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{{short description|American actress (born 1958)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Holly Hunter
| image              = Holly Hunter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Hunter at the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1958|3|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Conyers, Georgia]], U.S.
| education          = [[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1981–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Janusz Kamiński]]|1995|2001|reason=divorced}}
| partner            = Gordon MacDonald (2001–present)
| children           = 2
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Holly Hunter|Full list]]
}}
'''Holly Hunter''' (born March 20, 1958)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/03/20/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-March-20-2021/7881615825716/|title= UPI Almanac for Saturday, March 20, 2021|work= [[United Press International]]|date= March 20, 2021|access-date= January 17, 2022|archive-date= March 20, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210320105800/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/03/20/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-March-20-2021/7881615825716/|url-status= live|quote=  actor Holly Hunter in 1958 (age 63)}}</ref> is an American actress. For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in ''[[The Piano]]'' (1993), she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. She earned three more Academy Award nominations for ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'' (1987), ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993), and ''[[Thirteen (2003 film)|Thirteen]]'' (2003). She also won two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] for her performances in the television films ''[[Roe vs. Wade (film)|Roe vs. Wade]]'' (1989) and ''[[The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom]]'' (1993).

Hunter's other film roles include ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' (1987), ''[[Always (1989 film)|Always]]'' (1989), ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' (1995), ''[[Copycat (1995 film)|Copycat]]'' (1995), ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' (1996), ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), [[Thirteen (2003 film)|''Thirteen'']] (2003), ''[[The Incredibles]]'' (2004) and its sequel ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' (2018), ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' (2016), and ''[[The Big Sick]]'' (2017). She also starred in the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] drama series ''[[Saving Grace (American TV series)|Saving Grace]]'' (2007–2010).

==Early life==
Hunter was born in [[Conyers, Georgia]], the daughter of Marguerite "Dee Dee" ([[née]] Catledge),<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/rockdalecitizen/149103275 Marguerite Catledge obituary] Legacy.com 2011 accessed 2-22-22</ref> a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250-acre farm. She is the youngest of six children. Her parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play. She is unable to hear with her left ear due to a childhood case of the [[mumps]]. The condition sometimes leads to complications at work, and some movie scenes have to be altered from the script for her to use her right ear.<ref>Schlöndorff, Volker: "A Gathering of Old Men", Extras on German DVD by Arthaus</ref> She is [[irreligious]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Suzie|title=What people don't know about Holly|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/nov/22/features.weekend|access-date=November 26, 2015|website=The Guardian|date=November 22, 2003|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wightman|first=Catriona|date=2010-03-29|title=Holly Hunter: 'I am not religious'|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a211161/holly-hunter-i-am-not-religious/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref> She began acting at [[Rockdale County High School]] in the early 1970s, performing in local productions of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'', and ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/conyers-native-holly-hunter-brings-southern-charm-complexity-film-roles/JDAYcj7ZriNDLsWx6e1lKO/|title=Conyers native Holly Hunter brings Southern charm, complexity to film, TV roles|publisher=ajc.com|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> Hunter earned a degree in drama from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in [[Pittsburgh]] and for a while performed in [[Theatre in Pittsburgh|local theater]], playing [[Ingenue (stock character)|ingenue]] roles at [[City Theatre (Pittsburgh)|City Theater]], then named the City Players.<ref>Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pg. 247. {{ISBN|978-0-8229-4330-3}}. Retrieved July 15, 2011.</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Holly Hunter Emmy crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Hunter at the 1989 Emmy Awards]]
Hunter moved to New York City and roomed with fellow actress [[Frances McDormand]], living in [[the Bronx]] "at the end of the D (subway) train, just off 205th Street, on Bainbridge Avenue and Hull Avenue".<ref name="newsday">{{cite web|date=July 13, 2008|title=Fast Chat: Holly Hunter|url=https://docslide.net/documents/newsday-fast-chat-holly-hunter.html|access-date=August 13, 2018|publisher=Newsday|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210401/https://docslide.net/documents/newsday-fast-chat-holly-hunter.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A chance encounter with playwright [[Beth Henley]], when the two were trapped alone in an elevator, led to Hunter's being cast in Henley's plays ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]'' (succeeding [[Mary Beth Hurt]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]), and [[Off-Broadway]]'s ''[[The Miss Firecracker Contest]]''. "It was like the beginning of 1982. It was on 49th Street between Broadway and Eighth [Avenue] ... on the south side of the street," Hunter recalled in an interview. "[We were trapped] 10 minutes; not long. We actually had a nice conversation. It was just the two of us."<ref name="newsday" />

Hunter made her film debut in the 1981 slasher movie ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/holly-hunters-birthday-her-15-best-movies-tv-shows-1367869|title=To celebrate Holly Hunter's birthday, we rank her best 15 movies|last=EDT|first=David Sim On 3/20/19 at 2:00 AM|date=March 20, 2019|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, Hunter appeared in TV movies before being cast in a supporting role in 1984's ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]''. That year, she had her first collaboration with the writing-directing-producing team of brothers [[Ethan Coen]] and [[Joel Coen]], in ''[[Blood Simple]]'', making an uncredited appearance as a voice on an answering-machine recording. More film and television work followed until 1987, when she earned a starring role in the Coens' ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'', after which Hunter became a critically acclaimed star.

Hunter went on to the screen adaptation of Henley's ''[[Miss Firecracker]]''; Steven Spielberg's ''[[Always (1989 film)|Always]]'', a romantic drama with [[Richard Dreyfuss]]; and the made-for-TV 1989 [[docudrama]] ''[[Roe vs. Wade (film)|Roe vs. Wade]]'' about the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] case ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. Following her second collaboration with Dreyfuss, in ''[[Once Around]]'', Hunter garnered critical attention for her work in two 1993 films, resulting in her being [[List of actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year|nominated for two Academy Awards the same year]]: Hunter's performance in ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' won her a nomination as Best Supporting Actress, while her portrayal of a mute Scottish woman entangled in an adulterous affair with [[Harvey Keitel]] in [[Jane Campion]]'s ''[[The Piano]]'' won her the Best Actress award. Hunter went on to star in the comedy-drama ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' and the thriller ''[[Copycat (1995 film)|Copycat]]'', both in 1995. Hunter appeared in [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' and as a sardonic angel in ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]''. The following year, Hunter played a recently divorced New Yorker in [[Richard LaGravenese]]'s ''[[Living Out Loud]]''; starring alongside [[Danny DeVito]], [[Queen Latifah]], and [[Martin Donovan]]. Hunter rounded out the 1990s with a minor role in the [[independent film|independent drama]] ''[[Jesus' Son (film)|Jesus' Son]]'' and as a housekeeper torn between a grieving widower and his son in [[Kiefer Sutherland]]'s drama ''[[Woman Wanted]]''. Following a supporting role in the Coens' ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', Hunter took top billing in the same year's television movie ''[[Harlan County War (film)|Harlan County War]]'', an account of labor struggles among [[Kentucky]] [[Coal mining|coal-mine workers]]. Hunter would continue her small screen streak with a role in ''[[When Billie Beat Bobby]]'', playing tennis pro [[Billie Jean King]] in the fact-based story of King's exhibition match with [[Bobby Riggs]]; and as narrator of ''Eco Challenge New Zealand'' before returning to film work with a minor role in the 2002 drama ''[[Moonlight Mile (film)|Moonlight Mile]]''. The following year found Hunter in the redemption drama ''[[Levity (film)|Levity]]''.
[[File:Holly Hunter Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|upright|Hunter at the 2010 [[Metropolitan Opera]] opening night of ''[[Das Rheingold]]'']]
In 2003, Hunter had the role of a mother named Melanie Freeland, whose daughter is troubled and going through the perils of being a teenager in the film ''[[Thirteen (2003 film)|Thirteen]]''. The film was critically acclaimed along with Hunter and her co-stars and earned her nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]] for Best Supporting Actress. In 2004, Hunter starred alongside [[Brittany Murphy]] in the romantic satire ''[[Little Black Book (film)|Little Black Book]]'', and provided the voice for [[Elastigirl|Helen Parr]] (also known as [[List of The Incredibles characters#Elastigirl|Elastigirl]]) in the animated [[superhero film]], ''[[The Incredibles]]''. She reprised the role in the [[Disney Infinity (series)|''Disney Infinity'' video game series]], and in the film's long-awaited sequel ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' in 2018. She also voiced Chicken Little during the early production of the 2005 film [[Chicken Little (2005 film)|''Chicken Little'']] until the character's gender was changed and was replaced by [[Zach Braff]].

In 2005, Hunter starred alongside [[Robin Williams]] in the [[black comedy]]-drama ''[[The Big White]]''. Hunter became an executive producer, and helped develop a starring vehicle for herself with the [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] [[cable television|cable-network]] drama ''[[Saving Grace (American TV series)|Saving Grace]]'', which premiered in July 2007. For her acting, she received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination, two [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nominations, and an [[Emmy Award]] nomination. On May 30, 2008, Hunter received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. In 2009, she was awarded the [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE LUCY AWARD|Lucy Award]].<ref>[http://wif.org/past-recipients Lucy Awards, past recipients] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830035734/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |date=August 30, 2011 }} WIF web site</ref> In 2016, Hunter played Senator Finch in ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/03/supermanbatman-holly-hunter-callan-mulvey-tao-okamoto-join-cast/ |title=Superman/Batman: Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey, Tao Okamoto join cast |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://batman-news.com/2014/06/17/exclusive-lex-luthors-hairstyle-in-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-revealed/|title=Exclusive: Lex Luthor's hairstyle in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' revealed|last=Begley|first=Chris|work=Batman on Film|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=June 17, 2014}}</ref> Hunter's likeness was used to portray Senator Finch in the ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' [[tie-in]] [[prequel]] [[comic]]s released by [[Dr. Pepper]] on February 3, 2016. In 2019, she took on a recurring role in the HBO series [[Succession (TV series)|''Succession'']] as CEO Rhea Jarrell, leader of a rival media conglomerate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Holly Hunter On HBO's 'Succession,' She Plays Rhea Jarrell |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/13/769848626/holly-hunter-on-hbos-succession-she-plays-rhea-jarrell |website=NPR |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> Hunter subsequently starred opposite [[Ted Danson]] in the 2021 [[NBC]] comedy ''[[Mr. Mayor]]''.

In 2023, Hunter was cast in ''Hurricanna'' alongside [[Sylvia Hoeks]]. It is a dramatization of the final days of ''[[Playboy]]'' model and reality TV actress [[Anna Nicole Smith]]. Hunter portrays Smith's therapist. Production took place in late 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=London |first=Rob |date=2023-12-07 |title=Sylvia Hoeks Stuns as Anna Nicole Smith in First Image from Biopic 'Hurricanna' |url=https://collider.com/anna-nicole-smith-biopic-hurricanna-image-sylvia-hoeks/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, she played Madeline Vance in the [[science fiction]] film ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fear |first=David |date=2023-12-07 |title=‘THE ELECTRIC STATE’ IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU TURN MOVIES INTO CONTENT |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-electric-state-review-netflix-1235282610/ |access-date=March 14, 2025 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hunter was married to [[Janusz Kamiński]], cinematographer of ''[[Schindler's List]]'' and ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''<ref>{{cite news|date=January 19, 2006|title=Holly Hunter has twins at 47|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1508239/Holly-Hunter-has-twins-at-47.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1508239/Holly-Hunter-has-twins-at-47.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from 1995 until 2001. 

