Helen Hunt

Known For: Acting
Born: June 15, 1963
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Helen Hunt

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 F…

Filmography

In Cold Light

2026 · Claire

Meet Marry Murder

2022 · Narrator (voice)

How It Ends

2021 · Lucinda

Blindspotting

2021 · Rainey

Hacks

2021 · Winnie Landell

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020 · Self - Contestant

The Night Clerk

2020 · Ethel Bromley

Mad About You

2019 · Jamie Buchman

World on Fire

2019 · Nancy Campbell

I See You

2019 · Jackie Harper

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Self

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

2018 · Self

United We Fan

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Candy Jar

2018 · Kathy

The Miracle Season

2018 · Kathy Bresnahan

Splitting Up Together

2018 · Director

I Love You, Daddy

2017 · Aura Topher

Shots Fired

2017 · Governor Patricia Eamons

FEUD

2017 · Director

American Housewife

2016 · Director

This Is Us

2016 · Director

Life in Pieces

2015 · Director

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · Self

Ride

2014 · Jackie, Director, Screenplay, Producer

Decoding Annie Parker

2014 · Mary-Claire King

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

Wide-Awake

2012 · The Yoga Master

The Sessions

2012 · Cheryl

Revenge

2011 · Director

Jock the Hero Dog

2011 · Jess (voice)

Soul Surfer

2011 · Cheri Hamilton

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010 · Self

Every Day

2010 · Jeannie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Then She Found Me

2007 · April Epner, Producer, Director, Screenplay

Californication

2007 · Director

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007 · Self

Bobby

2006 · Samantha Stevens

The Reichen Show

2005 · Self - Guest

Empire Falls

2005 · Janine Roby

Aliens Gone Wild

2005 · Lena (archive footage)

A Good Woman

2004 · Mrs. Stella Erlynne

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Self

Working Shakespeare

2003

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002 · Self

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001 · Betty Ann Fitzgerald

Cast Away

2000 · Kelly Frears

What Women Want

2000 · Darcy McGuire

Pay It Forward

2000 · Arlene McKinney

Dr. T & the Women

2000 · Bree Davis

Twelfth Night

1998 · Viola & Cesario

Chicken Little

1998 · (voice)

As Good as It Gets

1997 · Carol Connelly

The View

1997 · Self

Twister

1996 · Jo

Kiss of Death

1995 · Bev Kilmartin

Friends

1994 · Jamie Buchman

Inside the Actors Studio

1994 · Self

Ellen

1994 · Ellen Screen Test #2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Sexual Healing

1993 · Rene

In the Company of Darkness

1993 · Gina Pulasky

Trancers III

1992 · Lena

Mr. Saturday Night

1992 · Annie Wells

Mad About You

1992 · Jamie Buchman, Director, Executive Producer

Bob Roberts

1992 · Rose Pondell

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Helen Hunt

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Self

Only You

1992 · Clare Enfield

The Waterdance

1992 · Anna

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

1991 · Pamela Smart

Trancers II

1991 · Lena Deth

Into the Badlands

1991 · Blossom

My Life and Times

My Life and Times

1991 · Rebecca Miller

Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"

1991 · Self

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

1990 · Bridget Kane

The Easter Story

1990 · Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)

The Simpsons

1989 · Renee (voice)

Incident at Dark River

1989 · Jesse McCandless

Next of Kin

1989 · Jessie Gates

Miles from Home

1988 · Jennifer

Shooter

1988 · Tracey

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Self - Guest

Stealing Home

1988 · Hope Wyatt

China Beach

1988 · Amanda "Sissy" Simpson

Pulse Pounders

1988 · Leena (Trancers sequence)

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

1988 · Lena

Project X

1987 · Teri

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986 · Beth Bodell

The Frog Prince

1986 · Princess Henrietta

The Nativity

1986 · Mary (voice)

Galtar and the Golden Lance

1985 · Rava (voice)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1985 · Lynne Stone

Trancers

1984 · Leena

Sweet Revenge

1984 · Debbie Markham

Highway to Heaven

1984 · Lizzy MacGill

Choices of the Heart

Choices of the Heart

1983 · Cathy

Quarterback Princess

1983 · Tami Maida

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Donette

Bill: On His Own

1983 · Jenny Wells

Christmas in Washington

Christmas in Washington

1982 · Self

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Clancy Williams

It Takes Two

1982 · Lisa Quinn

Desperate Lives

1982 · Sandy Cameron

Late Night with David Letterman

1982 · Self

American Playhouse

1982 · Sarah, Mary Austin

Child Bride of Short Creek

1981 · Naomi

Darkroom

1981 · Nancy Lawrence

Gimme a Break!

1981 · Valerie

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

1981 · Kathy Miller

I Think I'm Having A Baby

1981 · Phoebe

Angel Dusted

1981 · Lizzie Eaton

Knots Landing

1979 · Brenda

The Facts of Life

1979 · Emily

Transplant

1979 · Janice Hurley

CBS Afternoon Playhouse

CBS Afternoon Playhouse

1978 · Phoebe

The Fitzpatricks

1977 · Kerry Gerardi

Rollercoaster

1977 · Tracy Calder

The Spell

1977 · Kristina Matchett

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

Having Babies

1976 · Sharon McNamara

Ark II

1976 · Diana

The Bionic Woman

1976 · Princess Aura

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

Death Scream

1975 · Teila Rodriguez

The Swiss Family Robinson

1975 · Helga Wagner

All Together Now

1975 · Susan Lindsay

Amy Prentiss

1974 · Jill Prentiss

Pioneer Woman

1973 · Sarah Sargeant

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970 · Laurie Slaughter

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Winner

Tower Stories

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A Patriot

— · Scarlett

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

— · Self

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