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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 15, 1963
Age
63 years old
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity Score
3.6
Filmography
In Cold Light
Claire
2026Movie
Meet Marry Murder
Narrator (voice)
2022TV
How It Ends
Lucinda
2021Movie
Blindspotting
Rainey
2021TV
Hacks
Winnie Landell
2021TV
The Night Clerk
Ethel Bromley
2020Movie
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020TV
I See You
Jackie Harper
2019Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019TV
World on Fire
Nancy Campbell
2019TV
Mad About You
Jamie Buchman
2019TV
United We Fan
Self (archive footage)
2018Movie
The Miracle Season
Kathy Bresnahan
2018Movie
Candy Jar
Kathy
2018Movie
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
2018Movie
Splitting Up Together
Director
2018TV
I Love You, Daddy
Aura Topher
2017Movie
Shots Fired
Governor Patricia Eamons
2017TV
FEUD
Director
2017TV
This Is Us
Director
2016TV
American Housewife
Director
2016TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015TV
Life in Pieces
Director
2015TV
Decoding Annie Parker
Mary-Claire King
2014Movie
Ride
Jackie
2014Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014TV
Ride
Director
2014Movie
Ride
Screenplay
2014Movie
Ride
Producer
2014Movie
The Sessions
Cheryl
2012Movie
Wide-Awake
The Yoga Master
2012Movie
Soul Surfer
Cheri Hamilton
2011Movie
Jock the Hero Dog
Jess (voice)
2011Movie
Revenge
Director
2011TV
Every Day
Jeannie
2010Movie
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009TV
Then She Found Me
April Epner
2007Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007Movie
Then She Found Me
Producer
2007Movie
Then She Found Me
Director
2007Movie
Then She Found Me
Screenplay
2007Movie
Californication
Director
2007TV
Bobby
Samantha Stevens
2006Movie
Aliens Gone Wild
Lena (archive footage)
2005Movie
Empire Falls
Janine Roby
2005TV
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005TV
A Good Woman
Mrs. Stella Erlynne
2004Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003TV
Working Shakespeare
2003TV
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002Movie
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Betty Ann Fitzgerald
2001Movie
Pay It Forward
Arlene McKinney
2000Movie
What Women Want
Darcy McGuire
2000Movie
Dr. T & the Women
Bree Davis
2000Movie
Cast Away
Kelly Frears
2000Movie
Chicken Little
(voice)
1998Movie
Twelfth Night
Viola & Cesario
1998Movie
As Good as It Gets
Carol Connelly
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
Twister
Jo
1996Movie
Kiss of Death
Bev Kilmartin
1995Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994TV
Ellen
Ellen Screen Test #2
1994TV
Friends
Jamie Buchman
1994TV
In the Company of Darkness
Gina Pulasky
1993Movie
Sexual Healing
Rene
1993Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
Bob Roberts
Rose Pondell
1992Movie
The Waterdance
Anna
1992Movie
Only You
Clare Enfield
1992Movie
Trancers III
Lena
1992Movie
Mr. Saturday Night
Annie Wells
1992Movie
Mad About You
Jamie Buchman
1992TV
The Larry Sanders Show
Helen Hunt
1992TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992TV
Mad About You
Director
1992TV
Mad About You
Executive Producer
1992TV
Trancers II
Lena Deth
1991Movie
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"
Self
1991Movie
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Pamela Smart
1991Movie
Into the Badlands
Blossom
1991Movie
My Life and Times
Rebecca Miller
1991TV
The Easter Story
Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
1990Movie
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Bridget Kane
1990TV
Next of Kin
Jessie Gates
1989Movie
Incident at Dark River
Jesse McCandless
1989Movie
The Simpsons
Renee (voice)
1989TV
Miles from Home
Jennifer
1988Movie
Shooter
Tracey
1988Movie
Pulse Pounders
Leena (Trancers sequence)
1988Movie
Trancers: City of Lost Angels
Lena
1988Movie
Stealing Home
Hope Wyatt
1988Movie
China Beach
Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
1988TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
Project X
Teri
1987Movie
Peggy Sue Got Married
Beth Bodell
1986Movie
The Frog Prince
Princess Henrietta
1986Movie
The Nativity
Mary (voice)
1986Movie
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Lynne Stone
1985Movie
Galtar and the Golden Lance
Rava (voice)
1985TV
Trancers
Leena
1984Movie
Sweet Revenge
Debbie Markham
1984Movie
Highway to Heaven
Lizzy MacGill
1984TV
Bill: On His Own
Jenny Wells
1983Movie
Quarterback Princess
Tami Maida
1983Movie
Choices of the Heart
Cathy
1983Movie
The Hitchhiker
Donette
1983TV
Desperate Lives
Sandy Cameron
1982Movie
St. Elsewhere
Clancy Williams
1982TV
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982TV
Christmas in Washington
Self
1982TV
It Takes Two
Lisa Quinn
1982TV
American Playhouse
Sarah
1982TV
Angel Dusted
Lizzie Eaton
1981Movie
Child Bride of Short Creek
Naomi
1981Movie
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller
1981Movie
I Think I'm Having A Baby
Phoebe
1981Movie
Gimme a Break!
Valerie
1981TV
Darkroom
Nancy Lawrence
1981TV
Transplant
Janice Hurley
1979Movie
The Facts of Life
Emily
1979TV
Knots Landing
Brenda
1979TV
CBS Afternoon Playhouse
Phoebe
1978TV
Rollercoaster
Tracy Calder
1977Movie
The Spell
Kristina Matchett
1977Movie
The Fitzpatricks
Kerry Gerardi
1977TV
Having Babies
Sharon McNamara
1976Movie
The Bionic Woman
Princess Aura
1976TV
Battle of the Network Stars
1976TV
Ark II
Diana
1976TV
All Together Now
Susan Lindsay
1975Movie
Death Scream
Teila Rodriguez
1975Movie
The Swiss Family Robinson
Helga Wagner
1975TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
Amy Prentiss
Jill Prentiss
1974TV
Pioneer Woman
Sarah Sargeant
1973Movie
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Laurie Slaughter
1970TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944TV
Tower Stories
—Movie
A Patriot
Scarlett
—Movie
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
—Movie