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Helen Hunt

Acting 62 years old Los Angeles, California, USA ★ 3.7
Born: June 15, 1963

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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Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Renee (voice) 1989
Friends
Friends Jamie Buchman 1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (127)

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

Directing Credits (10)

Writing Credits (2)

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