Helen Hunt
Acting
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
Acting130
movieIn Cold Light
2026
Claire
tvMeet Marry Murder
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieHow It Ends
2021
Lucinda
tvBlindspotting
2021
Rainey
tvHacks
2021
Winnie Landell
tvWho Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Self - Contestant
movieThe Night Clerk
2020
Ethel Bromley
tvMad About You
2019
Jamie Buchman
tvWorld on Fire
2019
Nancy Campbell
movieI See You
2019
Jackie Harper
movieUnited We Fan
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieCandy Jar
2018
Kathy
movieThe Miracle Season
2018
Kathy Bresnahan
movieI Love You, Daddy
2017
Aura Topher
tvShots Fired
2017
Governor Patricia Eamons
movieRide
2014
Jackie
movieDecoding Annie Parker
2014
Mary-Claire King
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieWide-Awake
2012
The Yoga Master
movieThe Sessions
2012
Cheryl
movieJock the Hero Dog
2011
Jess (voice)
movieSoul Surfer
2011
Cheri Hamilton
movieEvery Day
2010
Jeannie
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieThen She Found Me
2007
April Epner
movieBobby
2006
Samantha Stevens
The Reichen Show
2005
Self - Guest
tvEmpire Falls
2005
Janine Roby
movieAliens Gone Wild
2005
Lena (archive footage)
movieA Good Woman
2004
Mrs. Stella Erlynne
movieThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
Betty Ann Fitzgerald
movieCast Away
2000
Kelly Frears
movieWhat Women Want
2000
Darcy McGuire
moviePay It Forward
2000
Arlene McKinney
movieDr. T & the Women
2000
Bree Davis
movieTwelfth Night
1998
Viola & Cesario
movieChicken Little
1998
(voice)
movieAs Good as It Gets
1997
Carol Connelly
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieKiss of Death
1995
Bev Kilmartin
tvFriends
1994
Jamie Buchman
tvEllen
1994
Ellen Screen Test #2
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieIn the Company of Darkness
1993
Gina Pulasky
movieMr. Saturday Night
1992
Annie Wells
tvMad About You
1992
Jamie Buchman
movieBob Roberts
1992
Rose Pondell
tvThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
Helen Hunt
movieOnly You
1992
Clare Enfield
movieTrancers II
1991
Lena Deth
movieInto the Badlands
1991
Blossom
My Life and Times
1991
Rebecca Miller
tvThe Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Bridget Kane
movieThe Easter Story
1990
Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Renee (voice)
movieIncident at Dark River
1989
Jesse McCandless
movieNext of Kin
1989
Jessie Gates
movieMiles from Home
1988
Jennifer
movieShooter
1988
Tracey
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieStealing Home
1988
Hope Wyatt
tvChina Beach
1988
Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
moviePulse Pounders
1988
Leena (Trancers sequence)
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986
Beth Bodell
movieThe Frog Prince
1986
Princess Henrietta
movieThe Nativity
1986
Mary (voice)
tvGaltar and the Golden Lance
1985
Rava (voice)
movieGirls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
Lynne Stone
movieTrancers
1984
Leena
movieSweet Revenge
1984
Debbie Markham
tvHighway to Heaven
1984
Lizzy MacGill
movieQuarterback Princess
1983
Tami Maida
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Donette
movieBill: On His Own
1983
Jenny Wells
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Clancy Williams
tvIt Takes Two
1982
Lisa Quinn
movieDesperate Lives
1982
Sandy Cameron
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Sarah / Mary Austin
tvDarkroom
1981
Nancy Lawrence
tvGimme a Break!
1981
Valerie
movieThe Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
Kathy Miller
movieAngel Dusted
1981
Lizzie Eaton
tvKnots Landing
1979
Brenda
movieTransplant
1979
Janice Hurley
tvThe Fitzpatricks
1977
Kerry Gerardi
movieRollercoaster
1977
Tracy Calder
movieThe Spell
1977
Kristina Matchett
movieHaving Babies
1976
Sharon McNamara
tvArk II
1976
Diana
tvThe Bionic Woman
1976
Princess Aura
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
movieDeath Scream
1975
Teila Rodriguez
tvThe Swiss Family Robinson
1975
Helga Wagner
movieAll Together Now
1975
Susan Lindsay
tvAmy Prentiss
1974
Jill Prentiss
moviePioneer Woman
1973
Sarah Sargeant
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Laurie Slaughter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Winner
A Patriot
Scarlett
Directing10
tvSplitting Up Together
2018
Director
tvFEUD
2017
Director
tvAmerican Housewife
2016
Director
tvThis Is Us
2016
Director
tvLife in Pieces
2015
Director
movieRide
2014
Director
tvRevenge
2011
Director
movieThen She Found Me
2007
Director
tvCalifornication
2007
Director
tvMad About You
1992
Director
Production3
Writing2
movieRide
2014
Screenplay
movieThen She Found Me
2007
Screenplay