Holly Hunter
Born 1958 · American actress
Holly Hunter is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, her first acting role was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play, before appearing in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated with a drama degree at Carnegie Mellon University and performed in local theater.
Holly Hunter, in order
- 1981 The Burning: acted · directed by Tony Maylam
- 1983 Svengali: acted · directed by Anthony Harvey
- 1984 Blood Simple: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
- 1984 Swing Shift: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme
- 1987 A Gathering of Old Men: acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
- 1987 Broadcast News: acted · directed by James L. Brooks · critics 98%, audiences 79%
- 1987 End of the Line: acted · directed by Jay Russell
- 1987 Raising Arizona: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 91%, audiences 85%
- 1989 Always: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 72%, audiences 58% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1989 Miss Firecracker: acted · directed by Thomas Schlamme · critics 82%, audiences 51% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
- 1989 Roe vs. Wade (TV movie): acted · directed by Gregory Hoblit
- 1991 Once Around: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
- 1992 Crazy in Love: acted · directed by Martha Coolidge
- 1993 The Firm: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack · critics 79%, audiences 65% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 1993 The Piano: acted · directed by Jane Campion · critics 91%, audiences 86%
- 1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (TV movie): acted · directed by Michael Ritchie
- 1995 Copycat: acted · directed by Jon Amiel
- 1996 Crash: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 65%, audiences 61% · streaming on Tubi
- 1996 Home for the Holidays: acted · directed by Jodie Foster
- 1997 A Life Less Ordinary: acted · directed by Danny Boyle · critics 43%, audiences 59%
- 1998 Living Out Loud: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese
- 1999 Jesus' Son: acted · directed by Alison Maclean
- 2000 Harlan County War: acted · directed by Tony Bill
- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 79%, audiences 89% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her: acted · directed by Rodrigo García Márquez · critics 79%, audiences 64% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Tubi
- 2000 Timecode: acted · directed by Mike Figgis
- 2000 Woman Wanted: acted · directed by Alan Smithee and Kiefer Sutherland
- 2001 Festival in Cannes: acted · directed by Henry Jaglom · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2001 When Billie Beat Bobby (TV movie): acted · directed by Jane Anderson
- 2002 Moonlight Mile: acted · directed by Brad Silberling
- 2002 Searching for Debra Winger: acted · directed by Rosanna Arquette · critics 80%, audiences 58%
- 2003 Levity: acted · directed by Ed Solomon
- 2003 Thirteen: acted · directed by Catherine Hardwicke
- 2004 Little Black Book: acted · directed by Nick Hurran
- 2005 Nine Lives: acted · directed by Rodrigo García Márquez · streaming on Tubi
- 2005 The Big White: acted · directed by Mark Mylod
- 2007 Saving Grace (TV series): produced, acted
- 2012 Jackie: acted · directed by Antoinette Beumer
- 2012 Won't Back Down: acted · directed by Daniel Barnz
- 2013 Paradise: acted · directed by Diablo Cody
- 2013 Top of the Lake (TV series): acted · critics 83%, audiences 63% · streaming on Hulu
- 2014 Manglehorn: acted · directed by David Gordon Green
- 2015 Knight of Cups: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
- 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 28%, audiences 63% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2016 Strange Weather: acted · directed by Katherine Dieckmann
- 2017 The Big Sick: acted · directed by Michael Showalter · critics 98%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2018 Here and Now (TV series): acted · directed by Alan Ball
- 2020 The Comey Rule (TV series): acted · directed by Billy Ray · critics 66%, audiences 65%
- 2025 The Electric State: acted · directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
- 2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV series): acted · critics 84%, audiences 52% · streaming on Paramount+