Helen Hunt
14.2Acting

Helen Hunt

Jun 15, 1963 - 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.

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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1996TwisterJo
Movie1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedBeth Bodell
Movie1992Bob RobertsRose Pondell
Movie2000Pay It ForwardArlene McKinney
Movie1977RollercoasterTracy Calder
Movie2001The Curse of the Jade ScorpionBetty Ann Fitzgerald
Movie2000What Women WantDarcy McGuire
Movie2006BobbySamantha Stevens
Movie1997As Good as It GetsCarol Connelly
Movie2000Dr. T & the WomenBree Davis
Movie1984TrancersLeena
Movie1995Kiss of DeathBev Kilmartin
Movie2000Cast AwayKelly Frears
Movie2007Then She Found MeApril Epner
Movie1989Next of KinJessie Gates
Movie1991Trancers II: The Return of Jack DethLena Deth
Movie1983Bill: On His OwnJenny Wells
Movie2005Aliens Gone WildLena (archive footage)
Movie2004A Good WomanStella Erlynne
Movie1992The WaterdanceAnna
Movie2011Soul SurferCheri Hamilton
Movie2010Every DayJeannie
Movie1985Girls Just Want to Have FunLynne Stone
Movie1992Only YouClare Enfield
Movie1987Project XTeri Macdonald
Movie1992Trancers 3: Deth LivesLena
Movie1977The SpellKristina Matchett
Movie1991Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"Self
Movie1988Miles from HomeJennifer
Movie1984Sweet RevengeDebbie Markham
Movie1998Chicken Little(voice)
Movie1986The Frog PrincePrincess Henrietta
Movie2011Jock the Hero DogJess (voice)
Movie1988ShooterTracey
Movie1992Mr. Saturday NightAnnie Wells
Movie1979TransplantJanice Hurley
Movie1982Desperate LivesSandy Cameron
Movie1983Quarterback PrincessTami Maida
Movie2012The SessionsCheryl
Movie1990The Easter StoryJerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
Movie1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart StoryPamela Smart
Movie1991Into the BadlandsBlossom
Movie1981Angel DustedLizzie Eaton
Movie1981Child Bride of Short CreekNaomi
Movie2014Decoding Annie ParkerMary-Claire King
Movie1973Pioneer WomanSarah Sargeant
Movie1988Pulse PoundersLeena (Trancers sequence)
Movie2018United We FanSelf (archive footage)
Movie1988Trancers: City of Lost AngelsLena
Movie2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
MovieN/ATower Stories
Movie2025In Cold LightClaire
Movie2014Captivated: The Trials of Pamela SmartPamela Smart (archive footage)
MovieN/AA PatriotScarlett
Movie2014RideJackie
Movie1988Stealing HomeHope Wyatt
Movie1993In the Company of DarknessGina Pulasky
Movie1986The NativityMary (voice)
Movie1993Sexual HealingRene
Movie1981The Miracle of Kathy MillerKathy Miller
Movie2018The Miracle SeasonKathy Bresnahan
Movie1989Incident at Dark RiverJesse McCandless
Movie2017I Love You, DaddyAura Topher
Movie2018Candy JarKathy
Movie1983Choices of the HeartCathy
Movie2019I See YouJackie Harper
Movie2012Wide-AwakeThe Yoga Master
Movie2020The Night ClerkEthel Bromley
Movie1975All Together NowSusan Lindsay
Movie1981I Think I'm Having A BabyPhoebe
Movie1998Twelfth NightViola & Cesario
Movie2018CinemAbility: The Art of InclusionSelf
Movie1975Death ScreamTeila Rodriguez
Movie2021How It EndsLucinda
Movie1976Having BabiesSharon McNamara
TV Show1982St. ElsewhereClancy Williams8
TV Show1992Mad About YouJamie Buchman164
TV Show1989The SimpsonsRenee (voice)1
TV Show1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf1
TV Show1994EllenEllen Screen Test #21
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show1979The Facts of LifeEmily1
TV Show1976The Bionic WomanPrincess Aura1
TV Show1988China BeachAmanda "Sissy" Simpson1
TV Show1992The Larry Sanders ShowHelen Hunt1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf3
TV Show1984Highway to HeavenLizzy MacGill2
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf1
TV Show1979Knots LandingBrenda1
TV Show1981Gimme a Break!Valerie1
TV Show1981DarkroomNancy Lawrence1
TV Show1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf2
TV Show1975The Swiss Family RobinsonHelga Wagner26
TV Show1976Battle of the Network Stars1
TV Show1976Ark IIDiana1
TV Show1974Amy PrentissJill Prentiss3
TV Show1983The HitchhikerDonette1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest2
TV Show2005Empire FallsJanine Roby2
TV Show1991My Life and TimesRebecca Miller6
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf4
TV Show1978CBS Afternoon PlayhousePhoebe1
TV Show1982Christmas in WashingtonSelf1
TV Show1982It Takes TwoLisa Quinn22
TV Show1977The FitzpatricksKerry Gerardi13
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host2
TV Show2017Shots FiredGovernor Patricia Eamons10
TV Show1994FriendsJamie Buchman1
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1
TV Show1985Galtar and the Golden LanceRava (voice)21
TV Show2010Who Do You Think You Are?Self1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2005The Reichen ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest3
TV Show2019World on FireNancy Campbell13
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1
TV Show1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowLaurie Slaughter1
TV Show2022Meet Marry MurderNarrator (voice)10
TV Show2019Mad About YouJamie Buchman12
TV Show1990The Trials of Rosie O'NeillBridget Kane1
TV Show2021BlindspottingRainey16
TV Show2021HacksWinnie Landell8
TV Show2003Working Shakespeare5

Crew

Media
Movie2007Then She Found MeDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Then She Found MeScreenplayWriting
Movie2007Then She Found MeProducerProduction
Movie2014RideDirectorDirecting
Movie2014RideScreenplayWriting
Movie2014RideProducerProduction
TV Show1992Mad About YouDirectorDirecting
TV Show1992Mad About YouExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2007CalifornicationDirectorDirecting
TV Show2016This Is UsDirectorDirecting
TV Show2016American HousewifeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2018Splitting Up TogetherDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017FEUDDirectorDirecting
TV Show2015Life in PiecesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2011RevengeDirectorDirecting