About
Helen Hunt
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2025 | The Electric State | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2025 | Trancers: Noir Version | Actor | Leena (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Meet Marry Murder | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | How It Ends | Actor | Lucinda | 57 Average |
| 2021 | Blindspotting | Actor | Rainey | 68 Fair |
| 2020 | The Night Clerk | Actor | Ethel Bromley | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | Mad About You | Actor | Jamie Buchman | 71 Good |
| 2019 | World on Fire | Actor | Nancy Campbell | 72 Good |
| 2019 | I See You | Actor | Jackie Harper | 67 Fair |
| 2018 | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2018 | United We Fan | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Candy Jar | Actor | Kathy | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Miracle Season | Actor | Kathy Bresnahan | 63 Fair |
| 2017 | I Love You, Daddy | Actor | Aura Topher | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Shots Fired | Actor | Governor Patricia Eamons | 65 Fair |
| 2016 | Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Ride | Actor | Jackie | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Decoding Annie Parker | Actor | Mary-Claire King | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart | Actor | Pamela Smart (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Trancers: City of Lost Angels | Actor | Lena | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake | Actor | The Yoga Master | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Sessions | Actor | Cheryl | 64 Fair |
| 2011 | Jock the Hero Dog | Actor | Jess (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Soul Surfer | Actor | Cheri Hamilton | 66 Fair |
| 2010 | Every Day | Actor | Jeannie | 57 Average |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Actor | April Epner | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Bobby | Actor | Samantha Stevens | 61 Fair |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Actor | Janine Roby | 67 Fair |
| 2005 | Aliens Gone Wild | Actor | Lena (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2004 | A Good Woman | Actor | Stella Erlynne | 59 Average |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Actor | Betty Ann Fitzgerald | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Actor | Kelly Frears | 76 Good |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Actor | Darcy McGuire | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Pay It Forward | Actor | Arlene McKinney | 70 Good |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Actor | Bree | 54 Average |
| 1998 | Twelfth Night | Actor | Viola & Cesario | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Chicken Little | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Actor | Carol Connelly | 72 Good |
| 1996 | Twister | Actor | Jo | 64 Fair |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Actor | Bev Kilmartin | 57 Average |
| 1993 | Sexual Healing | Actor | Rene | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | In the Company of Darkness | Actor | Gina Pulasky | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Trancers 3: Deth Lives | Actor | Lena | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night | Actor | Annie Wells | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Actor | Jamie Buchman | 67 Fair |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Actor | Rose Pondell | 60 Fair |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Actor | Anna | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Only You | Actor | Clare Enfield | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story | Actor | Pamela Smart | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth | Actor | Lena Deth | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Into the Badlands | Actor | Blossom | 58 Average |
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Actor | Rebecca Miller | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Easter Story | Actor | Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Incident at Dark River | Actor | Jesse McCandless | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Next of Kin | Actor | Jessie Gates | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Miles from Home | Actor | Jennifer | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Shooter | Actor | Tracey | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Stealing Home | Actor | Hope Wyatt | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Pulse Pounders | Actor | Leena (Trancers sequence) | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Project X | Actor | Teri Macdonald | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | The Nativity | Actor | Mary (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Actor | Beth Bodell | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Frog Prince | Actor | Henrietta | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Galtar and the Golden Lance | Actor | Rava (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Actor | Lynne Stone | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Trancers | Actor | Leena | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge | Actor | Debbie Markham | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Choices of the Heart | Actor | Cathy | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Quarterback Princess | Actor | Tami Maida | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own | Actor | Jenny Wells | 58 Average |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | Actor | Lisa Quinn | 69 Fair |
| 1982 | Desperate Lives | Actor | Sandy Cameron | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Child Bride of Short Creek | Actor | Naomi | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Actor | Kathy Miller | 59 Average |
| 1981 | I Think I'm Having A Baby | Actor | Phoebe | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Angel Dusted | Actor | Lizzie Eaton | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Transplant | Actor | Janice Hurley | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | Actor | Kerry Gerardi | 69 Fair |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Actor | Tracy Calder | 59 Average |
| 1977 | The Spell | Actor | Kristina Matchett | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Having Babies | Actor | Sharon McNamara | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Actor | Teila Rodriguez | 59 Average |
| 1975 | The Swiss Family Robinson | Actor | Helga Wagner | 69 Fair |
| 1975 | All Together Now | Actor | Susan Lindsay | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Amy Prentiss | Actor | Jill Prentiss | 69 Fair |
| 1973 | Pioneer Woman | Actor | Sarah Sargeant | 58 Average |
| A Patriot | Actor | Scarlett | N/A N/A |
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| In Cold Light | Actor | Claire | N/A N/A |
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| A Patriot | Actor | 61 Fair |
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| Lucca Mortis | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2014 | Ride | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 2014 | Ride | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2014 | Ride | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |