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