Helen Hunt
Born: 1963-06-15 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- In Cold Light as Claire
2022
- Meet Marry Murder as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Hacks as Winnie Landell
- Blindspotting as Rainey
- How It Ends as Lucinda
2020
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- World on Fire as Nancy Campbell
- Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- I See You as Jackie Harper
2018
- Splitting Up Together ... (Director)
- Candy Jar as Kathy
- The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
- United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2017
- FEUD ... (Director)
- Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons
- I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
2016
- This Is Us ... (Director)
- American Housewife ... (Director)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Life in Pieces ... (Director)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Ride as Jackie
- Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
2012
- The Sessions as Cheryl
- Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master
2011
- Revenge ... (Director)
- Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
- Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
2010
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Every Day as Jeannie
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2007
- Californication ... (Director)
- Then She Found Me as April Epner
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
2006
- Bobby as Samantha Stevens
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- Empire Falls as Janine Roby
- Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
2004
- A Good Woman as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
2003
2002
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
2000
- Cast Away as Kelly Frears
- What Women Want as Darcy McGuire
- Pay It Forward as Arlene McKinney
- Dr. T & the Women as Bree Davis
1998
- Twelfth Night as Viola & Cesario
- Chicken Little as (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
1996
- Twister as Jo
1995
- Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
1994
- Friends as Jamie Buchman
- Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #2
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- In the Company of Darkness as Gina Pulasky
- Sexual Healing as Rene
1992
- Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- The Larry Sanders Show as Helen Hunt
- Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
- Trancers III as Lena
- The Waterdance as Anna
- Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
- Only You as Clare Enfield
1991
- Trancers II as Lena Deth
- My Life and Times as Rebecca Miller
- Into the Badlands as Blossom
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Pamela Smart
- Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
1990
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Bridget Kane
- The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
1989
- The Simpsons as Renee (voice)
- Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
- Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- China Beach as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
- Stealing Home as Hope Wyatt
- Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
- Miles from Home as Jennifer
- Shooter as Tracey
- Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
1987
- Project X as Teri
1986
- Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
- The Frog Prince as Princess Henrietta
- The Nativity as Mary (voice)
1985
- Galtar and the Golden Lance as Rava (voice)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Lizzy MacGill
- Trancers as Leena
- Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Donette
- Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
- Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
- Choices of the Heart as Cathy
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- It Takes Two as Lisa Quinn
- Christmas in Washington as Self
- Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
1981
- Gimme a Break! as Valerie
- Darkroom as Nancy Lawrence
- The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Kathy Miller
- Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
- I Think I'm Having A Baby as Phoebe
1979
- Knots Landing as Brenda
- The Facts of Life as Emily
- Transplant as Janice Hurley
1978
- CBS Afternoon Playhouse as Phoebe
1977
- The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi
- Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
- The Spell as Kristina Matchett
1976
- The Bionic Woman as Princess Aura
- Battle of the Network Stars
- Ark II as Diana
- Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- The Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner
- Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
- All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
1974
- Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss
1973
- Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Laurie Slaughter
1962
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner