Biography: This gorgeous actress started her career in numerous New York City plays after she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1980. After a couple years she moved to Los Angeles where she landed the starring role in Raising Arizona. Her career took off from there with roles in End of the Line, Broadcast News, and Miss Firecracker all released within the next two years. In the early to mid '90s Holly began landing roles that she is probably most popular for. She starred as Ada McGrath in The Piano and Tammy Hemphill in The Firm. In 2003, she also appeared as Melanie Freeland in the critically acclaimed movie, Thirteen. Throughout her career Holly has earned four Oscar nominations, winning Best Actress for The Piano. She was nominated for Best Actress in Broadcast News and Best Supporting Actress in The Firm and Thirteen. Holly also won two Emmy awards.
Holly Hunter's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average career score: | 60 |
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| Highest Metascore: | |
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- By date
- By user score
| Title: | Year: | Credit: | User score: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Won't Back Down | Sep 28, 2012 | Principal Cast | tbd |
| The Big White | Dec 16, 2005 | Margaret Barnell | 6.9 |
| Nine Lives | Oct 14, 2005 | Sonia | 6.9 |
| The Incredibles | Nov 5, 2004 | Helen Parr/Elastigirl | 8.6 |
| Little Black Book | Aug 6, 2004 | Barb | 5.7 |
| Thirteen | Aug 20, 2003 | Executive Producer / Melanie Freeland | 7.6 |
| Levity | Apr 4, 2003 | Adele Easley | 6.6 |
| Moonlight Mile | Sep 27, 2002 | Mona Camp | 7.0 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Dec 22, 2000 | Penny | 8.2 |
| Timecode | Apr 28, 2000 | Executive | 6.2 |
| Living Out Loud | Oct 30, 1998 | Judith Moore | tbd |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Oct 24, 1997 | O'Reilly | 6.6 |
| Crash | Mar 21, 1997 | Helen Remington | 6.5 |
| Home for the Holidays | Nov 3, 1995 | Claudia Larson | 8.0 |
| Copycat | Oct 27, 1995 | M.J. Monahan | 6.1 |
| The Piano | Nov 1, 1993 | Ada McGrath | 7.5 |
| The Firm | Jun 30, 1993 | Tammy Hemphill | 8.0 |
| Broadcast News | Dec 16, 1987 | Jane Craig | 9.0 |
| Raising Arizona | Mar 13, 1987 | Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough | 8.4 |
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