) | M.J. Monahan | 6.4 | |
| 31 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) | Wanda Holloway | - | - |
| 32 | The Firm (1993) | Tammy Hemphill | 6.6 | |
| 33 | The Piano (1993) | Ada McGrath | 6.3 | |
| 34 | Crazy in Love (1992) | Georgie Symonds | - | - |
| 35 | Miss Firecracker (1989) | Carnelle Scott | - | - |
| 36 | Always (1989) | Dorinda Durston | 5.8 | |
| 37 | Animal Behavior (1989) | Coral Grable | - | - |
| 38 | Broadcast News (1987) | Jane Craig | 7 | |
| 39 | Raising Arizona (1987) | Ed | 6.9 | |
| 40 | Blood Simple (1985) | Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
| 41 | Swing Shift (1984) | Jeannie Sherman | 2 | |
| 42 | Svengali (1983) | Leslie | - | - |
| 43 | The Burning (1981) | Sophie | 7.1 |

