Helen Hunt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 15, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame in 1992, portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Lead Actress. In 1997, Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Carol Connelly in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets, while her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in The Sessions (2012), gained her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include Twister (1996), Cast Away (2000), What Women Want (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Bobby (2006), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Miracle Season (2018). Hunt made her directorial film debut with Then She Found Me (2007), and has directed the film Ride (2014), and episodes of television series, including House of Lies, This Is Us, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Housewife, and the premiere episode of the Mad About You revival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Tower Stories
Movie
A Patriot
Movie · as Scarlett
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie · as Self
In Cold Light
Movie · as Claire
Meet Marry Murder
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
How It Ends
Movie · as Lucinda
Blindspotting
TV · as Rainey · 16 eps
Hacks
TV · as Winnie Landell · 8 eps
The Night Clerk
Movie · as Ethel Bromley
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
I See You
Movie · as Jackie Harper
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
World on Fire
TV · as Nancy Campbell · 13 eps
Mad About You
TV · as Jamie Buchman · 12 eps
United We Fan
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Miracle Season
Movie · as Kathy Bresnahan
Candy Jar
Movie · as Kathy
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Movie · as Self
I Love You, Daddy
Movie · as Aura Topher
Shots Fired
TV · as Governor Patricia Eamons · 10 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Decoding Annie Parker
Movie · as Mary-Claire King
Ride
Movie · as Jackie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Sessions
Movie · as Cheryl
Wide-Awake
Movie · as The Yoga Master
Soul Surfer
Movie · as Cheri Hamilton
Jock the Hero Dog
Movie · as Jess (voice)
Every Day
Movie · as Jeannie
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Then She Found Me
Movie · as April Epner
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Bobby
Movie · as Samantha Stevens
Aliens Gone Wild
Movie · as Lena (archive footage)
Empire Falls
TV · as Janine Roby · 2 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Good Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Working Shakespeare
TV · 5 eps
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Movie · as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Pay It Forward
Movie · as Arlene McKinney
What Women Want
Movie · as Darcy McGuire
Dr. T & the Women
Movie · as Bree Davis
Cast Away
Movie · as Kelly Frears
Chicken Little
Movie · as (voice)
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Viola & Cesario
As Good as It Gets
Movie · as Carol Connelly
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Twister
Movie · as Jo
Kiss of Death
Movie · as Bev Kilmartin
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ellen
TV · as Ellen Screen Test #2 · 1 ep
Friends
TV · as Jamie Buchman · 1 ep
In the Company of Darkness
Movie · as Gina Pulasky
Sexual Healing
Movie · as Rene
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bob Roberts
Movie · as Rose Pondell
The Waterdance
Movie · as Anna
Only You
Movie · as Clare Enfield
Trancers III
Movie · as Lena
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie · as Annie Wells
Mad About You
TV · as Jamie Buchman · 164 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Helen Hunt · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Trancers II
Movie · as Lena Deth
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"
Movie · as Self
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Movie · as Pamela Smart
Into the Badlands
Movie · as Blossom
My Life and Times
TV · as Rebecca Miller · 6 eps
The Easter Story
Movie · as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV · as Bridget Kane · 1 ep
Next of Kin
Movie · as Jessie Gates
Incident at Dark River
Movie · as Jesse McCandless
The Simpsons
TV · as Renee (voice) · 1 ep
Miles from Home
Movie · as Jennifer
Shooter
Movie · as Tracey
Pulse Pounders
Movie · as Leena (Trancers sequence)
Trancers: City of Lost Angels
Movie · as Lena
Stealing Home
Movie · as Hope Wyatt
China Beach
TV · as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Project X
Movie · as Teri
Peggy Sue Got Married
Movie · as Beth Bodell
The Frog Prince
Movie · as Princess Henrietta
The Nativity
Movie · as Mary (voice)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Movie · as Lynne Stone
Galtar and the Golden Lance
TV · as Rava (voice) · 21 eps
Trancers
Movie · as Leena
Sweet Revenge
Movie · as Debbie Markham
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Lizzy MacGill · 2 eps
Bill: On His Own
Movie · as Jenny Wells
Quarterback Princess
Movie · as Tami Maida
Choices of the Heart
Movie · as Cathy
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Donette · 1 ep
Desperate Lives
Movie · as Sandy Cameron
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Clancy Williams · 8 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Christmas in Washington
TV · as Self · 1 ep
It Takes Two
TV · as Lisa Quinn · 22 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Sarah, Mary Austin · 1 ep
Angel Dusted
Movie · as Lizzie Eaton
Child Bride of Short Creek
Movie · as Naomi
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Movie · as Kathy Miller
I Think I'm Having A Baby
Movie · as Phoebe
Gimme a Break!
TV · as Valerie · 1 ep
Darkroom
TV · as Nancy Lawrence · 1 ep
Transplant
Movie · as Janice Hurley
The Facts of Life
TV · as Emily · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Brenda · 1 ep
CBS Afternoon Playhouse
TV · as Phoebe · 1 ep
Rollercoaster
Movie · as Tracy Calder
The Spell
Movie · as Kristina Matchett
The Fitzpatricks
TV · as Kerry Gerardi · 13 eps
Having Babies
Movie · as Sharon McNamara
The Bionic Woman
TV · as Princess Aura · 1 ep
Battle of the Network Stars
TV · 1 ep
Ark II
TV · as Diana · 1 ep
All Together Now
Movie · as Susan Lindsay
Death Scream
Movie · as Teila Rodriguez
The Swiss Family Robinson
TV · as Helga Wagner · 20 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Amy Prentiss
TV · as Jill Prentiss · 3 eps
Pioneer Woman
Movie · as Sarah Sargeant
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Laurie Slaughter · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep