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Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Acting1963Los 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.

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Acting History

Future
2026
In Cold Light
as Claire
2025
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TVas Self - Contestant1 eps
2024
Hacks
TVas Winnie Landell8 eps
2023
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self1 eps
2021
How It Ends
as Lucinda
Blindspotting
TVas Rainey
2020
The Night Clerk
as Ethel Bromley
2019
I See You
as Jackie Harper
World on Fire
TVas Nancy Campbell13 eps
2018
The Miracle Season
as Kathy Bresnahan
Candy Jar
as Kathy
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
American Housewife
TVDirector4 eps
2017
I Love You, Daddy
as Aura Topher
Shots Fired
TVas Governor Patricia Eamons
FEUD
TVDirector
2016
Life in Pieces
TVDirector2 eps
This Is Us
TVDirector
2014
Ride
as Jackie
Decoding Annie Parker
as Mary-Claire King
Ride
Director
Ride
Screenplay
Ride
Producer
2012
The Sessions
as Cheryl
Wide-Awake
as The Yoga Master
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self1 eps
2011
Jock the Hero Dog
as Jess (voice)
Soul Surfer
as Cheri Hamilton
Revenge
TVDirector
2010
Every Day
as Jeannie
2006
Bobby
as Samantha Stevens
The Reichen Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2005
Aliens Gone Wild
as Lena (archive footage)
Empire Falls
TVas Janine Roby
2004
A Good Woman
as Stella Erlynne
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)
Ellen
TVas Ellen Screen Test #21 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Renee (voice)1 eps
Mad About You
TVDirector5 eps
1997
As Good as It Gets
as Carol Connelly
The Oscars
TVas Self4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Winner1 eps
The View
TVas Self
1996
Twister
as Jo
1995
Kiss of Death
as Bev Kilmartin
Friends
TVas Jamie Buchman1 eps
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
TVas Helen Hunt1 eps
1992
Only You
as Clare Enfield
Mr. Saturday Night
as Annie Wells
Bob Roberts
as Rose Pondell
Mad About You
TVas Jamie Buchman164 eps
Mad About You
TVExecutive Producer164 eps
1990
The Easter Story
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
China Beach
TVas Amanda "Sissy" Simpson1 eps
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TVas Bridget Kane1 eps
1989
Next of Kin
as Jessie Gates
Incident at Dark River
as Jesse McCandless
1988
Stealing Home
as Hope Wyatt
Miles from Home
as Jennifer
Pulse Pounders
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
Shooter
as Tracey
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest
1987
Project X
as Teri Macdonald
The Hitchhiker
TVas Donette1 eps
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Beth Bodell
The Nativity
as Mary (voice)
The Frog Prince
as Princess Henrietta
1985
Highway to Heaven
TVas Lizzy MacGill2 eps
1984
Trancers
as Leena
Sweet Revenge
as Debbie Markham
St. Elsewhere
TVas Clancy Williams8 eps
1983
1982
Desperate Lives
as Sandy Cameron
It Takes Two
TVas Lisa Quinn
1981
Angel Dusted
as Lizzie Eaton
Knots Landing
TVas Brenda1 eps
Gimme a Break!
TVas Valerie
Darkroom
TVas Nancy Lawrence1 eps
1980
The Facts of Life
TVas Emily1 eps
1979
Transplant
as Janice Hurley
1978
The Bionic Woman
TVas Princess Aura1 eps
1977
Rollercoaster
as Tracy Calder
The Spell
as Kristina Matchett
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TVas Laurie Slaughter1 eps
1976
Having Babies
as Sharon McNamara
Ark II
TVas Diana1 eps
1975
Death Scream
as Teila Rodriguez
All Together Now
as Susan Lindsay
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1974
Amy Prentiss
TVas Jill Prentiss3 eps
1973
Pioneer Woman
as Sarah Sargeant

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/15/1963(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA