Helen Hunt
Birthdate
June 15, 1963 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
June 15, 1963 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
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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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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Helen Hunt's LGBTQ+ Titles
As Good as It Gets
Carol Connelly
Acting (122)
Lucca Mortis
A Patriot as Scarlett
In Cold Light as Claire
2022
Meet Marry Murder as Narrator (voice) (10 episodes)
2021
How It Ends as Liza's Mom
2021
Blindspotting as Rainey (16 episodes)
2020
The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
2019
Mad About You as Jamie Buchman (12 episodes)
2019
World on Fire as Nancy Campbell (13 episodes)
2019
I See You as Jackie Harper
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
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 (10 episodes)
2016
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2014
Ride as Jackie
2014
Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
2014
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
2013
Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
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 (1 episode)
2010
Every Day as Jeannie
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2007
Then She Found Me as April Epner
2006
Bobby as Samantha Stevens
2005
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005
Empire Falls as Janine Roby (2 episodes)
2005
Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
2004
A Good Woman as Stella Erlynne
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
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 (3 episodes)
1996
Twister as Dr. Jo Harding
1995
Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
1994
Friends as Jamie Buchman (1 episode)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #2 (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
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 (164 episodes)
1992
Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
1992
Bob Roberts as Reporter, Rose Pondell
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Helen Hunt (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
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 (6 episodes)
1990
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Bridget Kane (34 episodes)
1990
The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
1989
The Simpsons (1 episode)
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 (2 episodes)
1988
Stealing Home as hope wyatt
1988
China Beach (1 episode)
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) (21 episodes)
1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
1984
Trancers as Leena
1984
Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
1984
Highway to Heaven (2 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
1982
Christmas in Washington (1 episode)
1982
St. Elsewhere (8 episodes)
1982
It Takes Two as Lisa Quinn (22 episodes)
1982
Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
1982
Late Night with David Letterman as Self (2 episodes)
1981
Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
1981
Darkroom (1 episode)
1981
Gimme a Break! (1 episode)
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 (2 episodes)
1979
The Facts of Life (1 episode)
1979
Transplant as Janice Hurley
1978
CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1 episode)
1977
The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi (13 episodes)
1977
Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
1977
The Spell as Kristina Matchett
1976
Battle of the Network Stars (1 episode)
1976
Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
1976
Ark II as Diana (15 episodes)
1976
The Bionic Woman (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1975
Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
1975
The Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner (20 episodes)
1975
All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
1974
Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss (3 episodes)
1973
Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Laurie Slaughter (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (4 episodes)
Directing (9)
2018
Splitting Up Together (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2017
FEUD (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2016
American Housewife (4 episodes)
• Director (4 episodes)
2016
This Is Us (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2015
Life in Pieces (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
2014
Ride
• Director
2007
Then She Found Me
• Director
2007
Californication (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
1992
Mad About You (5 episodes)
• Director (5 episodes)
Production (3)
2014
Ride
• Producer
2007
Then She Found Me
• Producer
1992
Mad About You (164 episodes)
• Executive Producer (164 episodes)
Writing (2)
2014
Ride
• Screenplay
2007
Then She Found Me
• Screenplay