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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Electric State as
- 2022 · Meet Marry Murder as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · How It Ends as Lucinda
- 2021 · Blindspotting as Rainey
- 2020 · The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
- 2019 · 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
- 2018 · 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
- 2017 · I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
- 2017 · Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons
- 2016 · Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Ride as Jackie
- 2014 · Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
- 2014 · Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master
- 2012 · The Sessions as Cheryl
- 2011 · Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
- 2011 · Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2010 · Every Day as Jeannie
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Then She Found Me as April Epner
- 2006 · Bobby as Samantha Stevens
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Empire Falls as Janine Roby
- 2005 · Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
- 2004 · A Good Woman as Stella Erlynne
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
- 2000 · 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
- 1998 · Twelfth Night as Viola & Cesario
- 1998 · Chicken Little as (voice)
- 1997 · As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Twister as Jo
- 1995 · Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
- 1994 · Friends as Jamie Buchman
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #2
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Sexual Healing as Rene
- 1993 · In the Company of Darkness as Gina Pulasky
- 1992 · Trancers 3: Deth Lives as Lena
- 1992 · Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- 1992 · Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Helen Hunt
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · The Waterdance as Anna
- 1992 · Only You as Clare Enfield
- 1991 · Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Pamela Smart
- 1991 · Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth as Lena Deth
- 1991 · Into the Badlands as Blossom
- 1991 · My Life and Times as Rebecca Miller
- 1990 · The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Bridget Kane
- 1990 · The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Renee (voice)
- 1989 · Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
- 1989 · Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
- 1988 · 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 · Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
- 1988 · Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
- 1987 · Project X as Teri Macdonald
- 1987 · The Nativity as Mary (voice)
- 1986 · Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
- 1986 · The Frog Prince as Henrietta
- 1985 · Galtar and the Golden Lance as Rava (voice)
- 1985 · Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
- 1984 · Trancers as Leena
- 1984 · Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as Lizzy MacGill
- 1983 · Choices of the Heart as Cathy
- 1983 · Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
- 1983 · Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Donette
- 1982 · Christmas in Washington as Self
- 1982 · 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
- 1981 · 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
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Brenda
- 1979 · The Facts of Life as Emily
- 1979 · Transplant as Janice Hurley
- 1978 · CBS Afternoon Playhouse as Phoebe
- 1977 · The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi
- 1977 · Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
- 1977 · The Spell as Kristina Matchett
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1976 · Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
- 1976 · Ark II as Diana
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as Princess Aura
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
- 1975 · The Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner
- 1974 · Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss
- 1973 · Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Laurie Slaughter
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Future · A Patriot as Scarlett
- Future · In Cold Light as Claire
- Future · Lucca Mortis as
- 1975 · All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self