Name
Helen Hunt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-06-15 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Los 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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- 1996 Twister as Jo
- 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
- 1992 Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
- 2000 Pay It Forward as Arlene McKinney
- 1977 Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
- 2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
- 2000 What Women Want as Darcy McGuire
- 2006 Bobby as Samantha Stevens
- 1997 As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
- 2000 Dr. T & the Women as Bree Davis
- 1984 Trancers as Leena
- 1995 Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
- 2000 Cast Away as Kelly Frears
- 2007 Then She Found Me as April Epner
- 1989 Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
- 1991 Trancers II as Lena Deth
- 1983 Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
- 2005 Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
- 2004 A Good Woman as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
- 1992 The Waterdance as Anna
- 2011 Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
- 2010 Every Day as Jeannie
- 1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
- 1992 Only You as Clare Enfield
- 1987 Project X as Teri
- 1992 Trancers III as Lena
- 1977 The Spell as Kristina Matchett
- 1991 Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
- 1988 Miles from Home as Jennifer
- 1984 Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
- 1998 Chicken Little as (voice)
- 1986 The Frog Prince as Princess Henrietta
- 2011 Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
- 1988 Shooter as Tracey
- 1992 Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
- 1979 Transplant as Janice Hurley
- 1982 Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
- 1983 Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
- 2012 The Sessions as Cheryl
- 1990 The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
- 1991 Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Pamela Smart
- 1991 Into the Badlands as Blossom
- 1981 Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
- 1981 Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
- 2014 Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
- 1973 Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant
- 1988 Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
- 2018 United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
- 2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- Soon Tower Stories
- 2026 In Cold Light as Claire
- Soon A Patriot as Scarlett
- 2014 Ride as Jackie
- 1988 Stealing Home as Hope Wyatt
- 1993 In the Company of Darkness as Gina Pulasky
- 1986 The Nativity as Mary (voice)
- 1993 Sexual Healing as Rene
- 1981 The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Kathy Miller
- 2018 The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
- 1989 Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
- 2017 I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
- 2018 Candy Jar as Kathy
- 1983 Choices of the Heart as Cathy
- 2019 I See You as Jackie Harper
- 2012 Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master
- 2020 The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
- 1975 All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
- 1981 I Think I'm Having A Baby as Phoebe
- 1998 Twelfth Night as Viola & Cesario
- 2018 CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 1975 Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
- 2021 How It Ends as Lucinda
- 1976 Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
- 2007 Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
- Soon RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare as Self
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 8 episodes ) as Clancy Williams
- 1992 Mad About You ( 164 episodes ) as Jamie Buchman
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Renee (voice)
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Ellen ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Screen Test #2
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 The Facts of Life ( 1 episode ) as Emily
- 1976 The Bionic Woman ( 1 episode ) as Princess Aura
- 1988 China Beach ( 1 episode ) as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
- 1992 The Larry Sanders Show ( 1 episode ) as Helen Hunt
- 1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 2 episodes ) as Lizzy MacGill
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Brenda
- 1981 Gimme a Break! ( 1 episode ) as Valerie
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 The Swiss Family Robinson ( 20 episodes ) as Helga Wagner
- 1976 Battle of the Network Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Ark II ( 1 episode ) as Diana
- 1974 Amy Prentiss ( 3 episodes ) as Jill Prentiss
- 1983 The Hitchhiker ( 1 episode ) as Donette
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2005 Empire Falls ( 2 episodes ) as Janine Roby
- 1991 My Life and Times ( 6 episodes ) as Rebecca Miller
- 1953 The Oscars ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 CBS Afternoon Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Phoebe
- 1982 Christmas in Washington ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 It Takes Two ( 22 episodes ) as Lisa Quinn
- 1977 The Fitzpatricks ( 13 episodes ) as Kerry Gerardi
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2017 Shots Fired ( 10 episodes ) as Governor Patricia Eamons
- 1994 Friends ( 1 episode ) as Jamie Buchman
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Galtar and the Golden Lance ( 21 episodes ) as Rava (voice)
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 World on Fire ( 13 episodes ) as Nancy Campbell
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Laurie Slaughter
- 2022 Meet Marry Murder ( 10 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Mad About You ( 12 episodes ) as Jamie Buchman
- 1990 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill ( 1 episode ) as Bridget Kane
- 2021 Blindspotting ( 16 episodes ) as Rainey
- 2021 Hacks ( 8 episodes ) as Winnie Landell
- 2003 Working Shakespeare ( 5 episodes )
- 2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Lawrence
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Sarah
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mary Austin
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
