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
- The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- I See You as Jackie Harper
- World on Fire as Nancy Campbell
- Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
2018
- United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
- The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
- Candy Jar as Kathy
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- Splitting Up Together ... (Director)
2017
- FEUD ... (Director)
- I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
- Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons
2016
- This Is Us ... (Director)
- American Housewife ... (Director)
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Life in Pieces ... (Director)
2014
- Ride as Jackie
- Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
2012
- Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master
- The Sessions as Cheryl
2011
- Revenge ... (Director)
- Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
- Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
2010
- Every Day as Jeannie
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
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 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
- Only You as Clare Enfield
- The Waterdance as Anna
- Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
- Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
- Trancers 3: Deth Lives as Lena
1991
- Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth as Lena Deth
- Into the Badlands as Blossom
- Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
- My Life and Times as Rebecca Miller
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Pamela Smart
1990
- The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Bridget Kane
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
- Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
- Miles from Home as Jennifer
- Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
- Shooter as Tracey
- Stealing Home as Hope Wyatt
1987
- Project X as Teri Macdonald
1986
- The Nativity as Mary (voice)
- The Frog Prince as Princess Henrietta
- Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
1985
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
- Galtar and the Golden Lance as Rava (voice)
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Lizzy MacGill
- Trancers as Leena
- Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
1983
- Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
- The Hitchhiker as Donette
- Choices of the Heart as Cathy
- Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
- Christmas in Washington as Self
- It Takes Two as Lisa Quinn
1981
- Gimme a Break! as Valerie
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
- Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
- I Think I'm Having A Baby as Phoebe
- The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Kathy Miller
- Darkroom as Nancy Lawrence
1979
- Knots Landing as Brenda
- The Facts of Life as Emily
- Transplant as Janice Hurley
1978
- CBS Afternoon Playhouse as Phoebe
1977
- Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
- The Spell as Kristina Matchett
- The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi
1976
- The Bionic Woman as Princess Aura
- Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
- Battle of the Network Stars
- Ark II as Diana
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
- All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
- The Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner
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