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Helen Hunt

Born 1963-06-15
📍 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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Filmography 124

In Cold Light
as Claire
2026
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair
as Kelly Frears, 'Cast Away' (movie footage)
2024
Meet Marry Murder
as Narrator (voice)
2022
How It Ends
as Lucinda
2021
Blindspotting
as Rainey
2021
Hacks
as Winnie Landell
2021
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
2020
The Night Clerk
as Ethel Bromley
2020
Mad About You
as Jamie Buchman
2019
World on Fire
as Nancy Campbell
2019
I See You
as Jackie Harper
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
2018
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Candy Jar
as Kathy
2018
The Miracle Season
as Kathy Bresnahan
2018
I Love You, Daddy
as Aura Topher
2017
Shots Fired
as Governor Patricia Eamons
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
Ride
as Jackie
2014
Decoding Annie Parker
as Mary-Claire King
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Wide-Awake
as The Yoga Master
2012
The Sessions
as Cheryl
2012
Jock the Hero Dog
as Jess (voice)
2011
Soul Surfer
as Cheri Hamilton
2011
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
Every Day
as Jeannie
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Then She Found Me
as April Epner
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
Bobby
as Samantha Stevens
2006
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Empire Falls
as Janine Roby
2005
Aliens Gone Wild
as Lena (archive footage)
2005
A Good Woman
as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Working Shakespeare
2003
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
2001
Cast Away
as Kelly Frears
2000
What Women Want
as Darcy McGuire
2000
Pay It Forward
as Arlene McKinney
2000
Dr. T & the Women
as Bree Davis
2000
Twelfth Night
as Viola & Cesario
1998
Chicken Little
as (voice)
1998
As Good as It Gets
as Carol Connelly
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Twister
as Jo
1996
Kiss of Death
as Bev Kilmartin
1995
Friends
as Jamie Buchman
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Ellen
as Ellen Screen Test #2
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Sexual Healing
as Rene
1993
In the Company of Darkness
as Gina Pulasky
1993
Trancers III
as Lena
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
as Annie Wells
1992
Mad About You
as Jamie Buchman
1992
Bob Roberts
as Rose Pondell
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Helen Hunt
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
Only You
as Clare Enfield
1992
The Waterdance
as Anna
1992
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
as Pamela Smart
1991
Trancers II
as Lena Deth
1991
Into the Badlands
as Blossom
1991
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"
as Self
1991
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Bridget Kane
1990
The Easter Story
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
1990
The Simpsons
as Renee (voice)
1989
Incident at Dark River
as Jesse McCandless
1989
Next of Kin
as Jessie Gates
1989
Miles from Home
as Jennifer
1988
Shooter
as Tracey
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Stealing Home
as Hope Wyatt
1988
China Beach
as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
1988
Pulse Pounders
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
1988
Trancers: City of Lost Angels
as Lena
1988
Project X
as Teri
1987
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Beth Bodell
1986
The Frog Prince
as Princess Henrietta
1986
The Nativity
as Mary (voice)
1986
Galtar and the Golden Lance
as Rava (voice)
1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Lynne Stone
1985
Trancers
as Leena
1984
Sweet Revenge
as Debbie Markham
1984
Highway to Heaven
as Lizzy MacGill
1984
Quarterback Princess
as Tami Maida
1983
The Hitchhiker
as Donette
1983
Bill: On His Own
as Jenny Wells
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Clancy Williams
1982
It Takes Two
as Lisa Quinn
1982
Desperate Lives
as Sandy Cameron
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
Child Bride of Short Creek
as Naomi
1981
Darkroom
as Nancy Lawrence
1981
Gimme a Break!
as Valerie
1981
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Kathy Miller
1981
I Think I'm Having A Baby
as Phoebe
1981
Angel Dusted
as Lizzie Eaton
1981
Knots Landing
as Brenda
1979
The Facts of Life
as Emily
1979
Transplant
as Janice Hurley
1979
The Fitzpatricks
as Kerry Gerardi
1977
Rollercoaster
as Tracy Calder
1977
The Spell
as Kristina Matchett
1977
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Having Babies
as Sharon McNamara
1976
Ark II
as Diana
1976
The Bionic Woman
as Princess Aura
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Death Scream
as Teila Rodriguez
1975
The Swiss Family Robinson
as Helga Wagner
1975
All Together Now
as Susan Lindsay
1975
Amy Prentiss
as Jill Prentiss
1974
Pioneer Woman
as Sarah Sargeant
1973
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Laurie Slaughter
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
Tower Stories