Helen Hunt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 15, 1963
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
- RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare TBA
as Self
- A Patriot
A Patriot TBA
as Scarlett
Tower Stories TBA
Actor
In Cold Light 2026
as Claire
No Friends 2025
as Jamie Buchman
How It Ends 2021
as Lucinda
The Night Clerk 2020
as Ethel Bromley
I See You 2019
as Jackie Harper
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion 2018
as Self
United We Fan 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Candy Jar 2018
as Kathy
The Miracle Season 2018
as Kathy Bresnahan
I Love You, Daddy 2017
as Aura Topher
Ride 2014
as Jackie, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Decoding Annie Parker 2014
as Mary-Claire King
Wide-Awake 2012
as The Yoga Master
The Sessions 2012
as Cheryl
Jock the Hero Dog 2011
as Jess (voice)
Soul Surfer 2011
as Cheri Hamilton
Every Day 2010
as Jeannie
Then She Found Me 2007
as April Epner, Producer, Director, Screenplay
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation 2007
as Self
Bobby 2006
as Samantha Stevens
Aliens Gone Wild 2005
as Lena (archive footage)
A Good Woman 2004
as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002
as Self
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Cast Away 2000
as Kelly Frears
What Women Want 2000
as Darcy McGuire
Pay It Forward 2000
as Arlene McKinney
Dr. T & the Women 2000
as Bree Davis
Twelfth Night 1998
as Viola & Cesario
Chicken Little 1998
as (voice)
As Good as It Gets 1997
as Carol Connelly
Twister 1996
as Jo
Kiss of Death 1995
as Bev Kilmartin
Sexual Healing 1993
as Rene
In the Company of Darkness 1993
as Gina Pulasky
Trancers III 1992
as Lena
Mr. Saturday Night 1992
as Annie Wells
Bob Roberts 1992
as Rose Pondell
Only You 1992
as Clare Enfield
The Waterdance 1992
as Anna
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story 1991
as Pamela Smart
Trancers II 1991
as Lena Deth
Into the Badlands 1991
as Blossom
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" 1991
as Self
The Easter Story 1990
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
Incident at Dark River 1989
as Jesse McCandless
Next of Kin 1989
as Jessie Gates
Miles from Home 1988
as Jennifer
Shooter 1988
as Tracey
Stealing Home 1988
as Hope Wyatt
Trancers: City of Lost Angels 1988
as Lena
Pulse Pounders 1988
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
Project X 1987
as Teri
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986
as Beth Bodell
The Frog Prince 1986
as Princess Henrietta
The Nativity 1986
as Mary (voice)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1985
as Lynne Stone
Trancers 1984
as Leena
Sweet Revenge 1984
as Debbie Markham
- Choices of the Heart
Choices of the Heart 1983
as Cathy
Quarterback Princess 1983
as Tami Maida
Bill: On His Own 1983
as Jenny Wells
Desperate Lives 1982
as Sandy Cameron
Child Bride of Short Creek 1981
as Naomi
The Miracle of Kathy Miller 1981
as Kathy Miller
I Think I'm Having A Baby 1981
as Phoebe
Angel Dusted 1981
as Lizzie Eaton
Transplant 1979
as Janice Hurley
Rollercoaster 1977
as Tracy Calder
The Spell 1977
as Kristina Matchett
Having Babies 1976
as Sharon McNamara
Death Scream 1975
as Teila Rodriguez
All Together Now 1975
as Susan Lindsay
Pioneer Woman 1973
as Sarah Sargeant
Credits from TMDB.