She has been in a relationship with British actor Gordon MacDonald since 2001. The couple met in [[San Jose Repertory Theatre]]'s production of playwright [[Marina Carr]]'s ''[[By the Bog of Cats]]'', in which she played a woman abandoned by her lover of 14 years, played by MacDonald. In January 2006, Hunter gave birth to the couple's twin sons.<ref name="twins">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/at-age-47-holly-hunter-gives-birth-to-twins/article702339/ "Holly Hunter gives birth at age 47"]. Accessed January 23, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/01/10/holly-hunter/ | title=Holly Hunter and Gordon MacDonald take sons to the park – Moms & Babi… | access-date=September 7, 2023 | archive-date=June 29, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629092031/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/01/10/holly-hunter/ | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Holly Hunter and Gordon MacDonald take sons to the park – Moms & Babies – Celebrity Babies and Kids - Moms & Babies|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/01/10/holly-hunter|access-date=March 24, 2016|work=PEOPLE.com|archive-date=March 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315133303/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/01/10/holly-hunter/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]'' || Sophie || 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1984 || ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'' || Jeannie || 
|-
| ''[[Blood Simple]]'' || Helene Trend || Voice, uncredited
|-
|rowspan=3| 1987 || ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' || Edwina "Ed" McDunnough ||
|-
| ''[[End of the Line (1987 film)|End of the Line]]'' || Charlotte Haney || 
|-
| ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'' || [[Susan Zirinsky#Broadcast News film|Jane Craig]] || 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1989 || ''[[Miss Firecracker]]'' || Carnelle Scott || 
|-
| ''[[Animal Behavior (film)|Animal Behavior]]'' || Coral Grable || 
|-
| ''[[Always (1989 film)|Always]]'' || Dorinda Durston ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Once Around]]'' || Renata Bella ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1993 || ''{{sortname|The|Piano}}'' || Ada McGrath || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Firm|dab=1993 film}}'' || Tammy Hemphill ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1995 || ''[[Copycat (1995 film)|Copycat]]'' || M.J. Monahan || 
|-
| ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' || Claudia Larson || 
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' || Helen Remington || 
|-
| 1997 || ''{{sortname|A|Life Less Ordinary}}'' || O'Reilly || 
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Living Out Loud]]'' || Judith Moore || 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1999 || ''[[Jesus' Son (film)|Jesus' Son]]'' || Mira ||
|-
| ''[[Woman Wanted]]'' || Emma Riley ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2000 || ''[[Timecode (film)|Timecode]]'' || Renee Fishbine ||
|-
| ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' || Penny Wharvey McGill ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Festival in Cannes]]'' || rowspan="2" | Herself || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Searching for Debra Winger]]'' || Documentary
|-
| ''[[Moonlight Mile (film)|Moonlight Mile]]'' || Mona Camp ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2003 || ''[[Levity (film)|Levity]]'' || Adele Easley || 
|-
| ''[[Thirteen (2003 film)|Thirteen]]'' || Melanie Freeland || Also executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2004 || ''[[Little Black Book (film)|Little Black Book]]'' || Barb Campbell-Dunn || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Incredibles}}'' || [[Elastigirl|Helen Parr / Elastigirl]] || Voice role
|-
|rowspan=3| 2005 || ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]'' || Sonia ||
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Big White}}'' || Margaret Barnell ||
|-
| ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' || Chicken Little || Voice role; deleted scenes
|-
| 2011 || ''Portraits in Dramatic Time'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
|rowspan=2| 2012 || ''[[Won't Back Down (film)|Won't Back Down]]'' || Evelyn Riske || 
|-
| ''[[Jackie (2012 film)|Jackie]]'' || Jackie ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Paradise (2013 American film)|Paradise]]'' || Mrs. Mannerhelm || 
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Manglehorn]]'' || Dawn || 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2016 || ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' || Senator Finch ||
|-
| ''[[Strange Weather (film)|Strange Weather]]'' || Darcy Baylor || 
|-
|rowspan=3| 2017 || ''[[Breakable You (film)|Breakable You]]'' || Eleanor Weller || 
|-
| ''[[The Big Sick]]'' || Beth Gardner || 
|-
| ''[[Song to Song]]'' || Miranda || 
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' || Helen Parr / Elastigirl || Voice role
|-
| 2025 || ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]'' || Madeline Vance ||
|-
| TBA || ''Hurricanna'' || TBA || Post-production
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 1983
| ''[[Svengali (1983 film)|Svengali]]''
| Leslie
| rowspan="5" | Television film
|-
| ''An Uncommon Love''
| Karen
|-
| 1984
| ''With Intent to Kill''
| Wynn Nolen
|-
| 1987
| ''[[A Gathering of Old Men (film)|A Gathering of Old Men]]''
| Candy Marshall
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
| ''[[Roe vs. Wade (film)|Roe vs. Wade]]''
| Ellen Russell/Jane Doe
|-
| ''[[Rabbit Ears Productions|The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| Television short
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Crazy in Love (film)|Crazy in Love]]''
| Georgie Symonds
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom]]''
| [[Wanda Holloway]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2000
| ''[[Harlan County War (film)|Harlan County War]]''
| Ruby Kincaid
|-
| ''[[Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her]]''
| Rebecca Weyman
| Segment: "Fantasies About Rebecca"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[When Billie Beat Bobby]]''
| [[Billie Jean King]]
| Television film; also executive producer
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Peep and the Big Wide World]]''
| Robin (voice)
| Episode: "Big Bird/Chirp Flies the Coop"
|-
| 2007–2010
| ''[[Saving Grace (American TV series)|Saving Grace]]''
| Grace Hanadarko
| 46 episodes; also executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2013
| ''[[Top of the Lake]]''
| GJ
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries)|Bonnie & Clyde]]''
| Emma Parker
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Here and Now (2018 TV series)|Here and Now]]''
| Audrey Bayer
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''
| Rhea Jarrell
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Bless the Harts]]''
| Marjune Gamble (voice)
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Comey Rule]]''
| [[Sally Yates]]
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2021–2022
| ''[[Mr. Mayor]]''
| Arpi Meskimen
| Main role
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Mulligan (TV series)|Mulligan]]''
| Sheila (voice)
| 2 episodes
|-
|2025
|''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]''
|Compassion Pachyderm
|
|-
| TBA 
| ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV series)|Star Trek: Starfleet Academy]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rehman |first=Sanya |date=2024-05-22 |title=Holly Hunter Takes Command in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy |url=https://www.screennearyou.com/tv-shows/holly-hunter-has-been-identified-as-the-series-lead-in-star-trek-starfleet-academy/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=ScreenNearYou |language=en}}</ref>
| Captain and chancellor
|Upcoming series
|}

===Video games===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Disney Infinity (video game)|Disney Infinity]]'' || rowspan="4"| Helen Parr / Elastigirl ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes]]'' ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]'' ||<ref>{{Cite video game|title=[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]|year=2015|scene=Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of|developer=[[Avalanche Software]]}}</ref>
|}

===Theme parks===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Incredicoaster]]'' || Helen Parr / Elastigirl || Voice
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Holly Hunter}}
In 1999, Hunter received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref> In 2016, Hunter was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree by her alma mater, [[Carnegie Mellon University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/may/119th-commencement.html|title=Countdown To 119th Commencement - News - Carnegie Mellon University|last=University|first=Carnegie Mellon|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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